Ivan was previously Head of Business Development at Rabi, overseeing a new critical care app to mitigate farming emergencies. Before that, he was Director of Admissions at Winchester College. He was a founder director at Think Ahead, where he recruited 800 trainees to join their leadership programme. He edits The Shavian, the journal of the Shaw Society, is chair of trustees at arts charity Ark T and hosts the Better Known podcast. He read PPE at Oxford University.