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title: "Meet the IFIS Team: Carol Durham, Head of Sales"
description: Carol Durham is an integral part of our team, in her role as IFIS' Head of Sales. Learn more about her and her role.
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# [Meet the IFIS Team: Carol Durham, Head of Sales](https://www.ifis.org/blog/carol-durham-business-development-manager)

 Written by [Shira Rossiter](https://www.ifis.org/blog/author/shira-rossiter) | 07-Jun-2019 14:02:09

Introducing Carol joins us as our new Business Development Manager. 

### **Tell us a bit about your work background.**

Before joining IFIS I worked for Pearson for four and a half years, responsible for their Higher Education business in the North of England, Scotland and Ireland.  Prior to Pearson I was with Emerald for eight years in sales, looking after both academic and corporate/public sector customers.

### **What expertise do you bring on board?**

I have nearly 13 years of experience working in the Publishing industry but I also ran my own recruitment agency for a number of years so I believe I bring a mix of publishing sales experience and an entrepreneurial spirit!

### **Tell us about what you enjoy most about your role**

My role at IFIS is to develop business internationally, focusing on our FSTA and Escalex products.  I am building relationships with vendor partners and key stakeholders and I love that I am meeting new people and strengthening relationships in an industry that is close to my heart.  I believe that we are what we eat, food affects our bodies and minds and is such an important part of life, so being employed by a company that has food science at the heart of all it does is fantastic!  I am also very proud to be working for a not-for-profit organisation that provides free or low-cost access to food information for people in developing countries.

### **How do you like to relax outside of work?**

I love to exercise!  I enjoy circuit training, HiiT and running and try and get out and do a class or run every day if possible.  I also love cooking (and eating), travelling and being around the people who enhance my life!

### **On that final note, what is your favourite thing to cook?**

That’s a tricky one – I love to cook, everything from curry to cake (although mainly savoury foods) but I will say a roast dinner, because being from Yorkshire I would say you can’t beat a good Yorkshire Pudding and gravy!

**If you'd like to hear more about our people, you can read about our leadership team and trustees [here.](https://www.ifis.org/about-ifis/management-team)  
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