The new Chief Executive of the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) will be Ros Kerslake OBE, while the latest appointment to the UK Board of Trustees has been announced as Baroness Kay Andrews, who also joins the HLF Wales committee.
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) writes:
Ros Kerslake OBE joins HLF from The Prince’s Regeneration Trust in the summer.
Ros Kerslake OBE will be joining HLF in the summer as our new Chief Executive, taking over from Carole Souter who steps down at the end of April.
Ros joins HLF from The Prince’s Regeneration Trust, where she has been Chief Executive since 2006.
HLF Chair Sir Peter Luff welcomed the appointment, saying: ’Ros Kerslake has a rich background in heritage and an impressive commitment to the role it plays in making people’s lives better. She is the perfect choice to lead HLF.
‘As we welcome Ros, we wish Carole Souter every success in her new roles. Every part of the heritage world owes Carole a huge debt of gratitude. She has led HLF with skill and commitment and has enabled wonderful things to happen in every corner of the UK.’
Ros Kerslake said: ’It is an enormous honour to be asked to lead an organisation which plays such a crucial role in supporting heritage all around the United Kingdom. Ensuring that the funds raised through the contributions of National Lottery players are used in a way that delivers real value to the community as a whole is a challenge that I take up with huge pleasure.’
Ros trained as a solicitor and started her career in legal roles before taking on wider leadership positions in the private sector, including for Gulf Oil and Booker Group. As Property Director of Railtrack, she developed an interest in the issues around place and urban regeneration which have characterised her roles since. Ros went on to lead RegenCo, an urban regeneration company in the West Midlands.
Amongst her achievements at The Prince’s Regeneration Trust, Ros led the team that saved Middleport Pottery, one of the last working Victorian potteries in the UK.
She was awarded an OBE in this year’s New Year’s Honours for services to British Heritage.
Baroness Kay Andrews joins our UK Board and Wales Committee. Appointed by Prime Minister David Cameron, Baroness Andrews will bring a background in heritage, science and technology, and education to the 15-strong Board of Trustees which leads both HLF and NHMF.
Sir Peter Luff, Chair of HLF and NHMF, said: ‘This appointment is great news for HLF and NHMF, Baroness Andrews’ wealth of experience, particularly in the science and technology and education sectors, will be invaluable as we continue to make challenging decisions about the UK’s heritage.’
As well as helping to make funding decisions for heritage in Wales and across the UK, Baroness Andrews will play a key role in steering the policies and direction of the two Funds.
A graduate of Aberystwyth University, Baroness Kay Andrews was Chair of English Heritage from 2009 to 2013 and has held a number of positions in government. Along with previous roles as Fellow of the Science Policy Research Unit at Sussex University and Founder and Director of national charity Education Extra, she has written books and articles on the history and organisation of science and technology policy, poverty and social policy, and education. In 1998 she received an OBE for her work in education.
Sir Peter added: ‘We look forward to welcoming Baroness Andrews next month.’
View the Chief Executive announcement
View the Trustees news release
