Staff List

The National Portrait Gallery has 176 full-time employees across all disciplines of conservation, collections management, archive, education, information, public relations and development, buildings maintenance, information, administration, publishing, warding, retail and catering. Approximately 46 part-time and temporary staff are employed throughout the year in addition to approximately 15 volunteers at any one time.

Emailing: all staff email addresses are structured in the style first letter of first name and full surname (without spaces, hyphens or any other punctuation sign) followed by "@npg.org.uk" (eg jobriensmith@npg.org.uk for John O'Brien-Smith).


DIRECTOR

Sandy Nairne

Alexandra Finch, Manager, Director's Office

Helen Bishop, Administrative Assistant


CURATORS

Jacob Simon, Chief Curator

Tarnya Cooper, 16th Century Curator

Catharine MacLeod, 17th Century Curator

Lucy Peltz, 18th Century Curator

Peter Funnell, 19th Century Curator & Head of Research Programmes

Paul Moorhouse, 20th Century Curator

Sarah Howgate, Contemporary Curator

Terence Pepper, Photographs Curator

Clare Freestone, Assistant Curator of Photographs (Collections)

Magda Keaney, Associate Curator of Photographs (Exhibitions & Displays)

Georgia Atienza, Photographs Cataloguer

Constantia Nicolaides, Photographs Cataloguer

Carol Blackett-Ord, Researcher, Late Victorian Catalogue

Jan Marsh, Researcher, Late Victorian Catalogue

Rosie Broadley, Associate Curator, Contemporary Collections

Rab MacGibbon, Assistant Curator

Patricia Hardy, Assistant Curator

Elizabeth Heath, Assistant Curator (Research)

Catherine Daunt, Assistant Curator

Alexandra Ault, Assistant Curator (Archive and Library)

John Ingamells, Research Fellow

Caroline Pegum, Co-ordinator, Subject Specialist Network

Anna Bright, Short-text Writer


CURATORIAL OFFICE

Seraphina Coffman, Secretarial Assistant

Cath Stanton, Curatorial Assistant


DESIGN

Jude Simmons, Head of Design

Ian Gardner, Designer

Leonora Daltrey, Assistant Designer (maternity leave)

Natalia Calvocoressi, Assistant Designer (maternity cover)

Mahtab Hussain, Studio Assistant  


DIGITAL PROGRAMMES

David Saywell, Head of Digital Programmes

Leigh Amor, New Media Manager

Hanal Patel, New Media Officer

Zaheen Qaiser, IT Gallery Co-ordinator

Emma Cavalier, Digitisation Manager

Liz Dewar, Digital Imaging Assistant

Jonathan Williamson, Collections Database Manager


EXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT

Sarah Tinsley, Head of Exhibitions & Collections Management

Penelope Hughes, Collections Services Manager

Tim Moreton, Collections Manager

Sophie Clark, Exhibitions Manager

Flora Fricker, Exhibitions Manager (Competitions)

Rosie Wilson, Exhibitions Manager

Michelle Greaves, Exhibitions Assistant

Ulrike Wachsmann, Exhibitions Assistant

David McNeff, Loans Manager

Hannah Kauffman, Loans Assistant

Laura Down, National Programmes Manager

Lisa Beauchamp, National Programmes Assistant

Juliet Simpson, Collections Assistant

Sophie Plender, Conservator

Rachel Scott, Paintings Conservator

Polly Saltmarsh, Assistant Paintings Conservator


FRAME CONSERVATION

Richard Hallas, Head of Frame Conservation

Stuart Ager, Assistant Head of Frame Conservation

Stephen Williams, Frame Conservator


ART HANDLING
arthandling@npg.org.uk

Karl Lydon, Head of Art Handling

Julian Buchan, Art Handler

Neil Andrews, Art Handler

Danny Horner, Art Handler

Picture & Sculpture Conservation
conservators@npg.org.uk


ARCHIVE AND LIBRARY
Heinz Archive and Library
archiveenquiry@npg.org.uk

Robin Francis, Head of Archive & Library

Joseph Ripp, Librarian

Paul Cox, Assistant Curator (Archive & Library)

Erika Ingham, Assistant Curator (Archive & Library)

Francesca Odell, Archive and Library Assistant

Emma Williams, Archive and Library Assistant

Charlotte Brunskill, Archivist & Records Manager (on leave)

Kate Tyte, Assistant Archivist / Records Manager

Bryony Millan, Archive and Library Assistant

Laura Clarke, Archive and Library Assistant

Corinne Harrison, Prints Cataloguer


LEARNING & ACCESS

Liz Smith, Head of Learning & Access

Helen Whiteoak, Head of Participation

Justine McLisky, Head of Young People

Yejide Akinade, Learning Services Manager

Katherine Custard, Learning Services Co-ordinator

Alison McAloon Wolff, Learning Services Assistant

Clare Gittings, Learning Manager

Doris Pearce, Adult Programmes Officer

Liz Rideal, Learning Manager, Art

Tanja Gangar, Learning Manager, Art

Lucy Ribeiro, Learning and Access Manager

Jan Cullen, Family Programmes Manager

Francesca Viding, Learning and Access Assistant

Kevina Khan, Participation Project Manager

Rachel Moss, Young People's Programmes Manager

Andrea Easey, Interpretation Editor

Gabriel Thorp, A/V and Lecture Theatre Technician

Rosemary Evison, Slide Librarian

COMMUNICATIONS & DEVELOPMENT 

Pim Baxter, Communications & Development Director & Deputy Director

Helen Corcoran, Communications Assistant


MARKETING

Denise Ellitson, Marketing Manager

Jonathan Rowbotham, Marketing Officer

Sabina Rahman, Marketing Officer (Audience Development)


PRESS

Neil Evans, Senior Press Officer

Eleanor Macnair, Press Officer


EVENTS

Nicola Martin, Events Manager

Madeleine Gibson, Events Officer

Alex Kidston, Music Co-ordinator 
music@npg.org.uk 


DEVELOPMENT

Naomi Conway, Head of Corporate Development (on leave)

Caroline Hawley, Head of Corporate Development

Sarah Moir, Corporate Development Manager

Sara Bunting, Corporate Development Manager

Stacey Bowles, Development Co-ordinator

Nathalie Debono, Gala Manager

Stephanie Weissman, Major Donor Development Manager

Charlotte Savery, Individual Giving Manager (on leave)

Emma Black, Individual Giving Manager

Lisa Cant, Membership Officer

Anna Maria Di Cesare, Membership Administration Assistant

Tilani Guy de Fontgalland, Development Researcher

Susie Holden, Trust Fundraising Manager

Catherine Yexley, Trust Fundraising Manager


RESOURCES

Judith West, Head of Resources

Liz Fomin, Contracts and Procurement Advisor


INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Louis Brady, Head of Information Technology

Ann Lahiff, IT Infrastructure and Development Manager

Kevin Day, IT Training and Support Officer

Ron Hurtado, IT Technical Officer (IT Information Desk)

Mark Mesa, IT Assistant


BUILDING SERVICES

Allan Tyrrell, Engineering Manager 

John Dawson, Building Services Co-ordinator

Steve Ames, Facilities Manager

Jag Sandhu, Facilities & Buildings Officer

Plant maintenance 
lstewart@npg.org.uk


VISITOR SERVICES AND SECURITY

Claire Zammit, Head of Visitor Services & Security

Rafal Kennedy, Visitor Services Manager (Security)

Rosie Pagan, Visitor Services Manager

Heather Packham, Visitor Services Manager (Information Desk)

Andrew Hudson, Staff Services Assistant

Jennifer Hopkins, Assistant Visitor Services Manager

Emanuel Chabot, Assistant Visitor Services Manager

Adriana Oliveira, Assistant Visitor Services Manager

Ozlem Oglou, Assistant Visitor Services Manager


PERSONNEL 
personnel@npg.org.uk

Caroline Wynter, Head of Personnel

Shamailla Rashid, Senior HR Adviser 

Lucy Evans, Human Resources Officer

Melanie Pelletier, Human Resources Assistant

Llorett Kemplen, Training & Development Manager 


FINANCE

Nick Hanks, Head of Finance 

Nico Nicholas, Finance Manager

Terry Greenwood, Assistant Finance Manager

Susan Deane, Payroll Officer

Olamide Ogunlesi, Purchase Ledger Officer

Sonal Karim, Purchase Ledger Officer

Peter Beadle, Sales Ledger Officer

Jenny Dewhirst, Management and Planning Accountant (on leave)

Hussain Mehdi, Management and Planning Accountant

Stella Muziya, Assistant Management Accountant


TRADING 

Robert Carr-Archer, Head of Trading


PUBLICATIONS

Celia Joicey, Head of Publications

Ruth Müller-Wirth, Production Manager 

Rebeka Cohen, Editor

Pallavi Vadhia, Sales & Marketing Manager

Vicky Jones, Sales and Marketing Assistant 

Claudia Bloch, Assistant Editor 


PICTURE LIBRARY

Tom Morgan, Head of Rights and Reproductions 

Bernard Horrocks, Copyright Officer

Matt Bailey, Assistant Picture Library Manager

Helen Trompeteler, Picture Librarian

Emma Butterfield, Picture Librarian

Melissa Atkinson, Picture Librarian


RETAIL (SHOP)

Denise Dean, Buying Manager

Rebecca Hossain, Retail Operations Manager

Linda Fu, Assistant Retail Manager

Anna-Maria Perez de Rada, Buying Assistant

Terence Stewart, Stores Supervisor

Kieran Wakeman, Stores Assistant

Martin Steininger, Senior Sales Assistant

Maiven Bergeron, Senior Sales Assistant

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