Hasan Bakhshi

Hasan Bakhshi

Research Director, Arts & Innovation

Hasan Bakhshi joined NESTA in 2006 as a senior policy analyst. He leads on creative industry policy 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. He has also consulted for a number of organisations, including the UK Film Council. Hasan has a BA in Economics from Cambridge and an MPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford.