The Roman Baths Foundation Trustees: John Hallsworth, Liz Kyd, Peter Davenport, Daniel Dodd, Peter Turner, Robert Halton (Chair), Charlotte Hanna, Ruth Malloy, David Baker, Jessica Thompson, Prof. Claire Holleran, Phil Chubb

From left: John Hallsworth, Liz Kyd, Peter Davenport, Daniel Dodd, Peter Turner, Robert Halton (Chair), Charlotte Hanna, Ruth Malloy, David Baker, Jessica Thompson, Prof. Claire Holleran, Phil Chubb

Photo: The Roman Baths Foundation

Changing Faces

Roman Baths Foundation’s refreshed board to deliver ‘most ambitious plans yet’

Arts Professional
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The Roman Baths Foundation has welcomed 10 new trustees to its board as the charity celebrates its first decade, driving fundraising and advocacy to secure the long-term sustainability of the Somerset museum and 2,000-year-old monument.

The new appointees include PHIL CHUBB, who was previously global head of brand and creative at Bloomberg, leading the marketing launch of the London Mithraeum Bloomberg Space, which returned the Roman Temple of Mithras to its original London site, and former BBC editor and National Trust director of communications DANIEL DODD, who is currently a member of the British Museum’s Members’ Advisory Council.

Also joining the board are group director of communications at KKCG, CLAIRE GOSNELL; former senior partner, board member and board committee chair at KPMG LLP, JOHN HALLSWORTH; group head of external affairs at YTL UK, CHARLOTTE HANNA; associate professor of classics and ancient history at the University of Exeter, Professor CLAIRE HOLLERAN; former partner at Clarke Wilmott solicitors’ Bristol Private Client team, LIZ KYD; and director of membership and engagement at the London Library, JESSICA THOMPSON.

Rounding out the cohort are two councillor trustees: GEORGE LEACH, the Liberal Democrat councillor for Keynsham North and head of compliance at Hymans Robertson Investment Services, and RUTH MALLOY, Liberal Democrat councillor for Weston.

Chair ROBERT HALTON said that the “expertise and passion” of the ten trustees will help the charity deliver its “most ambitious plans yet” as it embarks on fundraising for a programme of research inlcuding analysis of its human skeletal collection and application of technologies to understand inscriptions found in the museum’s collection of tablets.

“Together, we will ensure the stories we tell advance knowledge and public understanding of the Roman Baths and continually challenge and question through research and scientific exploration,” said Halton.