Geoff Mulgan was the Chief Executive of the Young Foundation until May 2011 and is now the Chief Executive of NESTA (National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts). 

Between 1997 and 2004 Geoff had various roles in the UK government including director of the Government's Strategy Unit and head of policy in the Prime Minister's office. Before that he was the founder and director of the think-tank Demos (described by The Economist as the most influential in the UK when he left). He has also been Chief Adviser to Gordon Brown MP; a lecturer in telecommunications; an investment executive; and a reporter on BBC TV and radio. He is a visiting professor at LSE, UCL, Melbourne University and a regular lecturer at the China Executive Leadership Academy. He has been a board member of the Work Foundation, the Health Innovation Council, Political Quarterly and the Design Council, and chair of Involve. He is a fellow of the Sunningdale Institute at the UK National School of Government and of the Australia New Zealand School of Government, and has served on many task forces and commissions, including most recently the European Union 2025 programme, the UK Government Commission on reducing health inequality and the Atomium Culture programme linking 25 of Europe's top universities and media organisations. He recently chaired a Carnegie Inquiry into the Future of Civil Society in the UK and Ireland. Geoff has advised many governments around the world, including several Prime Ministers.

Recent publications (other than those published directly by the Young Foundation):

• The Art of Public Strategy - Mobilising Power and Knowledge for the Public Good (OUP, 2008) - described as ‘A wonderful book' Professor Mark Moore, Kennedy School, Harvard University; ‘deep insights into the politics of change ... profound understanding of the dynamics of modern societies' Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School; ‘riveting ... fizzing with insights and ideas ... a "must read" for anyone interested in strategic choice and action in government' Professor Colin Talbot, Manchester University.
• Good and Bad Power: the ideals and betrayals of government (Penguin, 2006) - described as ‘terrific’ by Alan Ryan in Prospect; ‘dazzling’ by Peter Preston in the Observer; and ‘a classic’ by Peter Hennessy in the Tablet; ‘a brilliant analysis of the ideals and betrayals, limitations and possibilities of government ... witty, scholarly and fluent', Andrew Rawnsley.
• Connexity (Harvard Business Press and Jonathon Cape, 1998) - described as ‘brilliant' by Robert Cooper in Prospect; ‘endlessly fascinating ... it will be read long after much of today's fashionable literature on politics has been forgotten' by Vernon Bogdanor in International Affairs; ‘a rewarding meditation... his study of shifting social attachments offers rare stimulation' in the Daily Telegraph; ‘a huge, reverberating volume ... that provides powerful cognitive maps for the future', Pat Kane in the Glasgow Herald; ‘Skilfuly probes the major problem of our era: the tension between ever-expanding connectivity and ever-growing demands for individual autonomy. His keen analysis, wide knowledge base, intuition for future trends and steady moral compass reveal why this youthful policy maker has already become a legend' Professor Howard Gardner, Harvard
• Saturday Night or Sunday Morning (Comedia, 1987)
• Communication and Control: Networks and the New Economies of Communication (Blackwells, 1991)
• Politics in an Antipolitical Age (Polity, 1994)
• Life After Politics (Harper Collins, 1997)

Geoff is profiled in two books – The New Alchemists by Charles Handy (Hutchinson, 1999) and Visionaries by Jay Walljasper (Utne Books, USA, 2001).