Tom Symons

Tom is a Principal Researcher in the Government Innovation team at Nesta. His research focuses on public and social innovation and he is currently undertaking research into the use of data to inform decision making and innovation in government and public services.

Prior to Nesta Tom was an Associate at Social Finance, a not-for-profit organisation that works with government, the social sector and the finance community to develop solutions to complex social problems. Tom previously worked at the Local Government Association, and before that was a Senior Researcher at the think tank New Local Government Network.