# Diana Carney

> Diana Carney is a startup investor at IPPR. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [IPPR](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ippr)
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Diana Carney is a startup investor at IPPR. Diana works across the institute, with a focus on developing our international partnerships and research.Prior to joining IPPR, Diana was based for many years in Ottawa, Canada. She worked as VP research at Canada 2020, a progressive thinktank, focussing on climate and energy as well as issues around inequality and social mobility.Dianastarted her career as a management consultant, then spent nearly two decades working in overseas development policy. She studied PPE at Oxford and holds graduate degrees from the universities of Pennsylvania and Oxford. Diana is a trustee of several organisations in both Canada and the UK, including Save the Children (UK), the Friends of the Royal Academy, and Ashden. She is a member of the Coalition for Inclusive Capitalism Working Group.

## About IPPR

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

The IPPR (Institute for Public Policy Research) is a think tank that conducts and publishes research and promotes public education in the economic, social, and political sciences, and in science and technology. It focuses on the effect of moral, social, political, and scientific factors on public policy and on the living standards of varioussections of the community.The institute produces rigorous and independent policy research, covering a range of local and national policy debates. Its research and policy work is focused around three priority areas: combining fiscal realism with a plan for deep reform of British capitalism; developing relational public services and a more democratic statecraft; and shaping post-crash social politics.The IPPR publishes more than 60 reports each year, addressing a wide range of research and policy questions. Its publications have covered topics such as youth unemployment, childcare, social isolation among older people, and energy market reform. It publishes Juncture, a quarterly journal of politics and ideas. The institute also holds more than 70 events every year.The IPPR was established in 1988 and is headquartered in London, England with presence in Newcastle and Manchester.

5 contacts available at IPPR.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Diana Carney | Director of Strategy and Engagement | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/diana-carney |
| Clive Hollick | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clive-hollick |
| Guy Lodge | Associate Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guy-lodge |
| Holly Robinson | SENIOR FINANCE OFFICER | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/holly-robinson |
| Kellan Stephens | EVENTS AND MARKETING OFFICER | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kellan-stephens |

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