Meet the Team & Trustees

Get to know the people behind the CBA! We’re a passionate team dedicated to connecting people with archaeology, supporting our network and grassroots archaeologists, and championing heritage across the UK.

You can also access our contact details by clicking on the relevant member of staff.

Executive Team

 

Neil Redfern

Neil Redfern

Executive Director and Company Secretary

Dr Joanne Kirton

Dr Joanne Kirton

Delivery and Engagement Manager

Dr Claire Corkill

Dr Claire Corkill

Development Manager

Conservation & Advocacy

 

Catherine Bell

Catherine Bell

Listed Buildings Casework and Advocacy Manager

Dr Alison Edwards

Dr Alison Edwards

Listed Buildings Casework Officer

Jamie Corless

Jamie Corless

Listed Buildings Casework Assistant

Liberty Hinze

PUNS2 Project Researcher

Events

 

Dr Claire Corkill

Dr Claire Corkill

Development Manager

Debbie Frearson

Debbie Frearson

Festival of Archaeology Coordinator

Jim Butler

Jim Butler

Events Officer

Youth Engagement

 

Dr Joanne Kirton

Dr Joanne Kirton

Delivery and Engagement Manager

Membership and Operations

 

Tracey Lalley

Tracey Lalley

Office and Accounts Manager

Celyn Gale

Celyn Gale

Membership & Business Administrator

The Reconnecting Archaeology Project

 

Katrina Gargett

Katrina Gargett

Audience and Network Manager

Tejaswi Mehta

Audience and Network Officer

Communications and Publications 

 

Jessica Latham

Jessica Latham

Marketing and Communications Manager

Currently Vacant

Editor, British Archaeology

Neil Henty

Sub-editor, British Archaeology (freelance)

 

President and Trustees

 

Find out more about standing for election as a trustee.  

Patron

Our Patron is HM King Charles III.

 

Honorary President 

 

Raksha Dave

Raksha Dave

Honorary President

 

Board of Trustees

 

Gail Boyle

Gail Boyle

Chair

Peter Buxton

Peter Buxton

Vice-Chair

Phil Pollard

Phil Pollard

Honorary Secretary

Michael D'Aprix

Michael D'Aprix

Trustee

Hannah Fluck

Hannah Fluck

Trustee

Dr. Kirsty McCarrison

Danika Parikh

Trustee

Sefryn Penrose

Trustee

Jeannette Plummer Sires

 

Honourary Positions 

 

Honorary Vice Presidents

  • Dr Peter Addyman CBE, former Director of the York Archaeological Trust & former CBA President
  • Professor Barry W Cunliffe CBE, Emeritus Professor, University of Oxford & former CBA President
  • Dr Philip Dixon, former CBA Honorary Secretary & President
  • Professor Peter J Fowler, Emeritus Professor, University of Newcastle upon Tyne & former CBA President
  • Frances Griffith, Devon County Archaeologist & former Honorary Secretary of the CBA
  • George Lambrick, former Director of the CBA
  • Professor Richard Morris OBE, former Director of the CBA
  • Paul Oldham, former Honorary Treasurer of the CBA
  • Professor Marilyn Palmer MBE, Emeritus Professor of Industrial Archaeology at University of Leicester
  • Dr Kate Pretty CBE, former CBA President
  • Dr Francis Pryor MBE, former CBA President
  • Mr Francis Taylor, long-standing CBA Trustee and member of the comittee of CBA wessex, and former Treasurer of the CBA
  • Prof Anthony Thomas OBE

Honourary Members

  • Mrs Carol Anderson
  • Mrs Nancy Ball
  • Mrs Shiela Broomfield
  • Mr Roy Friendship-Taylor
  • Ms Phillipa Henry
  • Mr Peter Olver
  • Mr Trevor Pearson
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