Kate Sutton

Fostering global and local collaborative innovation for development

Kate combines a deep understanding and practical experience of innovation with commercial acumen and an entrepreneurial spirit to solve world -scale problems. Kate is currently the Head of the Regional Innovation Centre of the UNDP, a world-first sustainable innovation initiative based in Bangkok.She has previously held positions as the Head of Corporate Social Innovation at Nesta, the United Kingdom-based Innovation Foundation with responsibility for shaping and leading programmes with the private sector for social change; the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of business and development consultancy Thrive; and as a Impact Investment Advisor at Talanton a US impact investment fund based in Malawi.