Julian Glover OBE and Taryn Nixon appointed as Trustees of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and The National Lottery Heritage Fund

Julian Glover OBE

Julian Glover OBE is an author and journalist with extensive experience of working with the government. He led the Landscapes Review for Defra, into better ways of running England’s protected areas, and has been a special advisor in both Number 10 and the Department for Transport. He has been Associate Editor of the London Evening Standard and a columnist and reporter for the Guardian. He advises a range of organisations, especially on transport and sustainability. He is the author of Man of Iron: Thomas Telford and the Building of Britain, a biography of one of the country’s greatest engineers. He lives in Derbyshire.

Taryn Nixon

Taryn Nixon is an archaeologist with a background of leadership in the historic environment sector. From 1997 to 2016, she was the Chief Executive of MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology), an educational charity, SME and Independent Research Organisation (IRO) delivering commercial services and public benefit in the context of planning, construction and development. She was a Board Trustee of MOLA from 2017-19. She is currently an independent heritage management adviser and consultant, helping organisations working with heritage as a force for good.

Taryn is a Trustee of National Trails UK, championing the long distance routes that are part of the protected landscapes family and administered by Natural England and Natural Resources Wales. She is an Honorary Lecturer at University College London’s Institute for Archaeology, a former Chair of the professional body, the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists, and has served on committees for organisations such as Historic England and the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment. She has published widely about the power of cultural and natural heritage to connect people and place and about putting people and sense of place at the heart of sustainable development, regeneration, restoration and recovery.

Julian Glover will chair the National Lottery Heritage Fund’s Midlands and East regional committee and Taryn Nixon will chair the regional committee for London and the South.

These roles are remunerated at £13,500 per annum. These appointments have been made in accordance with the Cabinet Office’s Governance Code on Public Appointments. The appointments process is regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments. Under the Code, any significant political activity undertaken by an appointee in the last five years must be declared. This is defined as including holding office, public speaking, making a recordable donation, or candidature for election. Julian Glover declared having canvassed for independent candidates in the 2019 election. Taryn Nixon declared no political activity.