People

Find out who our trustees and senior management team are, and learn more about our curatorial staff and their backgrounds.

The Horniman Museum and Gardens’ team of curators and experts cover a wide range of topics from marine biology, world cultures, gardening, the animal world, and the history of music making and instruments.

Museum and Gardens staff are actively involved in researching the collections and fieldwork, and collecting in their areas of specialism, resulting in publications, conference presentations, exhibitions, broadcasts and film.

Senior Management Team

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Victoria Pinnington

Chief Executive (Interim)
and Director, Communications and Income Generation
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Paula Thomas

Director of Finance and Corporate Services
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Kirsten Walker

Director, Collections Care and Estates
Peronel Craddock portrait at the Horniman

Peronel Craddock

Director of Content (Interim)

Curatorial

Errol Fernandes in the Horniman Gardens

Errol Reuben Fernandes

Head of Horticulture
Korantema Anyimadu in the World gallery

Korantema Anyimadu

Senior Curator of Anthropology (job share)
Louis Buckley

Louis Buckley

Senior Curator, Nature + Love
Portrait of Saava Benjamin Busenze Balagadde in the Music Gallery

Saava Benjamin Busenze Balagadde

Assistant Curator of Musical Collections and Cultures
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Dr Sarah Byrne

Senior Curator of Anthropology (job share)
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Jamie Craggs

Aquarium Curator and Living Collections Manager
Annette Foerger

Annette Foerger

Senior Gardener
Hartley George in the Aquarium

Hartley George

Assistant Aquarium Curator
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Jo Hatton

Principal Curator of Natural Sciences
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Navjot Mangat

Senior Curator of Social Practice
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Mimi S Waitzman

Senior Curator of Musical Collections and Cultures

Trustees

Michael Salter-Church MBE

Michael Salter-Church MBE

Trustee (Chair)
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Carole Souter

Trustee
Caroline Cole headshot

Caroline Cole

Trustee
Diana Maine portrait

Diana Maine

Trustee
Eva Appelbaum headshot

Eva Appelbaum

Trustee
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Mayowa Ochere

Trustee
Nick Wyver

Nick Wyver

Trustee
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Nico Iacuzzi

Trustee
Trustee Roma Dibua

Roma Dibua

Trustee
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Surojit Ghosh

Trustee
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Simon Hesketh

Trustee
Yesomi Umolu

Yesomi Umolu

Trustee

Heads of Section

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Managerial staff