CityLab
Ravi Gurumurthy
Group CEO of Nesta and the Behavioural Insights Team
London, England
Ravi Gurumurthy is CEO of Nesta, a United Kingdom charity and innovation agency for social good whose mission is to design, test and scale solutions to society's biggest challenges. He also leads the Behavioural Insights Team, a subsidiary of Nesta and 250-person global social-purpose consultancy. Previously, Gurumurthy co-founded and led the Airbel Innovation Lab at the International Rescue Committee, responsible for designing new products and services for people affected by crises in over 40 countries. From 1999 to 2013, he worked in the U.K. government, with roles including advisor and speechwriter to foreign secretary David Miliband, leading the creation of Every Child Matters and the Children Act of 2004, and crafting the world’s first legally binding climate legislation.