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Constance has over 20 years-experience in the voluntary sector developing national and international programs which engage communities in addressing the issues that affect them. She has designed and delivered programs with the likes of USAID, World Bank, Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Cabinet Office Constance provides strategic innovation guidance and has delivered over 25 challenge prizes in fields such as agriculture in South-East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, Social Innovation across Europe, UK prizes focused on Waste Reduction and Ageing populations, as well as youth focussed digital enterprise challenges.

At the heart of her work ethos is a practice of co-creation with communities and innovators, building effective stakeholder networks across a range of sectors to strengthen the market potential of products, technologies and services for sustainable and impactful change that help communities thrive.

Maddy is a Programme Manager, working across a range of UK and international projects, including Longitude Explorer and Inventor prizes. She also works on the business development side of Nesta Challenges.

Before joining Nesta Challenges, Maddy worked at The Prince’s Trust, starting in Monitoring and Evaluation before working in Programme Development for four years. Here, Maddy developed a range of employability programmes to support young people and NEETs across the UK into employment. During a secondment in Adelaide, Maddy was responsible for the implementation of Prince’s Trust programme in Australia, working with local employers and partners in Adelaide to develop a programme for unemployed and underemployed young people to be rolled out across Australia.

Outside of work Maddy can usually be found exploring London’s food markets, attending gigs or trying out the latest fitness fad.

Hannah is an Assistant Programme Manager on the Longitude Explorer Prize.

Prior to Nesta, Hannah was at Girl Effect, a creative non-profit, where her role was as a coordinator within the Impact function. She worked across a number of international projects, one of which being a first-of-its-kind mobile innovation for girls in Nigeria called ‘Girls Connect’.

Outside of work she is usually either researching future travel destinations, running/hiking or exploring interesting talks and events happening in London.

Seoana works across Nesta Challenges, helping to inspire more people to enter our prizes by facilitating the growth of an engaged community of solvers via our digital channels. She also supports the development of Nesta Challenges digital presence via social media strategies.

Her background is in publishing and digital marketing and she has extensive social media, content strategy and editorial experience. She has worked in a variety of industries, including roles at Grand Designs magazine, an Australian fashion company and within the communications team at Barking and Dagenham council.

Seoana is a self-confessed bookaholic, who has a slight addiction to buying new books. If she’s not reading, you’ll find her listening to a true crime podcast – the creepier the better. She also runs an online community, which empowers women to like themselves more and supports independent, women-owned businesses in the UK.