12 June 2023

Trustees

Maria Adebowale-Schwarte

Current

(Brother) Member, House of Lords (cross-bencher)

Affiliate member, Royal Institute of British Architects

Ambassador, Women’s Environment Network

Commissioner, London Sustainable Development Commission

Executive Director, Foundation for Future London

Patron, UKELA (UK Environmental Law Association)

Founding Director, Living Space Project

Former

Trustee, Big Local

Trustee, Trust for Conservation Volunteers

Chair, Waterwise

Ambassador, Social Enterprise Mark

Commissioner, English Heritage

Commissioner, UK Sustainable Development Commission

Advisory Funding Panel Member, Natural England

Fellow, Royal Society of Arts

Non-Executive Director, Shared Assets

Advisory Member, Artists Project Earth

Associate, Futurecity

Advisor, UnLtd – Building Futures Fund

Senior Fellow, Projects for Public Spaces

 

Claire Feehily

Current

Member, The Honourable Company of Gloucestershire

Committee Member, The National Trust Minchinhampton and Rodborough Commons Committee

Non-Executive Director, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Chair of Board of Trustees, Stroud and Cotswold Citizens Advice

Vice Chair of Board of Trustees, The Brandon Trust

Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee, BSW Integrated Care Board

 

Julian Glover

Current

Board Member, Buxton International Festival

Director, Derbyshire and London Limited

 

Ray Macfarlane

Current

Trustee, Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

Chair, Museums Galleries Scotland

Chair, Scottish Legal Aid Board

Chair, Hopetoun Foundation

Former

Trustee, National Galleries of Scotland 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 Enterprises 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

Commissioner, Cathedral Fabric Commission for England

Executive Director, Historic Coventry Trust

Assistant Director of Planning, Historic England

 

Mukesh Sharma

Current

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

Member, Northern Ireland Council for The Prince’s Trust

Board Member, Northern Ireland Policing Board

Director, Artsekta Ltd

Director, Moving on Music

Director, Thriftway Travel

Director, S and M Properties

Director, Goliath Trust

Deputy Lieutenant – Belfast, The Belfast Lieutenancy

NI Committee Chair, Barnardos

Former

Director, Hannon Travel

 

David Stocker

Current

Member, Council for British Archaeology Historic Buildings Advisory Panel

President, Lincoln Record Society

JCNAS Nominee, Lincoln Diocesan Advisory Committee

CFCE Nominee, Lincoln Cathedral Fabric Advisory Committee

CBA Nominee to Council, The National Trust

Former

Trustee, Society for Lincolnshire History & Archaeology

Trustee, Council for British Archaeology

Chair, Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire Advisory & Liaison Committee

Chair, Chartered Institute for Archaeology Buildings Special Interest Group

Trustee and Chair, Society for Church Archaeology

Employee, York Archaeological Trust

Employee, Trust for Lincolnshire Archaeology

Employee, English Heritage

Member, Secretary and Chair, Council for British Archaeology – total of 8 advisory committees on various topics

Director, The British Archaeological Association

Secretary, The Archaeology Training Forum

Trustee and Vice President, Society for Medieval Archaeology

 

Simon Thurley

Current

Trustee, Wren 300

Board Member, Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal Delivery Authority

President, London Appreciation Society

Chair, Andrew Lloyd-Webber Foundation

Patron, London Parks and Gardens Trust

Patron, City of London Archaeological Society

Board Member and Trustee, British Library

Managing Director, Architrave Historical Services Ltd

Partner, Kingstaithe Museum

Architectural Advisor, Stephen A Schwarzman Foundation

Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Historical Research

Honorary Vice-President and committee member, Society for Court Studies

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

Worked with clients over past five years: Crosby Hall, Harrods, Hever Castle, The Bantam Press, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Trent Park Estate, William Collins Publishers, Conholt Nominees

Visiting Professor, Gresham College

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

Trustee (Spouse, Dr Anna Keay), Pilgrim Trust

Director (Spouse, Dr Anna Keay), Landmark Trust

Trustee (Spouse, Dr Anna Keay), Royal Collection

Former

Trustee, Canal and River Trust (2010 to 2015)

Trustee, English Heritage Foundation (2010 to 2015)

Board Member, Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal Sponsor Body

President, Huntingdonshire Local History Society (2004 to 2019)

Chair, Lloyd-Webber Theatres Drury Lane steering group

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

Chief Executive, English Heritage (until 2015)

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

Worked with clients over past five years: Access Entertainment, Castle Howard Estate, Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Elveden Estate, Suffolk, Medina Development Authority, Ministry of Justice, Norfolk Archaeological Trust, The Chitra Collection, London

Governor (Spouse, Dr Anna Keay), Beadales School

 

NHMF Panel

Peter Barber

Current

Trustee, Hereford Mappa Mundi and Chained Library Trust

Trustee, JB Harley Fellowships

Council Member, London Topographical Society

Council Member, Hakluyt Society

Council Member, Lauderdale House Society

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

Trustee, Memorial Scrolls Trust

President, Hornsey Historical Society

Director/Trustee, Imago Mundi Ltd

Former

Vice-chairman, Friends of Kenwood

 

Lennox Cato DL

Current

Panellist, NHMF

 

Tessa Murdoch

Current

Chair of Trustees, Huguenot Museum, Rochester

Former

Research Curator, Rosalind and Arthur Gilbert Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum

Curatorial Adviser, Handel & Hendrix

 

Geoff Pick

Current

Trustee, Stationers Hall Charity

Chair, UK Archive Service Accreditation Committee

Former

Board Member, Archives for London

Chair, London Archives Partnership

Chair, Archives and Records Association of the UK and Ireland

Head of Service for Guildhall Art Gallery and Keats House, City of London Corporation

Archivist, Lambeth Palace Library, Church of England

Archivist, Worcester Cathedral, Church of England

Director, London Metropolitan Archives, City of London Corporation

 

Orlando Rock

Current

Trustee, The Cosmic House

Chairman, Christie's UK

Co-Custodian, Burghley House Preservation Trust

 

England, London & South

Stephen Boyce

Current

Trustee, Common Ground

Adviser, St Barbe Museum & Art Gallery, Lymington, Hampshire

Chair of Strategic Advisory Group, South West Museum Development Programme

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

Former

Trustee, SPUD

Programme Associate, Creative Local Growth Fund

Founder and Trustee, Winchester Poetry Festival

 

Nicole Collomb

Current

Senior Policy and Programme Officer, Greater London Authority

 

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

Former

CEO, Bath Preservation Trust (2007-2021)

 

Lydia Lee

Current

Volunteer, Young Lives Foundation

Assistant Director, Culture and Regeneration, London Borough of Bromley

Former

Engaging Places Advisor, CABE

 

Richard Smith

Current

Director, The Tank Museum

Chairman, Dorset Tourism Association

Chairman, Tank Museum Trading Company Ltd

Director, The Tank Museum, Ministry of Defence

Former

Trustee, Kimmeridge Trust

Member, The Kimmeridge Trust

 

Neena Sohal

Current

Trustee, South Asian Diaspora Arts Archive

Director, Rethinking Asian History Foundation CIC

Vice Chair, Arts Asia

 

England, Midlands & East

Heather Broughton

Former

Trustee, National Gas Museum Trust

Board Member, Derby Museums Trust

Committee Member, Ethics Committee, Museums Association

Chair, East Midlands Regional Archives Sustainability Network

Expert Advisor, Historic England

Expert Advisor, The Battle of Bosworth Art Trail

Independent Parish Councillor, Market Bosworth

Assistant Director, Communities and Wellbeing, Leicestershire County Council

Chairman, Market Bosworth Heritage Society

Volunteer, Museum of East Anglian Life (MEAL)

 

Tony Butler

Current

Executive Director, Derby Museums

 

Harr-Joht Padam

Current

Research Programme Manager, Tate

Non-Executive Director/Trustee, Nishkam Civic Association

 

Chris Starkie

Current

CEO, New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership

 

England, North

Jim Cokill

Current

Member, Natural History Society of Northumbria

Chair, County Durham Environment and Climate Change Partnership

Director, Durham Wildlife Trust

Member, Northumbria Region Flood and Coastal Committee

Project Lead, BrightWater Landscape Partnership – DWT is lead organisation and accountable body

Company Director, Mammal Web

Company director, Durham Wildlife Services Ltd

Former

Member, Lit and Phil, Newcastle

Board Member, Land of Oak and Iron Landscape Partnership

Board member, Limestone Landscapes Landscape Partnership

Board member, North East England Nature Partnership

 

Edward Impey

Former

Master and Director General, Royal Armouries Museum

Executive Board Director, English Heritage

 

Sarah McLeod

Current

CEO, Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust

 

Catherine Mugonyi

Current

Trustee, Creative Lives (formerly Voluntary Arts)

Director, Aunty Social CIC

Project Manager & Programmer Winter Gardens Film Festival, Winter Gardens Trust,  Aunty Social CIC

Clore Transform Fellowship, Supported by Arts Council England. Clore Fellowship: cultural sector leadership development programme.

Director of Aunty Social CIC, Aunty Social CIC/Blackpool Council/Blackpool Heritage Action Zone: 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.

Former

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)

 

Stephen Welsh

Current

Trustee, Homotopia

Freelance Cultural Practitioner, Self-employed

Upon their request, submitted co-creation consultancy proposal to St John the Baptist's Church in Rochdale. No confirmation yet.

Former

Project Curator, International Slavery Museum

Committee Member, Islamic Art and Material Culture Subject Specialist Network 

Curator of Living Cultures, Manchester Museum

 

John Williams

Current

Police Support Volunteer, North Yorkshire Police

Trustee, The Leonard Chamberlain Trust

Governor, Bradford College

Governor, Askham Bryan College, York

Member, Friends of Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Board Member, Beyond Housing

Committee Member, The Riverside Group

Parish Councillor, Byland with Wass and Oldstead Parish Council

Former

Trustee, Hull Unitarian Church

Trustee, Park Lane Trust

Member, The Princes Trust West Yorkshire Committee

Board Member, Leeds Federated Housing Association

Board Member, Impact Housing Association

Adviser, Ruskin Mill Trust

Board Member, Karbon Homes 

 

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

 

Sally Montgomery

Current

Member, Historic Monuments Council

Commissioner of Irish Lights, Irish Lights

Board Director, Mourne Heritage Trust

Former

Board Director (ended 2021), Maritime Belfast

Chair, Castlewellan Forest Park Task and Finish Board (ended 2021), Newry Mourne and Down Council

 

Darren Rice

Current

Member, Northern Ireland Protected Areas Network (NIPAN)

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

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 (From August 2023), National Libraries Scotland

 

Liz Davidson

Current

Senior Project Manager, Glasgow School of Art

Trustee Director, Glasgow Building Preservation Trust

Former

Trustee, Architectural Heritage Fund

Member, Historic Buildings Council for Scotland

Chair, UK Association of Preservation Trusts

Trustee, Kilmahew St Peter's Trust

Trustee, Strathclyde Building Preservation Trust

Project Director, Merchant City Initiative (HLF-funded regeneration programme)

Director, Glasgow Building Preservation Trust

 

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

Member of Natural Heritage Advisory Committee, National Trust for Scotland

Chair of Trustees, Scottish Seabird Centre

Former

Trustee, National Trust for Scotland

Member, Crown Estate Scottish Advisory Committee

Committee Member, Scottish Water Customer Forum

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 EU sub-committee inquiry into European Biodiversity policy & practice, House of Lords

 

Fiona McLean

Current

Non-Executive Director, Cairngorms National Park Authority

Non-Executive Director, Historic Environment Scotland

Rector, University of the Highlands and Islands

Former

Chair, Highland Home Carers

Non-Executive Director, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service

Vice Chair of Court, University of the Highlands and Islands

 

Andy Milne

Current

Contributing member, Heart of Midlothian FC

Former

Chief Executive, SURF; Scotland’s Regeneration Network

 

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 Library

Member, Friends of the Friendless Church

Fellow, The Learned Society of Wales

Chief Executive and National Librarian, National Library of Wales

Professor, University of Wales

Member of the Gorsedd, The National Eisteddfod of Wales

 

Caroline Crewe-Read

Current

Commissioner, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Wales

Former

Head of Partnerships and Philanthropy, Historic England

 

David Robinson

Current

Occasional paid writing work (not consultancy), Cadw

Former

Employee, Cadw

 

Shaheen Sutton

Current

Staff, Natural Resources Wales

 

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

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

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 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