UK - Founder of Ingenious Media joins NESTA board
Patrick McKenna, founder and chairman of Ingenious Media and a leading figure in the creative industries, will join the 11-strong NESTA board of trustees. The board, led by chairman Chris Powell, exists to help NESTA shape and develop its strategy and policies, and deliver its vision for UK innovation. NESTA, the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, raised £50m to invest over five years from the National Lottery last year.
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