Moves

Jane Ellis appointed V&A’s deputy director and chief operating officer

Ellis succeeds Tim Reeve, who is leaving to become chief executive of English Heritage

Guy Baxter named director of University of Reading’s Museum of English Rural Life

Current head Kate Arnold-Forster is retiring after almost 24 years in the role

Shanaz Gulzar joins Glasgow Life as director of culture and events

Creative lead at Bradford 2025 swaps West Yorkshire for Scotland's biggest city

Georgia Butters appointed head of Stonehenge

New leadership for neolithic site as it prepares to unveil expanded learning facilities

Lonnie Bunch to leave Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian secretary to retire after having been with the US museum organisation for nearly 38 years

Elizabeth Scott appointed director of the National Museum of Computing

Winner of the MA's Radical Changemaker award 2025 takes on new role

Hedley Swain steps down as head of Brighton & Hove Museums

Swain is relocating to Sweden after six years at the trust's helm

New chief operating officer for Bath Preservation Trust

The Holburne’s head of visitor experience and commercial takes up new post

Towner Eastbourne appoints new CEO

Camden Art Centre’s Martin Clark will take up post in 2027 as gallery embarks on new development

New director of Heritage Fund Northern Ireland

Stella Byrne has started her new role

V&A’s Tim Reeve takes top job at English Heritage

The charity has been without a permanent chief executive since Nick Merriman’s departure in June last year

Curator Jessica Morgan named as new Tate director

Director of Dia Art Foundation in New York will take up role on 1 January 2027