16 new trustees appointed to the British Museum, Tate and V&A
Source: gov.uk (2025-03-21)

Appointees include Claudia Winkleman, June Sarpong, Mariella Frostrup and Vick Hope

Culture Minister Chris Bryant has announced the appointment of 16 new trustees for the British Museum, the Tate and the Victoria and Albert Museum.

The new cohort of trustees includes well known TV broadcaster and writer Claudia Winkleman, critically acclaimed British artist and filmmaker Sir Isaac Julien CBE, best selling author and historian Tom Holland and television and radio presenter, journalist and published author Vick Hope and Founder of Lessons at 10 and Co-Founder of the Richmond Project Akshata Murty. It showcases the wide range of talent across our sectors joining DCMS boards.

In July 2024 Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy announced a major drive to attract the widest pool of talent to the public appointments system, from leaders to innovators and changemakers across the country to help change lives for the better.

Trustees from a wider range of background and industry offer diversity of thought, new ideas, insights and energy to help ensure our institutions continue to represent the people they serve.

A public appointment is a board role within a public body which is usually appointed by Ministers. Public appointees provide strategic leadership and advice, and bring an external perspective to help some of the nation’s most beloved and vital institutions deliver on their objectives. Trustees of the British Museum, Tate and V&A are appointed by the Prime Minister.

Culture Minister Sir Chris Bryant said:

Public appointees help to lead some of the UK’s best known institutions, and these immensely talented individuals with a wide range of personal and professional experience will make great contributions to how they are run and help to promote British soft power abroad.

These roles are an important part of our cultural infrastructure and I’m delighted that we have 16 new trustees for the V&A, Tate and British Museum.

The full list of new trustees are:

British Museum
- Lord Daniel Finkelstein OBE
- Tom Holland
- Dr. Tiffany Jenkins
- Martha Kearney
- Claudia Winkleman
Tate
- Nick Clarry
- Sir Isaac Julien CBE
- Jack Kirkland
- Tim Richards CBE
- June Sarpong OBE
V&A
- Mariella Frostrup
- Andrew Keith
- Akshata Murty
- Nigel Newton CBE
- Victoria Nwosu-Hope
- Pedro Pina
ENDS

Notes to editors

DCMS is committed to ensuring that the boards of public bodies benefit from a range of talents, backgrounds, and perspectives, and welcome applications from across the country. To hear about new Public Appointment opportunities, please sign up to the DCMS Appointments Network (https://forms.gle/EXvKYpywBy1ZrVe99)

These appointments have been made in accordance with the Governance Code on Public Appointments (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/governance-code-for-public-appointments). The appointments process is regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments (https://publicappointmentscommissioner.independent.gov.uk/).

Trustees of the British Museum, Tate and V&A are not remunerated, trustees can claim reasonable expenses which are properly and necessarily incurred on official business.

DCMS has around 400 regulated Public Appointment roles across 42 Public Bodies (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations) including Arts Council England, Theatres Trust, the National Gallery, UK Sport and the Gambling Commission. We encourage applications from talented individuals from all backgrounds and across the whole of the United Kingdom. To find out more about Public Appointments or to apply to be a Trustee of a National Museum or Gallery visit the HM Government Public Appointments Website (https://apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles).