Director, Creative Industries in NESTA’s Policy & Research Unit.

Hasan Bakhshi joined NESTA in 2006 as a senior policy analyst. He leads on creative industry policy and research and assists with economic analysis.
Prior to NESTA, Hasan worked as Executive Director and Senior International Economist at Lehman Brothers, and as Deputy Chief Economist at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
He has eight years experience as an economist at the Bank of England. Hasan has published widely in academic journals and policy publications on topics ranging from economic growth to the economics of the creative and cultural sector.
He has also consulted for a number of organisations, including the UK Film Council and Film London. Hasan has a BA in Economics from Cambridge and an MPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford.
He is also Honorary Visiting Professor at City University and Research Fellow at the ARC Centre for Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation at the Queensland University of Technology.