Our Role In Greenwich
Our aim is to ensure the future of the Royal Borough’s rich heritage whilst bringing that heritage to life for everyone, through exhibitions, tours, walks and activities.
Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust is a registered charity, formed in 2014 to look after key structures, objects and historic records within the Royal Borough of Greenwich
Learning · To help people learn and find out about the history and heritage of our borough
Access · To promote the use of the buildings, grounds and collections in our care
Conservation · To care for our heritage buildings for the benefit of the public and future generations
Philip Croall
Acting Chair
Philip is a retired solicitor who has lived locally for almost 40 years. He worked as a commercial disputes partner at one of the U.K.’s largest firms for more than 25 years, numbering the Bank of England among his regular clients. He retired from professional practice in 2019.
Henrietta Billings
Trustee
Henrietta has been the director of SAVE Britain's Heritage since 2016. She has worked in the planning and heritage sectors for over ten years. Previously she was Senior Conservation Adviser for the Twentieth Century Society. Henrietta is a chartered town planner with extensive experience in private sector consultancy and a background in journalism.
Bill Edgerley
Trustee
Bill is a chartered surveyor, and local resident for almost 40 years. He trained as a civil engineer, worked for UNHCR and one of the U.K.’s largest commercial property developers and now advises on property development projects.
Dr Nigel Fletcher
Trustee
Nigel is a teaching fellow at King’s College London, where he lectures in Politics and Contemporary History. He currently serves on the Advisory Council on National Records and Archives, and is one of its representatives on the Forum on Historical Manuscripts and Academic Research. He lives locally, and was a councillor in the Royal Borough of Greenwich for 13 years.
Tony Mitton
Trustee
Tony is a local resident, having lived in the borough for the past twenty years.
Lakshan Saldin
Trustee
Lakshan is a chartered engineer and works as an advisor providing technical, project, and risk management services to a range of industries. He is also a current trustee of the Greenwich Winter Night Shelter locally, and a past trustee of the Museum of the Broads in Stalham, Norfolk. Lakshan has lived in Charlton for over 25 years and is a councillor for Charlton Hornfair.
Jo van den Broek
Trustee
Jo is one of the councillors for Charlton Village & Riverside. She is currently business director of a small charity which teaches counselling and psychotherapy, and worked for many years with a national local government organisation. She has lived in Greenwich for over 40 years.
Stella Butler
Trustee
Stella retired as Librarian of the University of Leeds in 2021. She is currently an Honorary Research Fellow at University College London. She also chairs Charlton and Blackheath Amateur Horticultural Society which has been involved in the transformation of Charlton House's award winning gardens.
Alexandria Palamountain
Alexandria lives in Greenwich with her family and has a strong background in Marketing and Communications.
She also has previous board experience, coupled with strengths in fundraising and business development.
Jenny White
Jenny joins us from a career at British Council and having been CEO at various foundations. She possesses a strong interest in environmental policy and has headed up Arts and Culture teams across an exciting range of projects.
Laurent Sabatie
A local resident who is engaged with the community and church, Laurent is an experienced entrepreneur and qualified actuary who co-founded Skyline Partners, an award-winning Insutech company.
Tom King
Tom is the Director of South of England at English Heritage. He boasts a combination of incredible heritage knowledge, as well as arts commercialisation experience.
Tom Bevan
Previously Senior Heritage Project Manager for Bromley Council, Tom project managed the National Lottery Heritage Fund project to restore Grade I listed heritage assets of Crystal Palace Park. He also boasts a background in museums and fundraising, including the delivery of a diversity project for the Tate.
Liz Morgan
Liz is a Marketing Manager for St Pauls and had been a Trustee previously. She has strong skills in writing funding bids and is a local resident of Charlton, where she lives with her family and is married to a local curate.
Our team works to celebrate the history of Royal Greenwich and sustain its legacy for future generations.
Janet Denne
Chief Executive Officer
Carolyn Ayers
Director of Conservation, Estates, and Projects
Ian Davis
Head of Finance
Abayomi Lawal
Events Assistant
Bonnie Meagher
Facilities Coordinator
George Hills
Events Officer
Karen Nee
Finance Manager
Jessica Gjini
Head of Commercial & Marketing
Mary Ross
Collections Manager
Hakeem Shittu
Visitor Assistant
Pauline Watson
Archivist
Clive Brown
Visitor Assistant
Simon Welch
Visitor Assistant
Hilary Wood
Education Coordinator
Jessica Charlton
Events Officer
Royal Borough
of Greenwich
Visit Greenwich
National Lottery Heritage Fund
Historic Houses
Museums Association
Association of Chief Execs of Voluntary Organisations
World Monuments Fund
Visitor Attraction Quality
National Council for Voluntary Organisations
Global Fusion Music and Arts
London South East Colleges
Arts Marketing Association
Living Wage Foundation
Fundraising Regulator