Leadership

Diversity in cultural leadership has ‘stalled’, report finds

Creative UK research shows that just 6% of higher-level heritage professionals are from an ethnic minority background

Anna Jobson appointed director of Freud Museum London

Jobson succeeds interim director Dan Feeney at 'pivotal time' for museum

Tilly Blyth steps down as director of Weald & Downland Living Museum

Blyth appointed executive director of collections and curatorial at IWM

Director appointed to Museum of Cambridge

Alex Smaridge to lead on strategy as museum makes plans for major redevelopment

US entomologist becomes director of University of Oxford Museum of Natural History

Gavin J Svenson joins institution from Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Q&A | ‘Institutions are beginning to see themselves not as fixed monoliths, but as evolving ecosystems’

Sigrid Kirk is organising Build Your Own Artworld 2025, a half-day conference that is exploring intersectional feminist leadership in the visual arts

David Gaimster appointed director of Strawberry Hill House

Gaimster to focus on financial sustainability and strategic development of gothic revival castle

Nick Merriman steps down as chief executive of English Heritage

Geoff Parkin appointed interim head as Merriman leaves role for personal reasons

Simon Wallis appointed to lead Royal Academy of Arts

Founding director of the Hepworth Wakefield will take up London role in September

In brief | Latest moves, funding and capital projects

New director for Pitzhanger Manor | Latest Heritage Fund grants | Barber Institute revamp

Conrad Bodman announced as CEO of the Story Museum

Bodman succeeds outgoing chief executive Caroline Jones

Joint chiefs appointed to Historic England in job share

Claudia Kenyatta and Emma Squire will lead heritage body from October