Saskia Nelson

Programme Director, London Legacy 2020

Describe yourself in five words.
Apparently I am totally irrepressible.

Tell us three of your career highlights to date.
1. When James Murdoch, the then CEO of Sky, commented that the annual community awards event that I set up represented his proudest moment at Sky.
2. Winning employee of the year at Sky for being “irrepressible”.
3. Selling two of my photographs at an exhibition.

Name one of your favourite places of interest in East London.
I love checking out all the stencilled artwork and graffiti you find on the buildings around Shoreditch.  The streets around there are like a living, outside gallery.

In one sentence explain why you are passionate about East London?
East London is an incredibly creative and cool place to be and I love the fact that it’s a work in progress.

Tell us one thing that people may not know about you.
I’m mad about photography and particularly enjoy photographing East London because there is so much going on here.

Tell us the best thing about working for East London Business Alliance.
I love ELBA so much I came back after 4 years away!  The best thing about working for ELBA is, without a doubt, the people.  Everyone who works for ELBA is passionate about making a positive difference in the world and I find it incredibly inspiring to spend the majority of my days working alongside such lovely people.

Complete this sentence: The absolute best thing about volunteering is…
it almost immediately changes your life for the better.