Nilesh Patel

Nilesh Patel is an experienced professional currently serving as an Innovation Project Officer at Oxford City Council since December 2021. Alongside this role, Nilesh has been the Finance Manager at Forest Recycling Project FRP since October 2019, having previously held the position of Operations/Business Development Manager from July 2014 to August 2019, where the focus was on achieving financial sustainability for the paint re-use operation. Nilesh co-created and managed the successful “Colour The Capital” project, which secured a £50k grant through the People’s Millions initiative in 2014. Media engagement across London has been a component of Nilesh's work to promote the organization and its successful projects. Nilesh holds an MSc in Sustainable Resources from UCL and a BSc in Psychology from the University of Northampton.