Geeta Nathan ^{Ultimate Decision-Maker}

Deputy Director of Start-Up ecosystem at Innovate UK

Current Job Duration: 3 yrs 3 mos (until March 2026)

HEADLINE:
Strategist and lateral thinker. Leader in bringing diverse stakeholders across ecosystems to build inclusive policies and solutions in science/technology. Creating opportunities to drive innovation and business growth.

PERSONAL SUMMARY:
An economist by profession with a strong analytical and curious mindset. A passion and proven skill set to join-up the dots and build strategies/ projects which deliver impact. I am trusted leader who can take on a problem, identify the barriers to achieve the desired outcome and deliver creative solutions. I have the inter-personal skills to bring on board internal and external stakeholders within the ecosystem, be that businesses of all kinds, policy makers at a national and regional level, private sector, trade bodies, regulatory organisation, academics and critically the customer on the journey to impact (with a proven skill set to bring on the least willing). I have the interpersonal skills to build impactful collaboration and partnerships to bring added value. I thrive in high paced environments, ensuring an organisation takes evidence seriously and places it at the center of decision making. A wide range of expertise both in the public and private sector, across several sectors, with the customer at the center of the designing a solution. A strategic thinker who prioritises impact.

Key strengths include:
• Proven skill set to build an evidence base through qualitative and quantitative research, identify gaps to be filled
• Translate evidence into recommendations and communicate impactfully to diverse stakeholder groups
• Strategic thinker – Using evidence base to join up the dots, deliver creative solutions that have impact
• Strategic collaborator that draws together the key teams to deliver solutions – proven track record in supporting public sector and private sector to work hand-in-hand given the role their roles in the eco-system
• Business leadership –a proven track record in building teams that deliver robust outputs, that are energised, agile and collaborate to meet the needs of stakeholders.

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EDUCATION:
School: University of Nottingham
Degree: PhD, Economics
Activities: None

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