Institute For Fiscal Studies
Simon Perry is an experienced communications professional currently serving as the Press and Communications Manager (Interim) at the Institute For Fiscal Studies since January 2025. Simon's background includes a role as the Head of Media and Communications (Interim) at the Royal Institute of British Architects from May 2023 to January 2025, and a short tenure as Account Director for Integrated Media Strategy at Weber Shandwick in 2022. Prior positions include External Affairs Manager (Media) at The Health Foundation, and various media roles at Marie Curie UK, including Senior Media and PR Officer. Simon's career began with positions at Virgo Health, Hill+Knowlton Strategies, Ketchum, Financial Ombudsman Service, and Red Consultancy. Simon holds a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Sociology from the University of Leeds, earned between 2003 and 2006.
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Institute For Fiscal Studies
The Institute for Fiscal Studies was founded in 1969. Established as an independent research institute, IFS was launched with the principal aim of better informing public debate on economics in order to promote the development of effective fiscal policy. Through the establishment of rigorous independent research, for example the IFS Green Budget and Post Budget analysis, IFS successfully opened up debate about public policy to a wider audience and influenced policy decision making. Today, IFS is Britain’s leading independent microeconomic research institute. Its research remit is one of the broadest in public policy analysis, covering subjects from tax and benefits to education policy, from labour supply to corporate taxation. Our research not only has an impact on policy makers, think tanks and practitioners, it has also gained a worldwide reputation for academic rigour, and contributes to the development of academic scholarship. We communicate our research widely on a national and international scale, providing independent advice to policy makers in the UK, Europe and in developing countries; collaborating with world renowned academics on new economic theories and techniques; and disseminating our research globally through the press, media and the web. IFS is host to the ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy which analyses fiscal policy to determine its effects on households and companies. The Centre’s work covers the full extent of policy impact, investigating the ways in which policies influence human capital investments, work and occupational choice, firm behaviour, saving and retirement decisions, consumer choices and the public finances.