Register of Interests – Board and committees
Trustees
Anna Eavis
Current
CEO, Oxford Preservation Trust
Trustee, Leeds Castle Foundation
Trustee, Corpus Vitrearum (Great Britain)
Member, Fabric Advisory Committee, Canterbury Cathedral
Member, Fabric Advisory Committee, Salisbury Cathedral
Member, Oxford Balboa (Not for profit unincorporated Association)
Member (Spouse, John McNeill), Fabric Advisory Committee, St Albans Cathedral
Hon. Secretary (Spouse, John McNeill), British Archaeological Association
Commissioner (Brother-in-law, Ben Derbyshire), Historic England
Former
Trustee, The Stained Glass Museum
Curatorial Director, English Heritage
Julian Glover
Current
Board Member, Buxton International Festival
Director, Derbyshire and London Limited
Roisha Hughes
Current
Chief Executive, The John Whitgift Foundation
Former
Founder and Director, Reading the Room Ltd.
Denise Lewis-Poulton
Current
NED, S4C, National Television Channel for Wales
Viramal, member of its Advisory Board
Executive Masters Student, The Royal Academy and Maastricht University.
Ray Macfarlane
Current
Trustee, Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
Chair, Museums Galleries Scotland
Chair, Hopetoun House Preservation Trust
Former
Trustee, National Galleries of Scotland Foundation
Chair, Scottish Legal Aid Board
Chair, Hopetoun Foundation
Taryn Nixon
Current
Trustee, National Trails UK
Trustee, National Heritage Memorial Fund
Principal, Taryn Nixon Heritage Works
Former
Chief Executive, Museum of London Archaeology
Carol Pyrah
Current
Director, Newcastle Parks Enterprise Ltd (trading company of Urban Green Newcastle)
Chief Executive, Urban Green Newcastle
Company Secretary (Voluntary), Castle Bolton Water Company Ltd.
Former
Trustee, Churches Conservation Trust
Executive Director, Historic Coventry Trust
Assistant Director of Planning, Historic England
Commissioner, Cathedral Fabric Commission for England
Mukesh Sharma
Current
Trustee, Royal Ulster Constabulary, George Cross, Police Service of Northern Ireland Benevolent Fund
Director, Artsekta Ltd.
Director, Moving on Music
Director, Thriftway Travel
Director, S and M Properties
Director, Goliath Trust
Deputy Lieutenant, Belfast, The Belfast Lieutenancy
Member, Northern Ireland Council for The Prince’s Trust
NI Committee Chair, Barnardo’s
Chair, Northern Ireland Policing Board
Former
Director, Hannon Travel
Simon Thurley
Current
Member of Capital Projects Committee, British Library
Director, Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal Delivery Authority
President, London Appreciation Society
Patron, London Parks and Gardens Trust
Vice President, City of London Archaeological Society
Managing Director, Architrave Historical Services Ltd
Partner, Kingstaithe Museum
Architectural Advisor, Stephen A Schwarzman Foundation
Trustee now Chair, Andrew Lloyd-Webber Foundation
Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Historical Research
Honorary Vice-President, Society for Court Studies
Parochial Church Council member and Fabric Officer, All Saints Church South Lynn
Trent Park Estate, William Collins Publishers, Conholt Nominees, Castle Howard Estate
Member (House membership for his property, Clifton House), Historic Houses
Wren300
Spouse, Dr Anna Keay, is current Director of the Landmark Trust, Trustee of the Royal Collection, and Pilgrim Trust Trustee
Former
Trustee, Canal and River Trust (2010 to 2015)
English Heritage Foundation (2010 to 2015)
Chief Executive, English Heritage (until 2015)
Chair, Lloyd-Webber Theatres Drury Lane steering group
President, Huntingdonshire Local History Society (2004 to 2019)
Council Member, St. Paul’s Cathedral (1999 to 2015)
Visiting Professor and Provost, Gresham College
Board Member and Trustee, British Library
Worked with clients over past 5 years, The Royal Collection Trust, Theatre Royal Haymarket, Treasure Houses of England, Welsh Government
Worked with clients over past 5 years, Access Entertainment, Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Medina Development Authority, Norfolk
Archaeological Trust, The Chitra Collection, London
Spouse, Dr Anna Keay, is a former Governor of Beadales School
James Twining
Current
Chief Executive, Magnus Financial Discretionary Management
Chief Executive, Wren Sterling Financial Planning
Governor, Merchant Taylor’s School
Liveryman, Merchant Taylor’s Company
Former
Deputy Chair and Trustee, English Heritage
NHMF Panel
Peter Barber
Current
Trustee, Hereford Mappa Mundi and Chained Library Trust
Trustee, JB Harley Fellowships
Council Member, London Topographical Society
Council Member, Lauderdale House Society
Trustee, Memorial Scrolls Trust
President, Hornsey Historical Society
Director/Trustee, Imago Mundi Ltd
Former
Council Member, Hakluyt Society
Vice-chairman, Friends of Kenwood
Committee member, Reviewing Committee for the Export of Works of Art (RCEWA)
Lennox Cato
Current
Panellist, NHMF
Aonghus MacKechnie
No interests declared
Sally Montgomery
Current
Trustee, National Museums Northern Ireland
Member, Historic Monuments Council
Commissioner of Irish Lights, Irish Lights
Board Director, Mourne Heritage Trust
Former
Board Director, Maritime Belfast (ended 2021)
Chair Castlewellan Forest Park Task and Finish Board, Newry Mourne and Down Council (ended 2021)
Tessa Murdoch
Current
Chair of Trustees, Huguenot Museum, Rochester
Deputy Chair, Acceptance in Lieu Panel, Arts Council England
Volunteer, Specialist Subject Network, National Trust
Former
Research Curator, Rosalind and Arthur Gilbert Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum
Curatorial Adviser, Handel & Hendrix
Member of Advisory Committee on Curation and Interpretation, National Trust
Orlando Rock
Current
Trustee, The Cosmic House
Chairman, Christie's UK
Co-Custodian, Burghley House Preservation Trust
Matt Thompson
Current
Interim Curatorial Director, English Heritage Trust
Former
Trustee, Offa’s Dyke Association
Trustee, Newcomen Society
England, London & South
Stephen Boyce
Current
Trustee, Common Ground
Chair of Strategic Advisory Group, South West Museum Development Programme
Chair of Shadow Board, Artful Scribe Literature development agency, Southampton
Adviser, St Barbe Museum & Art Gallery, Lymington, Hampshire
Former
Trustee, SPUD (developing collaborations in art, architecture and education)
Programme Associate, Creative Local Growth Fund
Founder and Trustee, Winchester Poetry Festival
Gemma Collins
Current
Director of Property & Asset Strategy, Parliament UK
Nicole Collomb
Current
Senior Policy and Programme Officer, Greater London Authority
Partner is a Director, Peabody Housing Association
Nick Holliday
Former
Board Member, Cotswolds AONB/National Landscape
Trustee, Campaign for National Parks
Trustee, NAAONBs
Authority Member, Exmoor National Park Authority
Caroline Kay
Current
Trustee and Council Member, The National Trust
Chair-elect of Board of Trustees, Wiltshire Museum (taking up post September 2024)
Former
CEO, Bath Preservation Trust (2007-2021)
Anooshka Rawden
Current
Committee member - Arts Council England, UK Museum Accreditation Committee
Cultural Heritage Lead - South Downs National Park Authority
Richard Smith
Current
Executive Director - Gresham College
Former
Trustee - Kimmeridge Trust
Director - The Tank Museum
Director - Dorset LEP
Member - The Kimmeridge Trust
Director, The Tank Museum, Ministry of Defence
Chairman - Dorset Tourism Association
Chairman - Tank Museum Trading Company ltd
Carole Stewart
No interests declared
Andrew Vines
No interests declared
England, Midlands & East
Tony Butler
Current
Executive Director, Derby Museums
Jonathan Clarke
Former
Senior Architectural Investigator, English Heritage
Veryan Heal
Current
Fellow, Society of Antiquaries of London
Member of Friends Group, Friends of Malvern Priory
Advice and grant awarding in former employment with Historic England to 2019. Occasional volunteer, Historic Coventry Trust
Harr-Joht Kaur
Current
Research Programme Manager, Tate
Non-Executive Director/Trustee, Nishkam Civic Association
Glyn Morgan
Current
St Faith’s Church, Dorstone
Trustee, Three Counties Agricultural Society
Consultant, NMITE
Membership, Snodhill Preservation Trust
Advisor, HM Chapels Royal
PCC member, St Peter’s Church, Peterchurch, Herefordshire
Former
Chief Executive, Hereford Cathedral Perpetual Trust
Chapter Clerk & Chief Executive, Hereford Cathedral
Churchwarden & PCC member, St Peter’s Church, Peterchurch
Jo Smith
Current
Board Member, University of Derby Business School
CEO, Derbyshire Wildlife Trust
Landscape Advisory Panel Member, Natural England
Chris Starkie
Current
Director of Growth and Investment, Norfolk County Council
England, North
Zulfiqar Ahmed
No interests declared
Gill Chitty
Current
Trustee and Bursary Officer, York Consortium for Craft & Conservation
Jeremy Garside
Current
Trustee, Middlesbrough Environment City
Chief Executive, Tees Valley Wildlife Trust Limited
Member of the Management Board, Environmental Records Information Centre, North East
Tony Gates
Current
Council Member, North East Chamber of Commerce
Chief Executive, Northumberland National Park Authority
Steering Group Member, Great North Bog
Steering Group Member, Nature North
Corporate Member, National Parks England
Corporate Member, National Parks Partnership Limited
Former
Director, National Federation of ALMOS
Director, Northumberland Tourism Limited
Director, Active Northumberland
Director, Kielder Water and Forest Park Development Trust
Chair of the Group Board, Your Homes Newcastle
Chair and Director, Ouseburn Trust
Edward Impey
Former
Master and Director General, Royal Armouries Museum
Executive Board Director (former employee), English Heritage (as was)
Addeel Khan
No interests to declare
Sarah McLeod
Current
CEO, Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust
Catherine Mugonyi
Current
Director, Aunty Social CIC
Project Manager & Programmer Winter Gardens Film Festival, Winter Gardens Trust, Aunty Social CIC
Director of Aunty Social CIC: Involvement with Blackpool Heritage Action Zone (Historic England). Beneficiary of capital funding via Blackpool Council. Commissioned by Blackpool Council to deliver HAZ Cultural Programme activity, Aunty Social CIC/Blackpool Council/ Blackpool Heritage Action Zone
Coordinator, North West Craft Network, Manchester Craft and Design Centre
Former
Trustee, "Creative Lives (formerly Voluntary Arts) 2016-2023"
Equality Advisor (Provided advice & support to Showtown/Museum Project), Blackpool Council
Creative Producer (Freelance), Blackpool Council, National Piers Society, World Monuments Fund
Sea Change Conference Coordinator (Freelance), Blackpool Council, World Monuments Fund, ICOMOS UK
Researcher for Blackpool Heritage Action Zone cultural programme. (Through Aunty Social CIC on a consultant basis), Blackpool Council, Aunty Social CIC
Creative Programmer, The Harris, Preston City Council
Freelancer: Provided staff development sessions (Jan-Feb 2022), Showtown Blackpool (Blackpool Museum Project)
Clore Transform Fellow (2023/24), Supported by Arts Council England. Clore Fellowship: cultural sector leadership development programme.
Stephen Welsh
Current
Freelance Cultural Practitioner, Self-employed
Consultant, Mather & Co. have been appointed as the designers for the Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens capital project and I will be supporting them to create a co-development design strategy with museum staff and redevelopment consultants.
Former
Project Curator, International Slavery Museum
Committee Member, Islamic Art and Material Culture Subject Specialist Network
Curator of Living Cultures, Manchester Museum
Trustee, Homotopia
Upon their request, I submitted a co-creation consultancy proposal to the National Lottery Heritage Fund North funded project St John the Baptist's Church in Rochdale, and I was appointed to deliver this piece of work, St John the Baptist's Church in Rochdale.
Consultant, Imperial War Museum Duxford has appointed me as a consultant to review the activity plan for their proposed capital project for which it intends to submit a grant application to the Fund.
Northern Ireland
Patricia Corbett
Current
Trustee, Grand Opera House Belfast
Former
Member, Board of Tourism NI
Northern Ireland representative on the Board, Visit Britain
Olive Hill
Current
Commissioner, Commissioner of Irish Lights
Jim McGreevy
Current
Member of Management Advisory Committee, Armagh Robinson Library
Nikki McVeigh
Current
Trustee, Grand Opera House, Belfast
Senior National Consultant, National Trust
Former
Chief Executive, Ulster Architectural Heritage
Darren Rice
Current
Member, Northern Ireland Protected Areas Network (NIPAN)
AONB and Geopark Manager, Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
Member of the Board of Directors, Northern Ireland Environment Link
Former
Member of the Board of Directors, Mourne Gullion & Lecale Rural Development Partnership
Scotland
Mike Benson
Current
Director, Scottish Crannog Centre
Robert Cawston
Current
Director of Digital and Service Transformation, National Libraries Scotland
Stuart Housden
Current
Trustee, The Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest Trust
Trustee, The Gillman charitable trusts
Trustee, Highlands and Islands Environment Forum
Honorary Fellow, Scottish Environment Link
Chair of Trustees, Scottish Seabird Centre
Former
Trustee, National Trust for Scotland
Member, Crown Estate Scottish Advisory Committee
Chair, Scottish Government Rural Development Council
Chair-unpaid, Peatland Alliance (SCIO)
Board Director, RSPB/RSPB Scotland
Member Scottish Power Environment Forum-unpaid, Scottish Power
Member Scottish Forum on Natural Capital Executive Committee-unpaid, Partnership
Rapporteur to the House of Lords EU sub-committee inquiry into European Biodiversity policy & practice, House of Lords
Member of natural heritage advisory committee, National Trust for Scotland
Committee member, Scottish Water Customer Forum
Fiona McLean
Current
Board Member, Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland
Rector, University of the Highlands and Islands
Non-executive director, Cairngorms National Park Authority
Former
Chair, Highland Home Carers
Non-executive director, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
Non-executive director, Historic Environment Scotland
Vice Chair of Court, University of the Highlands and Islands
Andy Milne
Current
Contributing member of The Foundation of Hearts: A not for profit organisation which ensures fan ownership of, and input to the running of the Heart of Midlothian football club.
Former
Chief Executive (2003–2021), SURF; Scotland’s Regeneration Network
Diana Murray
Current
Trustee, Scottish International Education Trust
Chair, Scottish Association for Marine Science
President, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Former
Trustee, Scottish Seabird Centre
Trustee, Royal Botanic Gardens of Edinburgh
Chair, Arts and Business Scotland
Chief Executive, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland and latterly Historic Environment Scotland to 2016
Lizzie Swarbrick
Current
Trustee, Scotland’s Churches Trust
Steering Group Member, Belhaven Community Garden
Sally Thomas
Current
Honorary Fellow, Scottish Environment Link
Community Councillor, Pencaitland & District Community Council
Charity Trustee, Andrew Raven Trust SC039488
Charity Trustee and Company Director, Plantlife International England and Wales (1059559) Scotland (SC038951)
Former
Director of People and Nature, NatureScot
Wales
Pedr ap Llwyd
Current
Trustee, Friends of the National Libraries
Member, Friends of the Friendless Churches)
Non-executive director, Coleg Cymraeg Genedlaethol
Chief Executive and National Librarian, National Library of Wales
Fellow, The Learned Society of Wales
Professor, University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Member of The Gorsedd, The National Eisteddfod of Wales
Caroline Crewe-Read
Current
Interim Chair, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Wales
Former
Head of Partnerships and Philanthropy, Historic England
Karen Lewis
Current
Non-executive member, Ofcom Advisory Committee for Wales
Non-executive member, LLais Cymru
Emyr Roberts
Current
Member, RSPB
Member, Glas Cymru
Member of Committee, Cymdeithas Enwau Lleoedd Cymru, Welsh Place Names Society
Former
Chief Executive, Natural Resources Wales
Director General, Welsh Government
Chair of Council, Aberystwyth University
Shaheen Sutton
Current
Lead Specialist Advisor, Diversity & Inclusion, Natural Resources Wales
Diane Williams
Current
Freeland editor, National Trust
Publications, Cadw, Welsh Government
Audit and Risk
Warren Mead
Current
CEO, Sumer Group Limited
Board Advisor, Cleveland & Co
Former
COO, Partner, KPMG LLP
Robert Milburn
Current
Trustee, Paintings in Hospitals
Trustee and Chair, CodeBrave Foundation
Trustee and Governor, The Lady Eleanor Holles School
Co-opted member of the Audit and Risk Committee, Canal and River Trust
Former
Trustee, London Parks and Green Spaces Forum
Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Non-executive member of Audit and Risk Assurance Committee, Department for Business and Trade
Non-executive member of the Audit and Risk Committee, The National Archives
Non-executive member of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee, Valuation Office Agency
Independent member of the Audit and Risk Committee, Marie Curie