Programme Speakers

Jesse Belgrave

Jesse is Design and Innovation Manger at the Design Council. He heads up the Council’s work in the area of technology transfer, helping scientific researchers and technology transfer offices use design thinking to develop and commercialise the UK’s research base.

Before joining the Design Council he spent 4 years working in international development for the US consultancy firm Booz Allen Hamilton. Prior to this he spent 5 years in market research in the financial services and FMCG sectors. In his spare time he is the director of a charity that promotes the value of design in Serbia. A Sociology graduate, he also holds an MSc in Development Management.

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