Duncan Wilson joined Historic England as Chief Executive on 5th May 2015. From 2011 he led the Alexandra Park and Palace Trust, developing a major regeneration and conservation scheme to restore the Victorian theatre and world famous television studios. Previously, Duncan was responsible for the Greenwich Foundation for the Old Royal Naval College, one of Europe’s finest and most extensive groups of baroque buildings. He initiated a programme of major open air public events. In 2010, the Foundation opened to the public its new state of the art interpretation and education centre for the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site. Prior to 2002, Duncan worked at Somerset House Trust, where he led the project to restore the public spaces and open the site to the public. Duncan is a chartered accountant and his first post-qualification job was as Financial Controller of English Heritage. However, in the 1980’s, he worked as a professional archaeologist after postgraduate study in European Archaeology at Oxford University.

Paul Price has worked in both the UK and Northern Ireland Civil Service since 2001 in Education and Housing. In his previous role as director of Social Housing Policy & Oversight he had the responsibility of managing the Department’s relationship with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, the delivery of the new build social housing programme and taking forward the Social Housing Reform Programme. His division also played a key role in supporting the Minister and Permanent Secretary in terms of sponsorship, oversight and effective governance of the NI Social Housing Sector. Prior to becoming a civil servant Paul worked and studied at the University of Bristol from which he holds a doctorate in the field of mediaeval English literature.

Ms Katerina Brown has been appointed Chief Executive of Historic Environment Scotland in September 2024. She is a highly experienced executive who has navigated many challenges and delivered exceptional performance across a range of sectors in the City of London and Edinburgh. Katerina’s skills range from capital investments, financial leadership, stakeholder management, and the development of commercial solutions to complex problems. Her extensive experience spans the Financial services, thermal and renewable energy, property, and cultural and heritage sectors. Katerina is graduate in Economics from City University, London. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Member of the Chartered Securities Institute, and a member of the Institute of Directors.

Gwilym Hughes was appointed as Cadw’s chief inspector of Ancient Monuments and Historic Buildings for Wales in May 2007 becoming assistant director (Historic Environment) in 2011.

He became head of Cadw and deputy director in the Welsh Government in 2018. He has 36 years of experience in field archaeology and heritage conservation in Britain, Italy and Zimbabwe. During the late 1980s he spent four years in Zimbabwe where he was involved with the establishment of monument conservation programmes and archaeological research at the Great Zimbabwe and Khami World Heritage Sites. He returned to Britain in 1989 to work for Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit, becoming one of the unit directors in 1998. Between 2000 and 2007, Gwilym was director of the Dyfed Archaeological Trust based in Llandeilo, Wales.