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Chief Emeka Anyaoku Ms Karen Armstrong Professor Sir Christopher Bayly Lord Broers of Cambridge FREng, FRS Sir Ronald Cohen Mr Francis Finlay Mr Niall FitzGerald KBE (Chair) Dame Liz Forgan OBE 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 of the Shaws, QC, FRSA Mr Richard Lambert Mrs Edmée P Leventis Mr David Norgrove Lord Powell of Bayswater KCMG Sir James Sassoon Lord Stern of Brentford, Kt, FBA
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 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.
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The Register of Trustees' interests is open to the public and may be consulted by contacting Museum Directorate
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.
Download the Board of Trustess minutes 26 March 2009 (pdf 39Kb) Download the Board of Trustees minutes 5 March 2009 (pdf 24Kb)
Download the Board of Trustees minutes 20 November 2008 (pdf 42Kb) Download the Board of Trustees minutes 3 and 4 October 2008 (pdf 38Kb) Download the Board of Trustees minutes 3 July 2008 (pdf 43Kb) Download the Board of Trustees minutes 17 April 2008 (pdf 25Kb) Download the Board of Trustees minutes 27 February 2008 (pdf 27Kb)
Download the Board of Trustees minutes 22 November 2007 (pdf 31Kb) Download the Board of Trustees minutes 27 September 2007 (pdf 29 Kb) Download the Board of Trustees minutes 5 July 2007 (pdf 29 Kb) Download the Board of Trustees minutes 29 March 2007 (pdf 27 Kb)
Download the Board of Trustees minutes 23 November 2006 (pdf 27 Kb) Download the Board of Trustees minutes 6 October 2006 (pdf 33 Kb) Download the Board of Trustees minutes 6 July 2006 (pdf 114 Kb) Download the Board of Trustees minutes 23 March 2006 (pdf 55Kb)
Download the Board of Trustees minutes 17 November 2005 (pdf 57Kb) Download the Board of Trustees minutes 29 September 2005 (pdf 26Kb) Download the Board of Trustees minutes 20 July 2005 (pdf 27Kb) Download the Board of Trustees minutes 13 July 2005 (pdf 13Kb) Download the Board of Trustees minutes 17 March 2005 (pdf 28Kb)
Download the Board of Trustees minutes 26 November 2004 (pdf 28Kb) Download the Board of Trustees minutes 1 October 2004 (pdf 18Kb) Download the Board of Trustees minutes 9 July 2004 (pdf 44Kb) Download the Board of Trustees minutes 26 March 2004 (pdf 17Kb)
Download the Board of Trustees minutes 28 November 2003 (pdf 20Kb) Download the Board of Trustees minutes 27 September 2003 (pdf 17Kb) Download the Board of Trustees minutes 27 June 2003 (pdf 36Kb) Download the Board of Trustees minutes 21 February 2003 (pdf 20Kb)
Download the Annual General Meeting minutes 23 November 2006 (pdf 15 Kb)