Oxfam's CEO and Leadership

The Chief Executive Officer is responsible to Trustees for the management of Oxfam, and is supported by other members of the Strategic Leadership Team.

Oxfam's Leadership Team

Jan Oldfield, Chief Supporter Officer at Oxfam GB. Photo: Fisher Studios/Oxfam

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Jan Oldfield, Interim CEO

Jan is the Interim CEO of Oxfam GB. Jan joined Oxfam in 2021 as Chief Supporter Officer, bringing leadership experience with organisations such as Greenpeace and Save the Children and a skillset including fundraising, market research and brand development.

Alison Court, Chief Transformation Officer at Oxfam GB. Photo: Fisher Studios/Oxfam

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Alison Court, Chief Transformation Officer

Alison has over 15 years of senior executive experience in transformation and technology in a variety of roles spanning commercial, public and not-for profit sectors.

Alison’s skills and experience are in designing and delivering complex transformation for organisations. She has held strategic leadership, programme, project and operational roles for the Cabinet Office, Oxford Brookes University and the Open University amongst others.

She joined Oxfam GB in 2020, in what was a new role responsible for driving the implementation of our new strategic vision. Later that year her role expanded to incorporate the global operations of Oxfam GB and she was appointed Chief Transformation Officer.

Alison is an Independent Governor of De Montfort University.

Joyce Idoniboye, Chief People Officer, Oxfam House. Photo: Fisher Studios/Oxfam

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Joyce Idoniboye, Chief People Officer

Joyce Idoniboye is a dynamic and visionary HR leader whose career spans over two decades of transformational people leadership across global industries – from media and publishing to real estate and international development.

As Chief People Officer, Joyce leads the HR function, where she is redefining what it means to centre people, purpose, and performance in service of a just world without poverty.

Her impact at Oxfam builds on a career marked by progressive leadership roles at globally recognised organisations, including DDB (Omnicom Group), CBRE, HarperCollins Publishers, Pearson, News UK, and Charles Russell LLP.

At DDB, Joyce served as Chief People Officer for EMEA, leading DE&I strategy across a complex international network and championing data-driven approaches to culture and engagement.

Dr Sonya Sultan, Interim Chief Influencing Officer at Oxfam GB. Photo credit: Dr Sonya Sultan

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Dr Sonya Sultan, Interim Chief Influencing Officer

Sonya, who has more than 25 years’ experience working in international development, said:

“I have built my career through work and postings across East Asia, South Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa, and am looking forward to using my experience to drive Oxfam’s mission.

"I have helped design and implement national poverty reduction and social protection programmes. I’ve supported social inclusion policy reforms in countries ranging from Bangladesh and Afghanistan to Ghana, Zambia, Ethiopia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and Nepal.

"I also hold a PhD in Social and Political Sciences from the University of Cambridge, and have held roles at BRAC Bangladesh, the UK Department for International Development and the World Bank, where I most recently served as the Global Lead for Social Inclusion”.

Photo: Huric Tang

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Huric Tang, Chief Financial Officer

Huric has extensive global experience leading finance teams and driving strategic initiatives in the commercial and not-for-profit sectors.

During his time (2017-2020) at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Huric led transformation projects for NGOs within the Social Impact practice area. He brings diversified expertise spanning across treasury, operations, financial planning and analysis, statutory reporting, and risk management.

Huric holds a First-Class Honours Bachelor of Accountancy (BAcc) from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and an MBA from the University of Cambridge. He is a member of Chartered Accountants Worldwide (CAW), a certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM), and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder.