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Previous officers 111

  1. Professor Peter Taylor 2025-2025 Director View profile
  2. Ha-Joon Chang 2022-2025 Director View profile
  3. Mustafa Roberts 2019-2025 Director View profile
  4. Dr Esther Mergeana Mcintosh 2019-2024 Director View profile
  5. Nkoyo Toyo 2018-2022 Director View profile
  6. Kim Brian Frost 2018-2024 Director View profile
  7. Michael Roy Anderson 2016-2021 Director View profile
  8. Professor Adam Thomas Tickell 2016-2021 Director View profile
  9. Takyiwaa Manuh 2016-2021 Director View profile
  10. Emilie Wilson 2016-2019 Director View profile
  11. Dr Ali Cheema 2016-2023 Director View profile
  12. Gareth Thomas Davies 2015-2019 Director View profile
  13. Professor Jonathan Graham Kydd 2014-2020 Director View profile
  14. Professor Melissa Leach 2014-2024 Director View profile
  15. Dr Myra Hunt 2014-2017 Director View profile
  16. Hannah Corbett 2013-2016 Director View profile
  17. Professor Yiming Shao 2013-2016 Director View profile
  18. Professor Mick Moore 2013-2019 Director View profile
  19. Professor Evelina Dagnino 2013-2016 Director View profile
  20. Judith Randel 2013-2017 Director View profile
  21. Professor Frances Stewart 2013-2021 Director View profile
  22. Michael Pitts 2012-2015 Director View profile
  23. Dr David O'Brien 2011-2018 Director View profile
  24. Dr Jon Lomoy 2010-2015 Director View profile
  25. Stephen Wood 2010-2013 Director View profile
  26. Dr Rajesh Tandon 2010-2018 Director View profile
  27. Youba Sokona 2010-2017 Director View profile
  28. Jolan Van Herwaarden 2009-2011 Director View profile
  29. Professor Nora Lustig 2009-2015 Director View profile
  30. Philippa King 2009-2012 Director View profile
  31. Michael John Holland 2008-2014 Director View profile
  32. Professor Yiulan Zhang 2008-2012 Director View profile
  33. Professor Adebayo Olukoshi 2008-2016 Director View profile
  34. Richard Guy Moberley Manning 2008-2014 Director View profile
  35. Professor Michael John Godfrey Farthing 2007-2016 Director View profile
  36. Mary Mckeown 2007-2011 Director View profile
  37. Dr Thomas Martin Greeley 2007-2013 Director View profile
  38. Julie Ann Brittain 2007-2010 Director View profile
  39. Richard Harold Carey 2006-2010 Director View profile
  40. Joan Ruddock 2006-2007 Director View profile
  41. Peter David Mark Freeman 2006-2013 Director View profile
  42. Nicola Anne Port 2005-2007 Director View profile
  43. Dr Uma Lele 2005-2013 Director View profile
  44. Leonard Alan Winters 2005-2007 Director View profile
  45. Dr Mandivamba Rukuni 2005-2007 Director View profile
  46. Professor Lawrence Haddad 2004-2014 Director View profile
  47. Joaquim Tres 2003-2006 Director View profile
  48. Professor Ian Christopher Scoones 2003-2006 Director View profile
  49. Dr Anne Marie Goetz 2002-2005 Director View profile
  50. Professor Gita Sen 2002-2008 Director View profile
  51. Salil Shetty 2002-2008 Director View profile
  52. Dr Mia Anna Eva Horn Af Rantzien 2002-2008 Director View profile
  53. Adrian John Bickersteth Wood 2001-2009 Director View profile
  54. Alan Coverdale 2000-2000 Director View profile
  55. Kemp, Neil Reginald, Doctor 2000-2008 Director View profile
  56. Sir Philip Martin Lowe 2000-2000 Director View profile
  57. Peter David Grant 2000-2001 Director View profile
  58. Dr Christopher Anthony Stevens 2000-2003 Director View profile
  59. White, Howard Nial, Doctor 2000-2002 Director View profile
  60. Kenneth Mathieson Caldwell 2000-2008 Director View profile
  61. Akio Takahara 2000-2003 Director View profile
  62. Professor Robin Elizabeth Mansell 2000-2009 Director View profile
  63. Fazle Hasan Abed 2000-2003 Director View profile
  64. Professor Leonard Alan Winters 2000-2004 Director View profile
  65. Jean Francois Rischard 2000-2005 Director View profile
  66. Paul Isenman 2000-2006 Director View profile
  67. Dr Carlos Fortin 2000-2006 Director View profile
  68. Murdo Alasdair Macdonald Smith 1998-2008 Director View profile
  69. Professor Christopher Louis Colclough 1997-2000 Director View profile
  70. Bezanson, Keith Arthur, Doctor 1997-2004 Director View profile
  71. Dr Martin Greeley 1996-2000 Director View profile
  72. Simon Jeffrey Maxwell 1996-1997 Director View profile
  73. Andrew William Goudie 1996-1999 Director View profile
  74. John Yorke Denham 1996-1997 Director View profile
  75. Hugh Gordon Beevor 1996-2006 Director View profile
  76. Dr Lynda Margaret Rouse 1996-1999 Director View profile
  77. Dame Deanne Shirley Julius 1995-2003 Director View profile
  78. James Theodore Lester 1994-1997 Director View profile
  79. Derek Anthony Enright 1994-1995 Director View profile
  80. Stewart, Frances Julia, Doctor 1994-1997 Director View profile
  81. Sir John Michael Medlicott Vereker 1994-2000 Director View profile
  82. Dr Robert John Haylock Chambers 1993-1996 Director View profile
  83. David Alexander Robinson 1993-1999 Director View profile
  84. Professor Michael Lipton 1993 Director View profile
  85. Professor Gordon Richard Conway 1998 Director View profile
  86. Jon Barry Wilmshurst 1996 Director View profile
  87. Professor John Francis Joseph Toye 1997 Director View profile
  88. Grillo, Ralph David, Proffesor 1993 Director View profile
  89. Edward Rowlands 1994 Director View profile
  90. Professor Dr Geertje Lycklama A Nijeholt 1997 Director View profile
  91. Bowen Wells 1994 Director View profile
  92. Perry, Pauline, the Rt Hon Baroness Perry of Southwark 1994 Director View profile
  93. Sir Timothy Patrick Lankester 1993 Director View profile
  94. Dr John Norman Dearlove 1998 Director View profile
  95. Emanuel Jehuda De Kadt 1993 Director View profile
  96. Dr Alexander Shakow 2002 Director View profile
  97. Sir John Adam Thomson 1999 Director View profile
  98. Dr Carol Cosgrove 2001 Director View profile
  99. Sir Michael Harris Caine 1995 Director View profile
  100. Desai, Jagdishchandra, Lord Meghnad 1994 Director View profile
  101. Katharine Mary Hope Mortimer 1995 Director View profile
  102. Professor Louis Johan Emmerij 1994 Director View profile
  103. Professor Vijay Shankar Vyas 1997 Director View profile
  104. Elizabeth Maddison 2009-2017 Secretary View profile
  105. Charlie Beckett 2009-2012 Secretary View profile
  106. Malcolm Alexander Barter 2007-2008 Secretary View profile
  107. Sophie Brigitte Whitaker 2006-2007 Secretary View profile
  108. David William Smith 2003-2006 Secretary View profile
  109. Helen Mary I'Anson 2001-2003 Secretary View profile
  110. Michael John Cockerell 1999-2001 Secretary View profile
  111. John Sanders 1999 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
20/04/1966
Also a registered charity
The Institute of Development Studies

Grants received

72 grants · £20,015,854 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · £14,032,922 (21 grants)
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £3,775,678 (32 grants)
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £1,861,218 (16 grants)
  • Lankelly Chase Foundation · £246,500 (2 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £99,535

Most recent

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £68,3082024-11-28
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £61,0322024-09-11
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £76,8822024-08-26
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £110,1472024-05-16
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £28,4862024-04-03
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

11 directors on the board

3.8y median 5y
average tenure
6.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

Portfolio (4)

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Education 2Other services 2Health and social care 1Professional services 1Property 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00877338
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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