Roth will take up the appointment on 1 September, replacing the V&A’s current director Mark Jones, who leaves to become Master of St Cross College, Oxford.
Paul Ruddock, chairman of the board of V&A trustees, said: "[Roth] has a strong record of leading and managing complex arts organisations and brings experience of working in museums and cultural organisations around the world. We feel he is the ideal person to build on the recent successes of the V&A to enhance its position as the leading international museum of art and design."
Roth spent nine years as director of the German Hygiene-Museum in Dresden before being appointed director general of the Dresden State Art Collections in 2001.
He was president of the German Museums Association between 1996 and 2003, and is currently a member of the advisory boards for the Deutsches Museum, Munich; the Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations, Stuttgart; the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation/National Museums Berlin; and the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Berlin.
In 2007 he was awarded the French Chevalier dans lOrdre des Arts et des Lettres and in 2010 with the Danish Order of Dannebrog.
Commenting on his appointment, Roth said: "The V&A is the worlds leading museum of art and design, and I am honoured and delighted to be appointed as its new director. I am looking forward to working with the staff and trustees of the museum and building on the success achieved by Mark Jones over the past 10 years."
Paul Ruddock, chairman of the board of V&A trustees, said: "[Roth] has a strong record of leading and managing complex arts organisations and brings experience of working in museums and cultural organisations around the world. We feel he is the ideal person to build on the recent successes of the V&A to enhance its position as the leading international museum of art and design."
Roth spent nine years as director of the German Hygiene-Museum in Dresden before being appointed director general of the Dresden State Art Collections in 2001.
He was president of the German Museums Association between 1996 and 2003, and is currently a member of the advisory boards for the Deutsches Museum, Munich; the Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations, Stuttgart; the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation/National Museums Berlin; and the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Berlin.
In 2007 he was awarded the French Chevalier dans lOrdre des Arts et des Lettres and in 2010 with the Danish Order of Dannebrog.
Commenting on his appointment, Roth said: "The V&A is the worlds leading museum of art and design, and I am honoured and delighted to be appointed as its new director. I am looking forward to working with the staff and trustees of the museum and building on the success achieved by Mark Jones over the past 10 years."