The National Lottery Heritage Fund is governed by our Board of Trustees. We currently have 14 trustees.
Our trustees lead strategic development and make decisions on grant requests over £2million. They also decide on applications under grant programmes focusing on historic parks, landscapes and townscapes.
Trustees are appointed, following open advertisement, by the Prime Minister to the board of our parent body the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF). Their decisions are independent.
On a day-to-day basis, the organisation is managed by the executive team.
Biography
Sir Peter Luff
Sir Peter Luff joined the National Heritage Memorial Fund and Heritage Lottery Fund as Chair on 30 March 2015.
Biography
Sarah Flannigan
Sarah is chief information officer at EDF Energy. She was previously chief information officer at the National Trust where she led a major digital transformation programme which helped drive deeper supporter engagement and improve internal efficiency.
Biography
Dr Claire Feehily
Claire is a qualified accountant and MBA and has particular expertise in financial and risk governance, and in helping organisations to engage properly with those who use services and to learn from what they say.
Biography
René Olivieri
René Olivieri was for many years the Chief Executive of the international scientific and scholarly publisher, Blackwell Publishing.
Biography
Anna Carragher
Anna Carragher has 40 years of experience working in the public service in both executive and non-executive roles.
Biography
Baroness Kay Andrews OBE
Elizabeth (Kay) Andrews OBE, Baroness Andrews of Southover, was Chair of English Heritage from July 2009 to July 2013.
Biography
Maria Adebowale-Schwarte
Maria is an inclusive place and urban renewal strategist, and the Founding Director of Living Space Project, a place making and green space think tank and consultancy.
Biography
Sir Peter Luff
Sir Peter Luff joined the National Heritage Memorial Fund and Heritage Lottery Fund as Chair on 30 March 2015.
Biography
Jim Dixon
Jim Dixon is a biologist who has worked in landscapes, public bodies, business and voluntary organisations in a career spanning 35 years.
Biography
Professor David Stocker
David works in the heritage sector in Lincolnshire and the East Midlands.
Biography
Dr Tom Tew
Dr Tom Tew is a nature conservationist, currently Chief Executive of the Environment Bank, a private sector company that works with planning authorities, landowners and developers to help the planning system deliver net gains for wildlife.
Biography
Dame Seona Reid DBE
Seona Reid retired as Director of the Glasgow School of Art in August 2013, having served since September 1999.
Biography
Steve Miller
Steve Miller is Assistant Director, Community and Environmental Services (Culture & Heritage) for Norfolk County Council, Head of Norfolk Museums Service and Norfolk Arts Service.
Biography
Sir Peter Luff
Sir Peter Luff joined the National Heritage Memorial Fund and Heritage Lottery Fund as Chair on 30 March 2015.
Biography
Jim Dixon
Jim Dixon is a biologist who has worked in landscapes, public bodies, business and voluntary organisations in a career spanning 35 years.
Biography
Professor David Stocker
David works in the heritage sector in Lincolnshire and the East Midlands.
Biography
Dr Tom Tew
Dr Tom Tew is a nature conservationist, currently Chief Executive of the Environment Bank, a private sector company that works with planning authorities, landowners and developers to help the planning system deliver net gains for wildlife.
Biography
Dame Seona Reid DBE
Seona Reid retired as Director of the Glasgow School of Art in August 2013, having served since September 1999.
Biography
Steve Miller
Steve Miller is Assistant Director, Community and Environmental Services (Culture & Heritage) for Norfolk County Council, Head of Norfolk Museums Service and Norfolk Arts Service.