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Conference delegates 2023
Catching up with colleagues and friends from across the sector and networking with other museum professionals is a key part of AIM Conference. Take a look at the delegate listing below so you know who else is attending (correct at Monday 5 June).
Please note, this list includes online delegates as well as those attending in-person in Edinburgh.
| First Name | Last Name | Job Title | Company |
| Gordon | A Morrison | CEO | Association of Scottish Visitor Attractions |
| Rebekah | Abbott | Head of Arts, Heritage and Culture | Peridot Partners |
| Monty | Abram | Director | Roelofs & Rubens |
| Sara | Adderson | Assistant Curator | Ely Museum |
| Victoria | Allott | Relationship Manager Cultural Investment Fund | Arts Council England |
| Tim | Amsden | Chairman | Tring Museum |
| Florence | Andrews | Associate | Focus Consultants 2010 LLP |
| Christine | Andrews | Programmes and Events Officer | AIM |
| Lucy | Asbridge | Heritage Consultant | Haley Sharpe Design Limited |
| Sam | Astill | Head of Museums | South West Heritage Trust |
| Jayne | Austin | Museum Lead | Suffolk County Council |
| Sukhi | Baden | Head of People & Culture | Black Country Living Museum |
| Nick | Ball | Museums, Galleries and Interpretation Manager | Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust |
| Rod | Barlow | CEO | Rod Barlow Digital Consultancy Ltd |
| Paul | Barnard | Chief Operating Officer | Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust |
| Rosie | Barrett | Consultant | MakeMore Arts & Ryedale Folk Museum |
| Emma | Barrow | Gallery and Programme Manager | Victor Batte-Lay Foundation |
| Paul | Belford | Chair | Black Country Living Museum |
| Alan | Bentley | Museum Development Officer | Museum Development Yorkshire |
| Christine | Bernath | Defence & Regimental Museums Partnerships Manager | National Army Museum |
| Lucy | Bird | Art Fund | |
| Sara | Blair-Manning | Chief Executive | Birmingham Botanical Gardens & Glasshouses |
| Ricki | Boden | Volunteer Coordinator | Black Country Living Museum |
| Bob | Bonner | Curator | Fireground |
| Francesca | Boyle | Communications Officer | Beamish Museum |
| Julia | Branch | Learning and Engagement Officer | Scottish Fisheries Museum Trust |
| Anna | Bridgeman | Museum Officer | Durham Museum |
| Ruth | Brown | Manager | www.historicdunkeld.org.uk |
| Alistair | Brown | Head of Museums, Libraries and Archives Policy | National Lottery Heritage Fund |
| Claire | Browne | Consultancy Manager | National Trust |
| Annabel | Brownhill | Divisional Director | Howden Insurance Brokers Limited |
| Emma | Bunbury | MDO | Cambridgeshire County Council |
| Tim | Burge | Consultant | Tim Burge Museum Services |
| Jilly | Burns | Head of National and International Partnerships | National Museums Scotland |
| Tony | Butler | Executive Director | Derby Museums |
| Annabelle | Campbell | Director | David Parr House |
| Sajida | Carr | AIM Board Member | AIM |
| Lucy | Casot | Chief Executive | Museums Galleries Scotland |
| Victoria | Chadwick | Squeaky Pedal | |
| Emma | Chaplin | Consultant | Emma Chaplin Heritage & Museum Services |
| Isabel | Churcher | Strategic Partnerships Manager | The National Archives |
| Jo | Clements | George Bain Curator | Groam House Museum |
| Dr Stephen | Connolly | Director | DC Research |
| Sally | Cordwell | CEO | Aerospace Bristol |
| Carys | Coulton-Jones | Business Manager, Heritage and Culture | Newark and Sherwood District Council |
| Jenny | Cousins | Director | Food Museum |
| Scott | Craig | Head of VAT | Azets |
| Malcolm | Crampton | Jigsaw Publishing | |
| Mhairi | Cross | AIM Board Member | AIM |
| Laura | Crossley | Museums & Arts Consultant | Laura Crossley / BR!L |
| Wiebke | Cullen | Collections Manager | National Football Museum |
| Jason | Davidson | Squeaky Pedal | |
| Susan | Davies | Milford Haven Museum Development Manager | Milford Haven Museum |
| Dr Mairi | Davies | Climate Change Policy Manager | Historic Environments Scotland |
| Nicola | Dibley | Education and Outreach Officer | The Japanese Garden |
| India | Divers | Policy and Campaigns Officer | Museums Association |
| Sally | Dixon | Assistant Director – Partnerships & Communications | Beamish Museum |
| Heather | Doherty | Museum Development Manager-Research and Analytics | Museums Galleries Scotland |
| Phil | Dolling | AIM Board Member | AIM |
| Annie | Duffield | Head of Marketing and Communications | The Postal Museum |
| Jonathan | Durnin | Director | Durning Research Ltd |
| Sarah | Duthie | Director of Priory and International Affairs | St John Ambulance |
| Katie | Edwards | Director | Biggin Hill Museum |
| Felicia | El Kholi | Heritage Assistant | Anaesthesia Heritage Centre |
| Thomas | Elliot | Deputy Director | Surgeons’ Hall |
| Louise | Emerson | Director | Take the Current |
| Connor | Emerson | Keeper of Social History | Beamish Museum |
| James | Etherington | Director | Kiplin Hall and Gardens |
| Philippa | Fabry | Peridot Partners | |
| Julian | Farrance | Head of Regimental Museums & Partnerships | National Army Museum |
| Helen | Farress | Membership Administrator | AIM |
| Hannah | Fox | Executive Director | The Bowes Museum |
| Rebecca | Foy | Director of Public Engagement | Bletchley Park Trust |
| Mark | Francis-Vasey | Director | Burgh House Charitable Incorporated Organisation |
| Emily | Frankish | Visitor Experience Manager | Beamish Museum |
| Daniel | French | Jarrold Publishing | |
| Dawn | Galer | Heritage Collections Manager | The Scouts Heritage Service |
| Naomi | Garnett | General Manager | Quaker Tapestry Museum |
| Barbara | George | Director of Visitor Experience and Operations | York Minster |
| Rhiannon | Goddard | AIM Board Member | AIM |
| Alexander | Goodger | Museum Director | Stourbridge Glass Museum |
| Esther | Graham | Arts and Culture Officer | North Yorkshire Council |
| Pieta | Greaves | Freelance Conservator | Drakon Heritage and Conservation |
| Emma | Grimmer | Collections Manager | Yorkshire Museum of Farming |
| Zoe | Grimshaw | Heritage Research Coordinator | The Scouts Heritage Service |
| Celyn | Gurden-Williams | Director Visitor Experience | Beamish Museum |
| Emma | Halford-Forbes | Chair | Glencoe Folk Museum |
| Caroline | Hamson | Heritage Manager | Anaesthesia Heritage Centre |
| Theunis | Hanekom | Business Development Manager | Convious |
| Margaret | Harrison | Head of Programmes | AIM |
| John | Harte | Digital Experience Consultant | ATS |
| Sarah | Hartshorne | Programme Officer | Museum Development East Midlands |
| Kate | Hebditch | General Manager | Nothe Fort (Weymouth Civic Society) |
| Gabrielle | Heffernan | Director of Content | National Football Museum |
| Eilidh | Henderson | Architect | Page\Park Architects |
| Nathaniel | Hepburn | CEO / AIM Board Member | Charleston / AIM |
| Rhiannon | Hiles | CEO | Beamish Museum |
| Martin | Howard | Hayes Parsons Insurance Brokers | |
| Emma | Howe | Director | We are the Minories |
| Laura | Hughes | Project Officer | Museum Development East Midlands |
| Sam | Hunt | Consultant | Sam Hunt Consulting |
| Colin | Hunter | ||
| Anemay | Jack | Heritage Project Intern | Provan Hall |
| Sally | Jastrzebski-Lloyd | Director | Elizabeth Gaskells House |
| Rohan | Jayasekera | Administrator | Bexhill Museum |
| Samantha | Jennings | Marketing Officer | Kiplin Hall and Gardens |
| Esther | Johnson | Illustrator | Designed by Esther |
| Liz | Johnson | Director, Museums and Collections | Arts Council England |
| Sophie | Johnson | Relationship Manager, Museum Accreditation | Arts Council England |
| Dominic | Jones | Chief Executive | The Mary Rose Trust |
| Jennifer | Jones | Co-Manager | Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum |
| Victoria | Kahl | Museum Officer – Volunteering and Engagement | The Panacea Museum |
| Stuart | Kennedy | Curator | Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum |
| Abbie | King | COO | Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust |
| Fiona | King | Senior Consultant | Focus Consultants 2010 LLP |
| Ellie | King | Doctoral Researcher | Oxford University Museum of Natural History |
| Reyahn | King | Executive Director | Touring Exhibitions Group |
| Laura | Kinnear | Curator | Holst Victorian House |
| Sarah | Lawrance | Museum and heritage consultant | Curator at Large |
| Sophie | Lenihan | Curator | Royal Scots Regimental Museum |
| Lidia | Letkiewicz-Rush | Archive and Museums Officer | Pilsudski Institute of London |
| Alex | Lindley | Director | Alchemy Consulting |
| Heather | Lomas | Director | Heather Lomas Consulting |
| Chris | Loughran | Chair | Beamish Museum |
| Andrew | Lovett | Chief Executive / AIM Chair | Black Country Living Museum / AIM |
| Jenna | Marrion | Head of Data & Insight | Cornwall Museums Partnership |
| Maria | Marsh | Curator | Tetbury Police Museum |
| Elizabeth | Marston | Co-Founder | Sotera Heritage |
| Chris | Martin | Curator | Glenesk Folk Museum |
| Anna | Mason | Head of Collections & Public Engagement | St John Ambulance |
| Zara | Matthews | Museum Director | The Panacea Museum |
| Rebecca | Maw | Head of Communities and Culture | Groundwork South & North Tyneside |
| Lucy | Maxwell | Museum Project Officer | Suffolk County Council |
| Melissa | Maynard | Consultant | Melissa Maynard Heritage Ltd |
| Katherine | McAlpine | Director | Brunel Museum |
| Claire | McDade | Project Manager | Skylark IX Recovery Trust |
| Hilary | McGowan | Consultant | |
| Ron | McGregor | Museum Mentor | Fireground |
| Ruth | McKew | Director | Headland Design |
| Ross | McKirdy | Museum Manager | Grampian Transport Museum |
| Zak | Mensah | Co-CEO | Birmingham Museums Trust |
| Emma | Midgley | Museum Manager | Pendon Museum |
| Daniel | Miles | Sector to Net Zero Project Lead | Historic England |
| Jennifer | Milton | Director of Support Services | Bletchley Park Trust |
| Jeremy | Mitchell | Finance Trustee | Petersfield Museum and Art Gallery |
| Elizabeth | Moran | Programme Manager | Museum Development East Midlands |
| Matthew | Moran | Museum Director | HMS Unicorn |
| Charlotte | Morgan | AIM Board Member | AIM |
| Richard | Morsley | CEO | The Historic Dockyard Chatham |
| Jonathan | Morton | Executive Director | Royal Cornwall Museum |
| Nicola | Moss | Curator | National Mining Museum Scotland |
| Colin | Mulberg | Director | Colin Mulberg Consulting |
| Aimee | Murphy | Collections Engagement Officer | Art UK |
| Kirsty | Murray | Partner | Azets |
| Catherine | Myles | Grants Manager | Museums Galleries Scotland |
| Kimberley | Newell | Museum Assistant | Museum of the Mercian Regiment (WFR Collection) |
| Sian | Newport | Hayes Parsons Insurance Brokers | |
| Judy | Niner | Director | Development Partners |
| Aoife | O Callaghan-White | Public Affairs Officer | National Museum Directors’ Council |
| Lisa | Ollerhead | Director | AIM |
| Stuart | Orme | Curator | The Cromwell Museum |
| Sarah | Oswald | Museum Development Officer | Museum Development Yorkshire |
| Caroline | Pantling | Head of Heritage Services | The Scouts Heritage Service |
| Jenny | Peachey | Senior Policy and Development Officer | Carnegie UK |
| Katie | Pennington | Senior Heritage Consultant | Haley Sharpe Design Limited |
| Robbie | Porteous | Pocket Mountains | |
| Andy | Povey | Managing Director UK & Ireland | Convious |
| Glynis | Powell | General Manager | Castle Bromwich Hall and Gardens Trust |
| Victoria | Preston | Deputy Chair | The Classic Boat Centre Trust |
| Maria | Ragan | Director | St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery |
| Alex | Ratcliffe | AIM Board Member | AIM |
| Helen | Rawson | Head of Collections & Interpretation | York Minster |
| Ian | Reed | Trustee | East Anglia Transport Museum |
| Ian | Richardson | Head of Memorial & Heritage | Yorkshire Air Museum |
| Gabrielle | Rivers | Museum Development Manager | The Judge’s Lodging |
| Bryony | Robins | Artistic Director | Royal Cornwall Museum |
| Pete | Roch | Squeaky Pedal | |
| Meriel | Royal | Insight Consultant | Culture Bulb |
| Catrin | Salvatore | Marketing Officer | AIM |
| Iain | Sanden | CEO | Bletchley Park Trust |
| Becca | Scott | Museum Marketing Campaign Coordinator | Art Fund |
| Elizabeth | Selby | Interim Director | Dorset Museum |
| Lasana | Shabazz | NSNA Mentor | |
| Sue | Shave | Acting Director | The Jewish Museum London |
| Samantha | Shotton | COO | Beamish Museum |
| Elliot | Simmonds | Client Solutions Director | MEL Research Ltd |
| Kathryn | Simpson | Policy and Projects Manager | National Museum Directors’ Council |
| Sarah | Sinka | Essex Museum Development Officer | Colchester + Ipswich Museums |
| Sabine | Skae | Museum Coordinator | Lancashire Constabulary |
| Liam | Skillen | Community Eng and Partnership Development Officer | Newark and Sherwood District Council |
| Andrea | Smedley | Operations Manager – Volunteers | Newark and Sherwood District Council |
| Richard | Smith | Director | The Tank Museum |
| Verity | Smith | Freelance Curator, Consultant & Writer | Verity S R Smith |
| Tamzyn | Smith | CEO | Cornwall Museums Partnership |
| Victoria | Smith | Intern | Museum Development Yorkshire |
| Lucy | Smith | Museum Manager | Heath Robinson Museum |
| Matt | Smith | Head of Communiactions | AIM |
| Lucien | Smith | DCMS | |
| Alli | Spark | Curator | Museum of The Royal Regiment of Scotland |
| Camilla | Stewart | AIM Board Member | AIM |
| Ian | Sudlow-McKay | Special Collections Manager | Edinburgh Napier University |
| Charli | Summers | Programme Manager | Maid of the Loch |
| Caroline | Taylor | Museums and Heritage Consultant | C Taylor Consulting Ltd |
| Caroline | Taylor | Volunteering, Engagement and Learning Officer | HMS Unicorn |
| Andrea | Taylor-Jones | Rod Barlow Consulting | |
| Rob | Thomson | Preventive Conservator | |
| Richard | Tong | Bruynzeel Storage Systems | |
| Helena | Törnqvist | Curator | Arbetets Museum / The Museum of Work |
| Olivia | Tracey | Administrator | Court Barn – A Museum of Craft & Design |
| Rachel | Tranter | Director | GEM |
| Elena | Trimarchi | National and International Projects Coordinator | National Museums Scotland |
| Suzie | Tucker | Head of Strategy and Communications | National Museum Directors’ Council |
| Ben | Tucker | Partner | Minerva |
| Ann | Tudor | Trustee | Isles of Scilly Museum Association |
| Piet | van den Beuken | Director | Roelofs & Rubens |
| Leigh | Venus | Heritage Development Manager | Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
| Marleen | Vincenten | National Collections Manager | St John Ambulance |
| Alex | von der Becke | UK Systems Consultant | Vernon Systems |
| Nicola | Walls | Head of Arts & Culture | Page Park Ltd |
| Sally | Webb | Heritage Collections Coordinator | The Scouts Heritage Service |
| Jade | West | Community Engagement Lead | Skylark IX Recovery Trust |
| Lisa | Williams | Founder Black History Walks, Edinburgh Caribbean Association, Honorary Fellow University of Edinburgh, PhD candidate University of St Andrews | |
| Isabel | Wilson | Senior Manager, Museums (Development) | Arts Council England |
| Jules | Wooding | Museum Manager | Cumbria’s Museum of Military Life |
| Fiona | Woolley | Grants Administrator | AIM |
| Laura | Wright | CEO | The Postal Museum |
| Rebecca | Yorke | Director | The Bronte Society / Bronte Parsonage Museum |
| Eilidh | Young | Director | The Highlanders’ Museum |