Chief Executive of NESTA
Chief Executive of the National Endowment for Science Technology, former Founder and Director, Demos, a think-tank; 1997-2004, with UK government including Director, Strategy Unit and Head, Policy, Prime Minister's office; first CEO of the Young Foundation; Chief Adviser to Gordon Brown; lecturer in telecommunications; investment executive; Reporter, BBC TV and radio. Melbourne University and regular lecturer, China Executive Leadership Academy. Senior Visiting Scholar, Harvard (2015-18). Chair Studio Schools Trust, co-founder of Social Innovation Exchange, Action for Happiness, Uprising, former board member Big Society Capital, Work Foundation, Design Council, Political Quarterly, Involve. Author of many books, most recently 'The Locust and the Bee', Princeton University Press, 2013
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