Trustee vacancy – The Wallace Collection

Introduction 

The Prime Minister wishes to appoint a new Chair to the Board of Trustees of the Wallace Collection. The successful candidate will bring an enthusiasm and interest in the museum and its work alongside the professional acumen and expertise to lead the Board of Trustees. He or she will oversee the governance of the Wallace Collection and work with the executive to develop the museum’s strategy and support delivery of its objectives.

DCMS is committed to equality of opportunity and is committed to ensuring that public appointments better represent the views of the communities which they serve. We particularly encourage applicants from underrepresented groups, those based outside
London and the South-East and applicants who have achieved success through non-traditional educational routes. We want to ensure any appointee is committed to promoting diversity, in its broadest possible sense. This will include embedding a commitment to the principles of levelling up and championing opportunity for all across the organisation, helping to ensure that the organisation is one in which a genuinely diverse range of views can be expressed, without fear or favour.

The Wallace Collection 

The Wallace Collection is a collection of the fine and decorative arts formed in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by four successive Marquesses of Hertford and the 4th Marquess’s son, Sir Richard Wallace. It was left to the British Nation in 1897 and opened as a national museum in June 1900 in Hertford House, Manchester Square, W1, a grade II listed building in central London. The museum is internationally famous for its collection of French eighteenth-century art, European princely arms and armour and for its Old Master paintings. Further information on the museum can be found on the website:
www.wallacecollection.org.

It is managed by a Director who reports to a Board of Trustees appointed by the Prime Minister and as an arm’s length body of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is financed by a combination of grant-in-aid from central government and self-generated income.

The Board

The Chair is assisted by the Trustees in meeting the Board’s overall responsibilities, in accordance with their statutory duties, including the protection and preservation of the collection for future generations, and the policies of the Secretary of State. The Board offers guidance and expertise to the Director and staff of the Wallace Collection.  Every member of the Board must be a positive and passionate advocate for the museum, and must ensure that its affairs as a charity are conducted appropriately.

Trustees must be able to attend the meetings of the Board, which are normally held four times a year, and such other meetings as may be necessary.

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Closing date: 12noon Wednesday 13 April 2022.