Melissa Wong

Melissa works with applicants and investees to build their capacity for monitoring and evaluation so they can better articulate their impact to funders, policymakers, and the public.

Before joining the Arts & Culture Finance team at Nesta, she was a Research Fellow on the Boosting Resilience project in the Centre for Creativity in Professional Practice at Cass Business School and a Consultant at BOP Consulting, an international consultancy specialising in culture and the creative economy. She has also worked widely across the arts and cultural sectors in the UK and Canada.

Outside of work, Melissa is a Trustee of Camden People’s Theatre, a central London studio supporting emerging artists making innovative theatre, and Magpie Dance, a charity empowering people with learning disabilities through inclusive dance programmes. In a previous life, Melissa completed a PhD in Music at the University of Cambridge, with the support of a Gates Cambridge Scholarship and a Doctoral Fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. She has also published and presented internationally on popular music.