Nema is currently on secondment at Arts Council England national office within the Arts Strategy Department. Her primary role is to lead on strategic developments, policy and relations within the creative economy, working closely with government departments, agencies and the arts sector. Previously Nema was at the South West regional office where shed led on the partnerships with local government and was the regional lead with Arts Council England’s international policy working group. She also worked with colleagues across the organisation on the Artist Insights: Interact programme and was involved in both the SW placements with HP and the Brazilian placements.
Nema has worked in both the private and public sector supporting the creative economy, regionally, nationally and internationally. She was the driving force and founder of an initiative called submerge which since 1999 has been supporting, promoting and networking new talent in the creative economy and technology sectors.
Nema has a BSC (Hons) Media Lab Arts and an MSc in Digital Futures from the University of Plymouth where her research area was focused on the emergence of social networking in the digital age.
