About us

Year of appointment

Appointed to post September 2011

Roles with EMMS

Executive Director

Skills/Qualifications

BSc (Hons) Heritage Conservation & English - University of Derby

MA Museum & Heritage Management - Nottingham Trent University

Roles with EMMS

Administrator

Year of appointment

1996

Roles with EMMS

Chair, 2003- 

Involvement with member organisations

• Elected member, Gedling Borough Council Council, 1974-2011
  (roles included: Chair of Planning and Development, Chair of the Local Strategic Partnership and Deputy Leader, Portfolio Holder for Leisure and Well Being, with special responsibility for youth and culture).

Other appointments/connections

• Association of Public Service Excellence - Deputy Chair, Central Region (2009-
• Arts Council England, East Midlands Council member, 2010-
• Museums Association, Local Authority Councillor, 2009-11
• EMMLAC/MLA East Midlands: Board member, 2002-09

Skills/Qualifications

MA Museum Studies
AMA

Year of appointment

2002

Roles with EMMS

Vice Chair

Chair of Steering Group

Involvement with member organisations

Derbyshire Musuems Manager
Curatorial advisor to Old House Museum, Bakewell and Castleton Historical Society
On steering group of Creswell Heritage Trust

Other appointments/connections

Chair of REM Collections Steering Group
Member of REM Museum Development steering group
Chair of Derbyshire Museums Forum
Councillor at large for the Museums Association

Previous Roles

Joint chair of EMMS working party
Chair of Practioners’ Panel
Chair of Front of House network

Address

Culture & Adult Education
Lincolnshire County Council
County Offices
Newland
Lincoln
LN1 1YQ

Skills/Qualifications

• BA (Hons) archaeology
• MA museum studies
• AMA
• Postgraduate Certificate in Management
• Studying towards an MA in Information and Library Studies

Year of appointment

2010

Roles with EMMS

REDS Team Member 2000 - 2005

Board Member 2010 -

Involvement with member organisations

Network Manager (West):Culture and Adult Education, Lincolnshire County Council

Previous Roles

Divisional Manager (Lincolnshire County Council) 2007-2009
Area Manager North (Lincolnshire County Council) 2005 - 2007
Heritage Manager (Kettering Borough Council) 2004-2005
Assistant Heritage Manager (Kettering Borough Council) 1999-2004

Year of appointment

2004

Skills/Qualifications

Chartered surveyor

Year of appointment

2008

Involvement with member organisations

• Company Secretary & Trustee, Tramway Museum Society
• Company Secretary Tramway Museum Services(R&C) Ltd (catering subsidiary)
• Director responsible for curatorial matters, and for retail & catering matters

Other appointments/connections

40 years’ experience in museum work

Previous Roles

• 37 years’ experience dealing with insurance for the Tramway Society Museum
• Professional career in property valuation and property management

Skills/Qualifications

• BA Hons
• Museums Diploma
• AMA (Associate of the Museums Association)
• Prince 2 Foundation level
• IOSH Managing Safely
• BII Personal License holder

Year of appointment

2002

Roles with EMMS

• Chair of Front of House Network, 2009-
• Chair of Finance & Audit Committe, 2011-
• Finance & Audit Committee member, 2008-2011
• REDS Team member, 2009-2011

Involvement with member organisations

Museums and Arts Manager, Northampton Borough Council - now retired.

Other appointments/connections

Secretary, Northamptonshire Museums Forum

President Elect of the Midlands Federation of Museums and Art Galleries

Previous Roles

Posts in the cultural sector of local givernment, mainly museums, since 1974 (i.e. Tamworth Borough Council, North Hertfordshire District Council, Lancashire County Council, and Northampton Borough Council ) and in a managerial capacity since 1980.

Other info

• Collections experience includes archaeology, social history, and military history, and a number of display and development projects.
• Experience working in events and arts management.

Skills/Qualifications

• Politics and Economics degree
• Skills training in IT and Project Management

Year of appointment

2008

Involvement with member organisations

• Chair of Development Control Committee
• Board Member of Experience Nottinghamshire

Other appointments/connections

Former board member of Galleries of Justice Museum of Law

Year of appointment

2010

Roles with EMMS

Board Member 2010 -

Skills/Qualifications

Belinda’s career has been in teaching, research, and management at the universities of Oxford, Reading, and Wales, lecturing at universities throughout Europe, publishing as a writer and editor.

Year of appointment

2011

Roles with EMMS

Board Member

Involvement with member organisations

Founding Chair of Desborough Civic Society.

Manager/Chair of Desborough Heritage Centre.

 

Other appointments/connections

Committee member for Northamptonshire Museums Forum.

Skills/Qualifications

• B.Sc Archaeological Sciences
• M.Phil Archaeological Heritage & Museums
• Working with volunteers, partnership-working.

Year of appointment

2004

Roles with EMMS

• Chair of the Practitioners’ Panel, 2006-
• Member of the Website Working Party, 2009-
• Working Party of the EMMS Review, 2006

Involvement with member organisations

• Collections Manager Archaeology, History & Natural Sciences
• Nottingham City Museums & Galleries

Other appointments/connections

• Former member of the REM Digitisation Group; now on the REM Collections Specialist Panel.
• Management Board of Nottingham University Museum.
• Chair of the Collections Management Group at Nottingham City Museums & Galleries.

Previous Roles

• Former CBA Regional Representative for Bedfordshire [3 years]
• Treasurer for Bedfordshire Archaeology and Committee member [6.5 years]
• Steering committee for the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Portable Antiquities Officer during the initial set up.
• Previous posts: Curator of Torquay Museum
• Keeper of Archaeology and Ethnography - small local authority museum

Other info

• Contributed to the Regional Research Strategy for Archaeology [yet to be published].
• Occasional specialist lecturer to Nottingham Trent University Museums & Heritage course in packing and handling; managing student work placements.
• Member of the Archaeological Curators Group and the Nottinghamshire Numismatic Society.

Skills/Qualifications

• Intermediate certificate of the Association of Certified and Corporate Accountants
• Licence to drive a Passenger Carrying Vehicle

Year of appointment

2003

Involvement with member organisations

Joint Heritage Liaison Officer of Lincolnshire Vintage Vehicle Society Ltd

Previous Roles

• 12 years in management of transport museums.
• Company Secretary of Lincolnshire Vintage Vehicle Society Ltd.
• Secretary of Sheffield Bus Museum Trust.
• Joint Editor of Lincolnshire Vintage Vehicle Society’s quarterly magazine Con-Rod.
• Served on the Committee of the Lincolnshire Heritage Forum

Skills/Qualifications

Chartered Accountant

Year of appointment

2005

Roles with EMMS

• Executive Board member, 2002-
• Company Secretary, 2005-

Involvement with member organisations

Ruddington History Society: Chair 2004-

Other appointments/connections

Rushcliffe Borough Councillor for approximately 30 years, to 2011

Previous Roles

Parish councillor, 30 years.

Skills/Qualifications

• PGDip Heritage Studies
• BA (Hons) Medieval and Modern History
• PGCHE
• Post Experience Certificate in Advanced Management

Year of appointment

2008

Roles with EMMS

Website Working Group member, 2009-

Involvement with member organisations

• Senior Lecturer, Nottingham Trent University
• Heritage Consultant

Other appointments/connections

• REM Workforce Development Specialist Panel member
• REM Audience Development Specialist Panel member