Advisory Committees

This committee guides the museum's permanent display, collection and temporary exhibitions programme and its collecting policies. Meets quarterly.

Trustees:

Asif Khan

Davina Mallinckrodt

Michelle Ogundehin

Co-opted members:

Daniel Charny

Matt Jones

Ameena M McConnell

Professor Jane Pavitt

Sir Charles Saumarez Smith

This committee’s role is to provide governance of the museum's fundraising activity including scrutiny of plans, targets and due diligence. Meets quarterly.

Trustees:

Dahlia Dana (Chair)

Carl Anderson

Suhair Khan

Co-opted members:

Roger Ewart Smith

Edward Hintze

Nicky Josling

Christina Makris

Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi

Olivia McCall

Suling Mead

Michelle Taite

Julian Vogel

Phillip Watkins

This committee oversees the commercial and trading activities at the museum. Meets quarterly.

Trustee:

Jenna Littler

Co-opted members:

Lucien Bowater (Chair)

Felix Conran

Chloe Donnelly

Callum Lumsden

Duncan Sanders

This committee supports the museum's work with audiences through partnerships, advocacy, media and PR activities. Meets quarterly.

Trustee:

Davina Mallinckrodt (Chair)

Co-opted members:

Thomas Aastad

Patsy Baker

Lisa Burdge

Donna Clark

Judy Dobias

Emily Fermor

Carolyn Larkin

Chaka Sobhani

This committee oversees the management of the museum’s financial and operational performance, including staffing, IT and building management matters. Meets quarterly.

Trustees:

Jonathan Zenios (Chair)

Nicholas Bull

Dominic Field

Co-opted members:

Jenny Chong

Paul Riseborough

This committee is an advisory board for Future Observatory – the museum's national research programme for the green transition, launched in 2021. Coordinated by the Design Museum in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), which is part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), Future Observatory curates exhibitions, programmes events, and funds and publishes new research, all with the aim of championing new design thinking on environmental issues. Meets bi-annually.

Trustee:

Suhair Khan, Creative Strategist

Co-opted members:

Camilla Buchanan, Co-head of Policy Lab

Edward Harcourt, Fellow of Keble College, Oxford and former Director of Research, Strategy and Innovation at AHRC

Indy Johar, Founding Director of Dark Matter Labs

Hanif Kara, Design Director, AKT II and Professor in Practice of Architectural Technology at Harvard GSD

Adrian Lahoud, Dean of the School of Architecture at the Royal College of Art

This committee reviews the museum's learning and research activity and informs the development of its programmes. Meets three times a year.

Trustee:

Sebastian Conran

Co-opted members:

Jeremy Myerson (Chair)

Professor Anne Boddington

Professor Rebecca Cain

Emily Caldwell

Emily Campbell

Dr Neal Shasore

Victoria Thornton

This committee oversees the process for the appointment and retirement of Trustees to the Board and reviews the terms of employment of the Directors. Meets three times per year.

Trustees:

Stuart Roden (Chair)

Susan Boster

Nicholas Bull

Dominic Field

Asif Kahn

Davina Mallinckrodt

In attendance:

Phillip Watkins