Staff

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Charlotte Dewar

Chief Executive

Charlotte Dewar is the Chief Executive Officer of IPSO, the independent regulator for the newspaper, magazine, and digital news industry in the UK. With over ten years of experience in press regulation, Charlotte sets IPSO’s strategy and oversees its work to monitor and maintain high standards of journalism set by the Editors’ Code; support the public; and uphold freedom of expression. Charlotte began her career as an Editorial Assistant at The Guardian, which she combined with working as a researcher for the columnist Simon Jenkins. She joined the Press Complaints Commission in 2010, eventually rising to Director of Complaints. She went on to become the Director of Operations at IPSO. Charlotte has an MBA from Cambridge University’s Judge Business School.

Complaints team

Emily Houlston-Jones
Head of Complaints 

Sarah Colbey
Complaints Officer

Natalie Johnson
Assessments Officer

Alice Gould
Head of Complaints 


Molly Richards
Senior Complaints Officer

Marcus Kantorowicz Pike
Complaints Officer

Rebecca Munro 
Complaints Officer

Systems team

Tonia Milton
Head of Systems

Todd Stammers
Systems and Complaints Coordinator

Lauren Hay
Systems and Compliance Coordinator

Max Coulson-Windebank 
Systems Coordinator

Mel Huggett
Complaints Support Assistant

Thomas Cooper
Office & Complaints Support Assistant


Standards team

Rosemary Douce
Senior Standards Officer

Elena Richards Coldicutt
Engagement Officer


External Affairs team

John Davidson
Head of Communications

Tom Glover
Senior Policy and Public Affairs Officer

Hira Nafees Shah
Communications Officer

Office Management and Operations

Michelle Kuhler
PA to Chairman & Chief Executive and Office Manager

Heather McCrum
Senior Programme Officer