The British Museum Trustees

Current trustees

Chief Emeka Anyaoku
Lord Broers
Sir Ronald Cohen
Sir Barry Cunliffe CBE
Mr Francis Finlay
Mr Niall FitzGerald KBE (Chair)
Ms Val Gooding CBE
Mr Antony Gormley OBE
Mr Stephen Green
Ms Bonnie Greer
Ms Penny Hughes
Mr George Iacobescu CBE
Dr Olga Kennard OBE
Baroness Kennedy
Mr Richard Lambert
Mrs Edmée P Leventis
Mr David Lindsell
Mr David Norgrove
Lord Powell of Bayswater KCMG
Mr Eric Salama
Sir John Tusa

There are currently three vacancies on the Board of Trustees

Appointing the Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees comprises up to 25 members. One Trustee is appointed by Her Majesty, 15 are appointed by the Prime Minister and five appointed by the Trustees themselves. The remaining four Trustees are appointed by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the nominations of the Presidents of:

the Royal Academy
the British Academy
the Society of Antiquaries of London
the Royal Society

The Chairman is appointed by the Board from amongst its members.

The full Board of Trustees meets four times a year usually at The British Museum.

Register of Trustees' interests

The Register of Trustees' interests is open to the public and may be consulted by contacting Museum Directorate

Minutes of the Board of Trustees

The Trustee Board meets quarterly to consider issues of strategic significance and to review progress against the Museum's Plan. The minutes of Board meetings will be posted here after they have been approved by the Trustees.

Minutes of the British Museum Company Annual General Meeting

2006

23 November 2006 (download document pdf 15 Kb)

The Museum

The British Museum Trustees

Current trustees

Appointing the Board of Trustees

Register of Trustees' interests

Minutes of the Board of Trustees

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

Minutes of the British Museum Company Annual General Meeting

2006