About Nesta

Nesta is an innovation foundation. For us, innovation means turning bold ideas into reality and changing lives for the better. We use our expertise, skills and funding in areas where there are big challenges facing society.

Roisín Gorman

Roisín works as a data scientist embedded in the sustainable future mission.

Before joining Nesta, Roisín completed a sponsored nanodegree in programming for data science with Code First Girls and was training as a graduate data scientist with the Office for National Statistics.

Prior to this, she led a team at Climate Group, a climate change non-governmental organisation, to assess the progress and credibility of climate action by subnational governments around the world.

Roisín holds a BSc in Biology from Imperial College London.

Outside of work, Roisín enjoys cooking all kinds of foods from scratch and spending time with her cat.