Bonnie Brimstone
Bonnie joined in 2003 and is the Communication Director, managing the communications team to ensure the research achieves a wide and enduring impact.
Communications, finance and professional services
The communications, finance and professional services teams work with IFS to ensure their research has the maximum impact.
Dermot Watson
Dermot joined the IFS in 2019 and is responsible for digital strategy and delivery across the organisation.
Chris Bane
Chris Brane is the Membership Manager.
Greg Opie
Greg is the Events and Communications Manager in the communications team at IFS.
Simon Perry
Simon is Interim Press and Communications Manager in the communications team at IFS.
Kirsty Ridyard
Kirsty is Press and Communications Manager. She focusses on disseminating the organisations' research to the media and on social media.
Rozeena Newell
Rozeena joined IFS in 2022 as the Events Coordinator, she ensures that a wide variety of events are marketed, organized and administered successfully.
Amy Gee
Amy is a Communications and Publications Manager who works on digital content and strategy, publications, external communications and press.
Alex Catling
Alex joined the IFS in 2019 and works on publishing new research and developing digital channels for the IFS.
Viktor Thornbury
Viktor joined the IFS Communications team in July 2025 and is responsible for supporting digital and overall communications.
Emma Hyman
Emma is the Operation Director at IFS.
Slav Sikora-Sikorski
Slav is a chartered accountant and has been with the IFS since 2020. He trained at Mazars LLP and worked at Met Film as a financial controller.
Midhat Haque
Joined in 2023 after previously gaining experience with two other accountancy firms. She is currently studying towards the ACA qualification.
Mekachi Nwokeji
Mekachi Nwokeji is the Finance Officer.
Delina Petiros
Delina is the HR Administrator at IFS.
Zoe Oldfield
Zoe is Head of Data Services. She joined the IFS in 1998 as a researcher and moved into Data Services in 2011.
Lizza Ollard
Lizza is Head of Research Services and responsible for the development and management of the research grants portfolio across the organisation.
Yani Tyskerud
Yani is Programme Director for TaxDev, and works with government partners and researchers on tax policy in low- and middle-income countries.
Richard Hughes
Richard is Senior Project Manager for TaxDev, responsible for supporting overall delivery of the programme.
Emily Petch
Emily oversees post-award activities across the research grants portfolio at IFS, including management of the IFS's Impact Acceleration Account.
Will Haynes
Will joined IFS in 2023 and coordinates the process of recording and presenting outputs for both external funders and internal monitoring purposes.
Madeleine Houghton
Madeleine joined the IFS in 2024 and is responsible for overseeing pre-award functions within the Research Service team.