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

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