Find out more about the speakers you’ll hear from at AIM Conference 2025.
This is just a selection of the speakers confirmed so far with more to be added.
Katrina Burton, Museum Director, Amberley Museum
Katrina is an experienced museum professional with 25 years’ experience in the sector. As Museum Director at Amberley Museum, a working museum in the heart of the South Downs, she believes the value of a thriving volunteer community is twofold; offering wellbeing support for volunteers and engaging experiences for visitors.
Alex Bogard, Volunteer Manager, Amberley Museum
Alex leads and develops the volunteer programme at Amberley Museum for their 400+ volunteer community. Part of his role is to make sure that the volunteers get the training they need, opportunities for further learning and engagement, as well as making sure the volunteers get the recognition they deserve.
Tamalie Newbery, Senior Consultant, A Different View
Tamalie was CEO of Brooklands Museum 2018-2023, and Executive Director of AIM 2013-2017. Now a consultant, she supports clients to find their purpose, devise their strategy and establish the organisational culture they will need to achieve the change and progress they are looking for.
Emily Toettcher, Head of Programmes, National Paralympic Heritage Trust
Emily Toettcher is the Head of Programmes for the National Paralympic Heritage Trust. She has over 20 years’ experience of leading engagement and participation programmes in museums and heritage. She has worked for large and small organisations, including the National Trust and as director of Amersham Museum.
Dr Samuel Goldstone-Brady
Dr Samuel Goldstone-Brady is the Collections Engagement Officer for the National Paralympic Heritage Trust. Previously, he completed a collaborative PhD at the University of Glasgow about sport wheelchair technology. He is a co-founder of the UK Disability History and Heritage Hub.
Rob DeHart, Curator, Tudor Place Historic House & Garden
Rob DeHart is the curator at Tudor Place Historic House & Garden in Washington, DC. He creates museum content and collaborates with descendants of people who were enslaved to ensure their stories are told accurately. He is a peer reviewer for the American Alliance of Museums.
Louise Sinclair, Head of Marketing and Admissions, Compton Verney
Louise has over a decade of arts marketing experience covering multiple artforms. Starting her career in her native Scotland at Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre, she has since held marketing roles at Scottish Opera, the Royal Shakespeare Company, Coventry City of Culture 2021, Cheltenham Festivals, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and, currently, as Head of Marketing and Admissions at Compton Verney.
Kerry Radden, Associate Director, Indigo
Kerry has 25 years of audience and visitor experience, spanning a range of arts, charity and commercial organisations. She has worked in cultural leadership roles including Marketing Director at Battersea Arts Centre and Head of Audiences & Marketing at the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Ellie Oates, Audience Insight Executive, Indigo
Ellie has an MA in Creative and Cultural Industries Management. She has since worked in the charity sector and arts marketing. For Indigo, Ellie has managed online qualitative research communities, led residents’ research in the West Midlands and been involved in projects for the Southbank Centre, Independent Cinema Office and the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Jon Ray, GLAM Environmental Sustainability Manager, Oxford GLAM
Jon Ray is the Environmental Sustainability Manager for Gardens, Libraries, and Museums at the University of Oxford. He leads efforts to achieve carbon net zero and biodiversity net gain. Previously, he developed Wiley’s Carbon Net Zero strategy and promoted sustainable supply chains and staff climate engagement.
Chloe Caspers, Buying and Visual Merchandising Manager, Oxford GLAM
Chloe Caspers is the Buying and Visual Merchandising Manager at the Ashmolean Museum. Since 2021, she has led sustainable initiatives in buying and retail, implementing a data collection system to enhance supplier insights and inform more sustainable product decisions.
Tash Walker, Founder – Aunt Nell Production Company/Podcast Producer
Tash Walker (They/She) is a podcast producer specialising in using audio to bring to life many hidden untold stories found in archives. Co-founder of Aunt Nell production company, they’ve worked with The National Archives, Barbican, BBC, Bishopsgate Institute, Queer Britain, and produced The Log Books (2018-21) and The Quilt (2024).
Sian A Williams, Project Manager with Queer Britain
Siân A. Williams (They/Their) is a filmmaker/archivist/researcher who co-directed the feature documentary Rebel Dykes and delivered national-scale heritage projects at the BFI and Queer Britain. Their current PhD research examines documentary and critical archive methodologies to address an absence of gender-non-conforming queer narratives within audiovisual heritage.
Sue Shave, Research Coordinator with Queer Britain
Sue Shave (She/Her) is a queer heritage museum consultant with 35 years experience in the heritage sector. Previously Museum Director of Coldharbour Mill, Chiltern Open Air Museum, Discover Bucks Museum and the Jewish Museum London, Sue now works with queer heritage projects and supports heritage organisations to collaborate with LGBTQ+ audiences.
Joe Sullivan, Director, The Cartoon Museum
Joe Sullivan is the Director of The Cartoon Museum, and Chair of the London Museums Group and Artslink Westminster. He is passionate about democratising access to arts and culture. Since 2020, The Cartoon Museum has garnered awards recognition for its work around autism, fundraising, and volunteer programmes.
Tom Foakes, Director of Development & Public Engagement (Deputy Chief Executive), The Charterhouse
Tom Foakes has a background in public engagement including the commercial development of historic buildings, collections, and museums. Tom has spent the past 25 years working in primarily curatorial roles, and was previously Head of Heritage for the Order of St John where he led the transformation of the Order’s medieval headquarters.
Lisa Harris, Collections and Interpretation Manager, Food Museum
Lisa Harris is Collections and Interpretation Manager at the Food Museum. She has responsibility for over 40,000 objects (from homewares to steam traction engines), a changing exhibitions programme and redevelopment of permanent displays. She led the restoration of Alton Watermill, enabling the ’seed to sandwich’ story to be demonstrated (and tasted!).
Katherine Bridges, Curator, Food Museum
Katherine Bridges is Curator at the Food Museum. She curates the changing exhibition programme, supports the community exhibition space and helps to lead collections documentation and research projects. She has previously worked for the National Trust as Project Conservation Lead for the Raise the Roof project at Oxburgh Hall.
Dr Charlotte Dixon, Curator, Newton Abbot Museum
Charlotte is Curator of Newton Abbot Museum, a local history and GWR museum in Devon. She has a doctorate in Maritime Archaeology from the British Museum and University of Southampton and has published works about museum collections and miniatures.
Alison Criddle, Museum Development Advisor: Environmental Responsibility, Museum Development North
Alison is Museum Development Advisor for Environmental Responsibility at Museum Development North.
Catherine Mailhac, Consultant to Museum Development England
Catherine is a freelance consultant supporting organisations to connect with participants, staff and stakeholders, through engagement and evaluation work. She loves projects which encourage positive change and help make society more equitable. Catherine delivers Carbon Literacy training for the museums and heritage sectors, and coordinates the Seeds for Action programme.
Liz Power, Director, Historic Buildings & Places and AIM Trustee
Liz Power is Director of Historic Buildings & Places, a charity giving advice to people with historic and listed buildings, and was part of the team who developed Carbon Literacy course for Heritage. Before working with buildings, Liz worked in the museum sector for 25 years, including as Director of a small independent industrial museum with 17 listed buildings! Liz is also very proud to be a trustee of AIM.
Bryony Robins, Co-Director, Cornwall Museum & Art Gallery
Bryony Robins has a background in strategic development, cultural learning and inclusion. Originally training and working in the Arts, Bryony has previously led transformation and development work with MLA East Midlands, Leicester Arts & Museums, Sheffield Museums, Cornwall Museums Partnership and SW Museum Development. Bryony is a Clore Leadership Fellow.
Jonathan Morton, Co-Director, Cornwall Museum & Art Gallery
Jonathan’s career began in the early days of Merlin Entertainments at the National Sealife Centre in Birmingham. He then moved to the management team launching the new Bullring Shopping Centre in Birmingham before joining the third sector with senior leadership roles with Shakespeare’s Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon and Tate St Ives.