Steph Dales (Interim)
Biography
Steph joined the IPO in 2015 and has held both analytical and policy roles within the organisation. Most recently she was Deputy Director for Strategic Policy and Legislative coordination. She became interim Director of Strategy in January 2024.
Steph has worked in several Whitehall departments as an economist since 2005, including roles within private office and an independent review of the postal services sector. Her economics roles have encompassed both macro and micro perspectives covering the economics of adult skills, productivity and small and medium sized enterprises. In 2021 she completed an Executive Masters in Public Policy at the London School of Economics. She has a degree in Economics from the University of Durham and a Masters Degree in Economics and Development Economics from the University of Nottingham.
Director of Strategy
This role is responsible for encouraging, empowering and enabling innovation and growth through IP by supporting business, researching and understanding IP users, creating a robust evidence base, encouraging innovation and the use of IP and helping the IPO to get its message across successfully.