Board of Trustees

Simon Thurley

Current

Managing Director: Architrave Historical Services Ltd

Member of Capital Projects Committee: British Library

Vice President: City of London Archaeological Society

Visiting Professor and Provost: Gresham College

Senior Research Fellow: Institute of Historical Research

Professorial Research Fellow: Buckingham University

Chair: Lloyd-Webber Theatres Drury Lane steering group

President: London Appreciation Society

Patron: London Parks and Gardens Trust

Director: Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal Delivery Authority

Chair: Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal Delivery Authority

Trustee now Chair: Andrew Lloyd-Webber Foundation

Worked with as clients over past five years: The Royal Collection Trust, Theatre Royal Haymarket, Treasure Houses of England, Welsh Government

Worked with as clients over past five years: Trent Park Estate, William Collins Publishers, Conholt Nominees Castle Howard Estate

Simon Thurley’s spouse, Dr Anna Keay is a current Director of the Landmark Trust and Trustee of the Royal Collection, and Pilgrim Trust.

Former

Worked with as clients over past five years: Access Entertainment, Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Medina Development Authority, Norfolk Archaeological Trust, The Chitra Collection, London

Parochial Church Council member and Fabric Officer: All Saints Church South Lynn

Board Member and Trustee: British Library

Trustee: Canal and River Trust (2010 to 2015)

Chief Executive: English Heritage (until 2015)

Chief Executive: English Heritage Foundation (2010 to 2015)

Council Member: St. Paul’s Cathedral (1999 to 2015)

Member (House membership for his property, Clifton House): Historic Houses

President: Huntingdonshire Local History Society (2004 to 2019)

Partner: Kingstaithe Museum

Honorary Vice-President: Society for Court Studies

Architectural Advisor: Stephen A Schwarzman Foundation

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Anna Eavis

Current

Member: Canterbury Cathedral Fabric Advisory Committee

Trustee: Corpus Vitrearum (Great Britain)

Trustee: Leeds Castle Foundation

Member: Oxford Balboa

CEO: Oxford Preservation Trust

Committee Member: Salisbury Cathedral Fabric Advisory

Anna Eavis’s brother-in-law is the commissioner of Historic England.

Former

Trustee: The Stained Glass Museum

Carol Pyrah

Current

Company Secretary (Voluntary): Castle Bolton Water Company Ltd

Chief Operating Officer: Ripon Cathedral

Former

Commissioner: Cathedral Fabric Commission for England

Trustee: Churches Conservation Trust

Executive Director: Historic Coventry Trust

Assistant Director of Planning: Historic England

Director: Newcastle Parks Enterprises Ltd (trading company of Urban Green Newcastle)

Chief Executive: Urban Green Newcastle

James Twining

Current

Managing Director: Greycoat Place

Chief Executive: Magnus Financial Discretionary Management

Liveryman: Merchant Taylors' Company

Governor: Merchant Taylors' School

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer: Wren Sterling Financial Planning

Former

Deputy Chair and Trustee: English Heritage

Julian Glover

Current

Board Member: Buxton International Festival

Board Member: Countryside Alliance Foundation

Director: Derbyshire and London Limited

Mukesh Sharma

Current

Director: Artsekta Ltd

NI Committee Chair: Barnardo’s

Director: Goliath Trust

Director: Moving on Music

Member: Northern Ireland Council for The Prince’s Trust

Chair: Northern Ireland Policing Board

Trustee: Royal Ulster Constabulary, George Gross, Police Service of Northern Ireland Benevolent Fund

Director: S and M Properties

Deputy Lieutenant – Belfast: The Belfast Lieutenancy

Former

Director: Hannon Travel

Director: Thriftway Travel

Ray Macfarlane

Current

Chair: Hopetoun Foundation

Trustee: National Galleries of Scotland Foundation

Former

Chair: Hopetoun House Preservation Trust

Chair: Museums Galleries Scotland

Trustee: Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

Chair: Scottish Legal Aid Board

Roisha Hughes

Current

Chief Executive: John Whitgift Foundation

Taryn Nixon

Current

Trustee: National Heritage Memorial Fund

Trustee: National Trails UK

Principal: Taryn Nixon Heritage Works

Former

Chief Executive: Museum of London Archaeology

Denise Lewis-Poulton

No interests to declare.

The National Heritage Memorial Fund Panel

Matt Thompson

Current

Interim Curatorial Director: English Heritage Trust

Former

Trustee: Newcomen Society

Trustee: Offa's Dyke Association

Orlando Rock

Current

Co-custodian: Burghley House Preservation Trust

Chairman: Christie's UK

Trustee: The Cosmic House

Peter Barber

Current

Trustee: Hereford Mappa Mundi and Chained Library Trust

President: Hornsey Historical Society

Director/Trustee: Imago Mundi Ltd

Trustee: JB Harley Fellowships

Council member: Lauderdale House Society

Council member: London Topographical Society

Trustee: Memorial Scrolls Trust

Former

Vice-chairman: Friends of Kenwood

Council member: Hakluyt Society

Committee member: Reviewing Committee for the Export of Works of Art (RCEWA)

Tessa Murdoch

Current

Deputy Chair: Acceptance in Lieu Panel, Arts Council England

Chair of Trustees: Huguenot Museum, Rochester

Volunteer, Specialist Subject Network: National Trust

Former

Curatorial Adviser: Handel & Hendrix

Member of Advisory Committee on Curation and Interpretation: National Trust

Research Curator: Victoria and Albert Museum

Aonghus MacKechnie

No interests to declare.

Lennox Cato

No interests to declare.

Investment Panel

Jamie Korner

No interests to declare.

Katrina Norris

No interests to declare.

Committee for England, London and South

Anooshka Rawden

Current

Committee Member: Arts Council England – UK Museum Accreditation Committee

Cultural Heritage Lead: South Downs National Park Authority

Caroline Kay

Current

Chair-elect of Board of Trustees: Wiltshire Museum

Former

CEO: Bath Preservation Trust (2007-2021)

Trustee; Council Member: The National Trust

Gemma Collins

Current

Director of Property & Asset Strategy: Parliament UK

Nick Holiday

Current

Trustee: NAAONBs

Former

Trustee: Campaign for National Parks

Board Member: Cotswolds AONB/National Landscape

Authority Member: Exmoor National Park Authority

Nick Holiday’s partner is a current trustee of Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust and a former trustee of ACRE.

Nicole Collomb

Current

Principal Policy and Programme Officer: Greater London Authority

Nicole Collomb’s partner is a director of Peabody Housing Association.

Richard Smith

Current

Executive Director: Gresham College

Former

Director: Dorset LEP

Chairman: Dorset Tourism Association

Trustee: The Kimmeridge Trust

Member: The Kimmeridge Trust

Director, The Tank Museum: Ministry of Defence

Chairman: Tank Museum Trading Company ltd

Stephen Boyce

Current

Trustee: Common Ground

Chair of Strategic Advisory Board: Museum Development South West

Advisor: St Barbe Museum & Art Gallery, Lymington, Hampshire

Former

Chair of Shadow Board: Artful Scribe Literature development agency, Southampton

Trustee: SPUD (developing collaborations in art, architecture, and education)

Founder and Trustee: Winchester Poetry Festival

Andrew Vines

No interests to declare.

Carole Stewart

No interests to declare.

Committee for England, Midlands and East

Chris Starkie

Current

Director of Growth and Investment: Norfolk County Council

Glyn Morgan

Current

Deputy Lieutenant of Herefordshire: Herefordshire Lieutenancy

Advisor: HM Chapels Royal

Trustee: Llangasty Retreat House, Brecon

Membership: Snodhill Preservation Trust

St Faith's Church, Dorstone

Trustee: Three Counties Agricultural Society

Former

Chapter Clerk & Chief Executive: Hereford Cathedral

Chief Executive: Hereford Cathedral Perpetual Trust

Consultant: NMITE

Churchwarden & PCC member: St Peter's Church, Peterchurch

PCC member: St Peter's Church, Peterchurch, Herefordshire

Harr-Joht Kaur

Current

Non-executive Director/Trustee: Nishkam Civic Association

Research Programme Manager: Tate

Jo Smith

Current

CEO: Derbyshire Wildlife Trust

Elected Member: EMCCA Nature Task Force

Landscape Advisory Panel Member: Natural England

Board Member: University of Derby Business School

Tony Butler

Current

Executive Director: Derby Museums

Emma Fernandes-Lopes

No interests to declare.

Heather McLachlan

No interests to declare.

Committee for England, North

Catherine Mugonyi

Current

Director: Aunty Social CIC

Director: Aunty Social CIC/Blackpool Council/ Blackpool Heritage Action Zone

Coordinator: North West Craft Network – Manchester Craft and Design Centre

Director & Programmer Blackpool Gardens Film Festival: Winter Gardens Trust, Aunty Social CIC

Former

Clore Transform Fellow: Arts Council England: Clore Fellowship

Equality Advisor (Provided advice and support to Showtown/Museum Project): Blackpool Council

Researcher for Blackpool Heritage Action Zone cultural programme: Blackpool Council, Aunty Social CIC

Creative Producer (Freelance): Blackpool Council, National Piers Society, World Monuments Fund

Sea Change Conference Coordinator (Freelance): Blackpool Council, World Monuments Fund, ICOMOS UK 

Trustee: Creative Lives (Formerly Voluntary Arts) 2016-2023

Freelancer: Provided staff development sessions: Showtown Blackpool (Blackpool Museum Project)

Creative Programmer: The Harris, Preston City Council

Edward Impey

Former

Executive Board Director (Former employer): English Heritage (as was)

Master and Director General: Royal Armouries Museum

Gill Chitty

Current

Trustee and Bursary Officer: York Consortium for Craft & Conservation

Jeremy Garside

Current

Member of the Management Board: Environmental Records Information Centre, North East

Trustee: Middlesbrough Environment City

Chief Executive: Tees Valley Wildlife Trust Limited

Sarah McLeod

Current

Chair: South Yorkshire Local Visitor Economy Partnership

CEO: Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust

Tony Gates

Current

Steering Group Member: Great North Bog

Corporate Member: National Parks England

Corporate Member: National Parks Partnership Limited

Steering Group Member: Nature North

Council Member: North East Chamber of Commerce

Chief Executive: Northumberland National Park Authority

Former

Director: Active Northumberland

Director: Kielder Water and Forest Park Development Trust

Director: National Federation of ALMOS

Director: Northumberland Tourism Limited

Chair and Director: Ouseburn Trust

Chair of the Group Board: Your Homes Newcastle

Addeel Khan

No interests to declare.

Zulfiqar Ahmed

No interests to declare.

Committee for Northern Ireland

Darren Rice

Current

Member: Landscapes NI (Formerly Northern Ireland Protected Areas Network (NIPAN))

AONB and Geopark Manager: Newry, Mourne and Down District Council

Landscape Connections Applicant – Strangford and Lecale AONB: NMDDC

Landscape Connections Applicant – Mourne Gullion AONBs: NMDDC (lead partner National Trust)

Board of Directors: Northern Ireland Environment Link

Former

Member of the Board of Directors: Mourne Gullion & Lecale Rural Development Partnership

Jim McGreevy

Current

Member of Management Advisory Committee: Armagh Robinson Library

Nicola McVeigh

Current

Trustee: Grand Opera House, Belfast

Member: Hearth Historic Buildings Trust: Riddel's Warehouse Trust Committee

PhD Researcher: Ulster University

Former

Project Manager: Foyle Civic Trust

Senior National Consultant: National Trust

Chief Executive: Ulster Architectural Heritage

Olive Hill

Current

Commissioner: Northern Lights

Sally Montgomery

Current

Member: Historic Monuments Council

Commissioner: Irish Lights

Trustee: National Museums Northern Ireland

Former

Board Director: Maritime Belfast

Board Director: Mourne Heritage Trust

Chair, Castlewellan Forest Park Task and Finish Board: Newry Mourne and Down Council

Patricia Corbett

No interests to declare.

Committee for Scotland

Andy Milne

Current

Contributing Member: The Foundation of Hearts (Heart of Midlothian football club)

Former

Chief Executive: SURF, Scotland's Regeneration Network

Diana Murray

Current

Trustee: Scottish International Education Trust

President: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

Former

Chair: Arts and Business Scotland

Trustee: Royal Botanic Gardens of Edinburgh

Chief Executive: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (latterly Historic Environment Scotland to 2016)

Chair: Scottish Association for Marine Science

Trustee: Scottish Seabird Centre

Fiona McLean

Current

Non-executive director: Cairngorms National Park Authority

Board Member: Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland

Rector: University of the Highlands and Islands

Former

Non-executive director: Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service

Chair: Highland Home Carers

Non-executive director: Historic Environment Scotland

Vice Chair of Court: University of the Highlands and Islands

Lizzie Swarbrick

Current

Steering Group Member: Belhaven Community Garden

Volunteer: Dunbar Harbour Trust

Trustee: Scotland’s Churches Trust

Employee: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

Mike Benson

Current

Director: Scottish Crannog Centre

Robert Cawston

Current

Director of Digital and Service Transformation: National Libraries Scotland

Sally Thomas

Current

Charity Trustee: Andrew Raven Trust (SC039488)

Community Councillor: Pencaitland & District Community Council

Charity Trustee and Company Director: Plantlife International England and Wales (1059559) Scotland (SC038951)

Honorary Fellow: Scottish Environment LINK

Former

Director of People and Nature: NatureScot

Stuart Housden

Current

Trustee: Highlands and Islands Environment Forum

Head of Lobbying: Restore Nature

Honorary Fellow: Scottish Environment Link

Chair of Trustees: Scottish Seabird Centre

Trustee: The Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest Trust

Trustee: The Gillman Charitable Trusts

Former

Member: Crown Estate Scottish Advisory Committee

Rapporteur to the House of Lords EU sub-committee inquiry into European Biodiversity policy & practice: House of Lords

Trustee: National Trust for Scotland

Member of Natural Heritage Advisory Committee: National Trust for Scotland

Member of Scottish Forum on Natural Capital Executive Committee (unpaid): Partnership

Chair (unpaid): Peatland Alliance (SCIO)

Board Director: RSPB/RSPB Scotland

Chair: Scottish Government Rural Development Council

Member Scottish Power Environment Forum (unpaid): Scottish Power

Committee Member: Scottish Water Customer Forum

Committee for Wales

Caroline Crewe-Read

Current

Director: Army Central Fund

Interim Chair: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Wales

Former

Head of Partnerships and Philanthropy: Historic England

Diane Williams

Current

Freelance editor: National Trust

Former

Publications: Cadw, Welsh Government

Emyr Roberts

Current

Member of Committee: Cymdeithas Enwau Lleoedd Cymru – Welsh Place Names Society

Member: Glas Cymru

Member: RSPB

Former

Chair of Council: Aberystwyth University

Chief Executive: Natural Resources Wales

Director General: Welsh Government

Karen Lewis

Current

Non-executive Member: Llais Cymru

Non-executive Member: Ofcom Advisory Committee for Wales

Pedr ap Llwyd

Current

Non-executive Director: Coleg Cymraeg Genedlaethol

Member: Friends of the Friendless Churches

Honorary President: Friends of the National Library of Wales

Fellow: The Learned Society of Wales

Member of The Gorsedd: The National Eisteddfod of Wales

Professor: University of Wales Trinity Saint David

Former

Trustee: Friends of the National Libraries

Chief Executive and National Librarian: National Library of Wales

Shaheen Sutton

Current

Lead Specialist Advisor – Diversity & Inclusion: Natural Resources Wales

Audit and Risk Committee

Robert Milburn

Current

Co-opted member of the Audit and Risk Committee: Canal and River Trust

Trustee and Chair: CodeBrave Foundation

Trustee, Treasurer and Vice-chair: Paintings in Hospitals

Trustee and Governor: The Lady Eleanor Holles School

Independent member of Audit & Risk Committee: Twentieth Century Society

Former

Non-executive member of Audit and Risk Assurance Committee: Department for Business and Trade

Trustee: London Parks and Green Spaces Forum

Independent member of the Audit and Risk Committee: Marie Curie

Partner: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

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

Jon Hayes

Current

Non-Executive Director: NHS Counter Fraud Authority 

Member of Audit and Risk Committee: General Medical Council

Member of Advisory Panel:  Financial Reporting Council

Member of Joint Audit Committee: London Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime

Company Secretary: Belper North Mill Trust