Experience

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  Heneb: Trust for Welsh Archaeology/Ymddiriedolaeth Archaeolegol Cymru

  • Llandeilo, Wales, United Kingdom

  • Company Director and Board Member

    • Nov 2023 - Present
    • Llandeilo, Wales, United Kingdom

    Formed to merge the 4 Welsh Archaeological Trusts, (Clwyd-Powys, Dyfed, Glamorgan-Gwent and Gwynedd) into a national and regionally-based organisation from 31 March 2024 with around 70 staff. Heneb will maintain the statutory Historic Environment Records in Wales, provide advice to local authorities and undertake archaeological work on contract.

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  The Glamorgan-gwent Archaeological Trust Ltd

  • United Kingdom
  • Environmental Services
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Company Director and Board Member, Glamorgan-Gwent

    • Mar 2017 - Present
    • Baglan, Wales

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  Brecknock Society and Friends of y Gaer Museum and Art Gallery, Brecon

  • President

    • Apr 2022 - Present

  • Trustee and Executive Council Member

    • Apr 2013 - Present

  • Member, Editorial Board of Brycheiniog, the Breconshire county history and archaeology journal

    • 2014 - Present

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  Brecon Cathedral Trust

  • Brecon, Wales

  • Trustee

    • Jan 2022 - Present
    • Brecon, Wales

    Safeguarding the historic fabric and choral traditions of the Cathedral and and developing engagement with greater and more diverse communities

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  Dyfed Archaeological Trust Ltd

  • Llandeilo, Wales

  • Company Director and Board Member

    • May 2017 - Jun 2023
    • Llandeilo, Wales

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  Archaeological Organisations' Pension Fund

  • Llandeilo, Wales

  • Trustee

    • Jan 2018 - Apr 2022
    • Llandeilo, Wales

    Management of around £13m of investment funds in the interests of pension members.

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  National Lottery Heritage Fund

  • United Kingdom
  • Government Administration
  • 300 - 400 Employee

  • Member, Committee for Wales

    • Mar 2014 - Apr 2020
    • Cardiff, Wales

    Decision-making on applications between £100,000 and £5m; advocacy for the National Lottery Heritage Fund in Wales.

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  King's College London

  • United Kingdom
  • Research Services
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Chair, Management Board, Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland

    • Apr 2014 - Apr 2018
    • London, United Kingdom

    Programme Director, 2014-16 Chair, Management Board, 2016-18

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  Historic England

  • United Kingdom
  • Government Administration
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Director of the National Monuments Record

    • Oct 1995 - Sep 2011
    • Swindon, United Kingdom

    - Director of the National Monuments Record, the UK's major historic environment archive and data management centre, including the largest purpose-built photographic archive, incorporating the National Buildings Record, the National Archaeological Record and the National Library of Aerial Photography for England; management of 120 staff. - Worked with the sector to establish standards and information systems for local authority Historic Environment Records. - Sponsor of of major partnership and voluntary projects: - Heritage Gateway (www.heritagegateway.org.uk) - Images of England (www.imagesofengland.org.uk) - Britain from Above (www.britainfromabove.org.uk) - Member of the English Heritage Editorial Board - Member of the Victoria County History National Committee

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  Department For Culture, Media And Sport

  • United Kingdom
  • Government Administration
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • UK Representative, European Heritage.Net/HEREIN, Council of Europe

    • 1999 - 2004
    • London, United Kingdom

    HEREIN is a heritage information portal and network developed by the Council of Europe to bring together national cultural heritage policies and strategies.

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  Davies Bros (Newport) Holdings Ltd

  • Newport, Wales

  • Company Director

    • 1998 - 2004
    • Newport, Wales

    Family business since the 1870s founded by my great-grandfather. Formerly a chain of builders' merchants and timber importers in South Wales, later a property and investment company

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  Institute of Field Archaeologists

  • Reading, United Kingdom

  • Company Director and Hon Secretary

    • 1996 - 2002
    • Reading, United Kingdom

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  Society of Archivists

  • Taunton, United Kingdom

  • Company Director and Council Member

    • 1998 - 2001
    • Taunton, United Kingdom

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  National Monuments Records in England, Scotland and Wales

  • London, United Kingdom

  • UK Representative - AQUARELLE telematics project

    • 1995 - 1998
    • London, United Kingdom

    AQUARELLE (EU-funded) successfully demonstrated an early multimedia information system providing access to the European heritage based on archival material in cultural institutions in France, Italy and the UK.

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  Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Head of Architectural Record and Archive

    • Jan 1992 - Sep 1995
    • London, United Kingdom

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  Historic England

  • United Kingdom
  • Government Administration
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Head of Records Office

    • Apr 1986 - Dec 1991
    • London, United Kingdom

    Established the English Heritage Records Office to manage and develop the national record of scheduled monuments and listed buildings. Set up the first national geographical information system (GIS) of heritage statutory constraints and the first national databases of scheduled monuments and listed buildings

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  Greater London Council Historic Buildings Division

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Head of Greater London Historic Environment Record

    • Sep 1983 - Mar 1986
    • London, United Kingdom

    Established the Greater London Historic Environment Record, one of the last to be established in England, but with the largest number of sites.

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  Berkshire County Council

  • Reading, United Kingdom

  • Senior Archivist/Corporate Records Manager

    • 1980 - 1983
    • Reading, United Kingdom

    Responsible for historic borough records in the county and for corporate records management

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  Greater London Council

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Head of Housing Policy

    • 1976 - 1979
    • London, United Kingdom

    Policy Head under Labour and Conservative Administrations at a time of great change, including transfers of housing from the Greater London Council to the London Borough Councils.

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  Greater London Council/Inner London Education Authority

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Senior Manager

    • 1971 - 1976
    • London, United Kingdom

    GLC graduate 'fast-stream' intake; Personal Assistant to the Deputy Leader of the Council, then a wide range of posts undertaken in planning, policy and resources, transport and education (Inner London Education Authority).