About
Staff
Everything we do is thanks to our extraordinary team of people and a spirit of collective endeavour
Senior leadership team
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Director – Esme Ward
Senior Executive Assistant to the Director – Judith Fabian
Head of Development – Stephen Walsh
Philanthropy Manager – Robyn Masson
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Head of External Relations – Ciaron Wilkinson
Head of Communications and Marketing – Connor Murphy
Design Manager – Ian Smith
Digital Content Creator – Tobias Longmate
Editorial Content Creator – Danny Roberts
Visitor Team and Communications Coordinator – Dr Michelle Scott
Data Manager – Helen Mark
Environmental Action Manager – Hannah Hartley
Social Justice Manager – Chloe Cousins
Engagement Manager – Anna Bunney
Family Programme Coordinator – Vicky Grant
Chinese Culture Community Producer – Hazel Ng
South Asia Gallery Community Producer - Anisa Mohammed
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Head of Exhibitions and Collections –George Young
Collections Information Manager – John Peel
Curator of Indigenous Perspectives and Deputy Head of Collections – Dr. Alexandra P. Alberda
Curator of Botany – Dr. Rachel Webster
Curator of Earth Science Collections – Dr. Nidia Alvarez Armada
Curator of Egypt and Sudan – Dr. Campbell Price
Curator of Archaeology – Chris Griffiths
Curator of Zoology – Glenn Roadley
Curator of Entomology – Diana Arzuza Buelvas
Curator of Living Cultures – Pascale Boucicaut
Lead Curator (South Asia Gallery) – Nusrat Ahmed
Curatorial Assistant (Botany) – Lindsey Loughtman
Curatorial Assistant (Humanities) – Dr Susan Martin
Curatorial Assistant (Natural Sciences) – Rachel Petts
Curatorial Assistant (Entomology) – Imogen Elliott
Curatorial Assistant – Lucy Edematie
Curator of Herpetology – Matthew O’Donnell
Assistant Curator of Herpetology – Bethany Dean
Curatorial Assistant – Samuel Hurley
Collections Digitisation and Access Coordinator – Kayleigh Crawford
Emeritus Professor of Archaeological Studies and of Classics – Prof. John Prag
Honorary Senior Research Fellow – Charles Horie
Honorary Research Fellow – Dr Dmitri Logunov
Honorary Research Fellow – Bryan Sitch
Honorary Curator – Dr Graham Proudlove
Honorary Curator – Philip Rispin
Honorary Academic Fellow – Dr Kay Prag
Finds Liaison Officer – Heather Beeton
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Collections Care Manager and Senior Conservator – Dr Sam Beath
Registrar – Gillian Smithson
Conservator – Irit Narkiss
Assistant Preventive Conservator – Abby Stevens
Senior Technician (Presentation and Collections) – Robert O’Connor
Assistant Museum Exhibition Technician – Cate Blanchard
Assistant Museum Exhibition Technician – George Coldwell
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Head of Learning and Participation - under recruitment
Curator of Learning – Dr Hannah-Lee Chalk
Primary Learning Coordinator – Amy McDowall
Learning Primary Assistant – Jennie
Learning Facilitator – Mattie
Secondary and Post-16 Coordinator (Science) – Barinur Rashid
Associate Curator of Learning – Dr Sadia Habib
Civic Engagement and Education Assistant – Nora Callaghan
Student Engagement Coordinator – Naomi Kashiwagi
Culture, Health and Wellbeing Assistant – Karen Brackenridge
Age Friendly Culture Champions Coordinator – María José Ramos Acevedo
Volunteer Coordinator – Kate Glynn
Volunteer Programme Assistant – Lucy
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Head of Commercial and Operations – Dean Whiteside
Safety, Compliance and Risk Manager – Sheila Chisholm
Projects Coordinator – Rowena McGrath
Building and Operations Manager – Connor Tierney
Buildings and Operations Supervisor – Caitlin McAuliffe
Multimedia Technician – Oliver Harrison
Events and Enterprise Manager – Lowell Wallbank
Events Supervisor – Rhianna Smith
Exhibition and Presentation Technician – Mike Ashworth
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Head of Commercial and Operations – Dean Whiteside
Head Buyer & Product Developer – Emma Gittins
Retail Manager – Louise Watson
Merchandiser – Natacha Pederson
Retail Assistant Manager – Shoena Rankin
Museum shop 0161 275 8786
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Visitor Team Manager – Peter Fallon
Deputy Visitor Team Manager – Rebecca Pepper
Visitor Team Coordinator – Ellie
Visitor Team Coordinator – Lucy
Visitor Team Coordinator – Sammy
Visitor Team and Communications Coordinator – Michelle
Visitor Team Assistant – Aisha
Visitor Team Assistant – Amie
Visitor Team Assistant – Anisa
Visitor Team Assistant – Bilal
Visitor Team Assistant – Bryony
Visitor Team Assistant – Cameron
Visitor Team Assistant – Catherine
Visitor Team Assistant – Fang
Visitor Team Assistant – Fen
Visitor Team Assistant – Geoff
Visitor Team Assistant – Ian
Visitor Team Assistant – Jennie
Visitor Team Assistant – Joe
Visitor Team Assistant – Lauren
Visitor Team Assistant – Lina
Visitor Team Assistant – Louise
Visitor Team Assistant – María José
Visitor Team Assistant – Maxine
Visitor Team Assistant – Maya
Visitor Team Assistant – Mike
Visitor Team Assistant – Nico
Visitor Team Assistant – Parvinder
Visitor Team Assistant – Pinar
Visitor Team Assistant – Raymond
Visitor Team Assistant – Sadiqa
Visitor Team Assistant – Sarah
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Museum Development Officer (North) – Kaye Hardyman 07748 147151
Museum Development Officer (South) – Lynsey Jones 07748 147240
Museum Development Officer: Environmental Responsibility – Alison Criddle 07767 675188