Kristy is the Director of Public Services and Sector Engagement Lead at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, where she helps bring people, communities and organisations together to tackle some of society’s biggest challenges -building partnerships, fostering collaboration, and creating the conditions for data-driven innovation that can make a real difference to people’s lives.
Before joining the Futures Institute, Kristy was a Lecturer in Leadership, Strategy and Organisational Behaviour. Her academic work – including a PhD on ‘Collaboration’ – is grounded in over 20 years of hands-on experience across the public, private and third sectors. She has held consultancy, board and director roles in social housing, urban regeneration and renewable energy (wind, solar and hydro), giving her a practical understanding of how change happens on the ground.
Right now, Kristy is working with Police Scotland and Public Health Scotland to develop the Scottish Prevention Hub, an innovative ecosystem focused on reducing inequalities through actions to improve health and wellbeing, and growing a Public Service Innovation Lab alongside partners who are passionate about change.
Outside of work, Kristy is mum to two teenage daughters, although born in the place she now works she grew up in a South Wales valleys mining town, and loves live music.
