Meet the team

Quite simply, we are R&D tax credit experts who specialise in R&D tax credits and the patent box. That is all we do. Our focus is on helping clients to maximise the benefits from these very worthwhile incentives.

HR Advisor & Talent Acquisition Specialist

        Before joining IF R&D Tax Credits Ltd, Malinda worked for Grant Thornton as a Senior Personal Assistant for 2 years. Malinda has achieved Level 5 CIPD in Human Resource Management, she is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development. In her spare time, she enjoys paddle boarding…

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Business Development Manager

Paul graduated with a BSSc (Hons) degree in business  administration from the Queen’s University Belfast. During his subsequent career, he spent 12 years working for Whale Pumps (Munster Simms Engineering Ltd) who design and manufacture high quality low voltage pump, plumbing and heating systems for use in remote locations. As part of this role he…

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Operations Manager

Sean has a strong scientific background, having graduated from Queens University with a first-class honours Master’s degree in Chemistry. While there, he developed his already strong IT skills with a thesis in computational calculations, writing scripts and optimising the process in addition to analysing the chemistry. Since then, he’s added to his skills by teaching…

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Technical Consultant

David gained a first-class honours degree and then a PhD in Chemistry from Queen’s University Belfast. On achieving his doctorate, he spent 15 years working for GlaxoSmithKline in various management roles. During this employment he was integral in starting-up a new purpose built £25 million pharmaceutical manufacturing facility. He also worked for two pharmaceutical consultancy…

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Team Leader

Susan achieved a first-class honours degree and PhD from The University of Glasgow in Earth Science. Susan assisted her father in Lawther Drilling as a geologist and since then she has gained experience in Gold Exploration, set up her own business and has been involved in research into Geopolymer cement in an academic and industrial…

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Technical Consultant

Having gained a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health, John went on to develop significant experience in both the molecular diagnostics sector and industrial microbiology. He has been involved in the running of the UK’s largest COVID testing laboratory, aiding in the running of the RNA extraction laboratory, as well as working as an R&D molecular…

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Technical Consultant

Andrew is an experienced Engineer and Member of the Chartered Management Institute, with over twenty-five years within various disciplines of the Engineering sector, including Oil & Gas, Aerospace, Motorsports, Water Management and Automotive. Andrew has spent the last five years in the R&D industry, where he has diversified to gain new knowledge in other sectors…

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Technical Consultant

JP graduated from University College Cork with an honors degree in Computer Science and then joined Amazon Web Services as a Cloud Engineer, working there for three years. He then joined KPMG Ireland in the CHEC TAX department where he worked as a Scientific Consultant, before joining Ian Farley as a Technical Consultant.

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Technical Consultant

Ryan has over 5 years of industry experience in software development. After graduating from Ulster University with an Associate’s degree in Computer Science, Ryan spent his time in industry working on commodity trading platforms and worked on developing new healthcare technology software benefiting acute medical services in Northern Ireland. At Ian Farley, Ryan works with…

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Technical Consultant

Ashleigh achieved a first-class honours degree from Queen’s University Belfast in Biochemistry with Professional Studies. During her career, Ashleigh spent over 5 years in R&D within Randox Laboratories, where she developed clinical diagnostic tests for various automated and semi-automated analysers. During her time here she developed a point-of-care multiplex test for thyroid disorders and led…

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