Donald Brydon has become the first Chairman of the ifs School of Finance’s Board of Governors. The ifs School of Finance provides financial education to the financial services industry with more than 100,000 students and 30,000 members.
After changing its name from the Institute of Financial Services, the ifs School of Finance has also replaced the former Council with the new Board of Governors. Brydon replaces the former president, Bruce Carnegie-Brown.
Brydon is currently chairman of the London Metal Exchange, Smiths Group plc and Taylor Nelson Sofres plc. He was deputy president of the ifs School of Finance before becoming chairman.
“Bruce has done a magnificent job over the past 12 months and we are very grateful for all the efforts he has made,” says Gavin Shreeve, chief executive of the school. “I am sure Donald will continue these good works, helping to ensure we continue to meet the financial educational requirements of both the financial services industry and society at large.”
“The ifs School of Finance is uniquely positioned in the education sector to continue to build a specialist offering that spans financial education from GCSE level right through to taught Master’s,” says Brydon. “I know there will be many challenges ahead over the next three years and I am very much looking forward to taking this on”.
The new Board of Governors is made up of senior industry practitioners from the previous Council and corporate and academic members including: Alan Cook, chief executive of the Post Office; David Mellville, vice chancellor of the University of Kent; Roger Brown, vice chancellor of Southampton Solent University; Bob Munn, vice president of teaching & learning at University of Manchester and Elaine Kempson of Bristol University and author of the Banking Code.
“The changes are yet another exciting milestone in the ongoing development of the ifs as a fully-fledged business school that focuses specifically and exclusively on financial education,” says Shreeve.