By Christopher Haley, Head of New Technology & Startup Research, Nesta
Nesta aims to boost innovative potential - to help individuals and organisations design and grow better ideas, which can improve the quality of many peoples’ lives.
We judge our success in diverse ways – in investment through growing social impact, capital value and pioneering new types of finance; in research through the quality and influence of our analysis and ideas; in the Innovation Lab through the reach and depth of the ventures and projects we back, including both direct impact and the way that our work influences public policy.
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Chris leads Nesta’s research work on how startups and new technologies can drive economic growth, and what this means for businesses, intermediaries and for the government.
Prior to joining Nesta, Chris worked for several years at Imperial Innovations, the technology commercialisation and investment company of Imperial College London. His role there was focussed on assessing emerging technologies and early stage investment opportunities, with a particular attention to cleantech. Following this, he spent two years within Imperial College itself, developing and managing the institution's strategy for enterprise, technology transfer and translation.
Chris has a first class degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge, a PhD in History & Philosophy of Science, and a postgraduate diploma in strategy and innovation from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. In his spare time, he is a competitive target rifle shooter with international caps for England and Great Britain.