Royal Cornwall Museum trustees: From LTR, Julie Caplin-Grey (RIC Chair), and new Trustees; Steven Webb, Justin Heugh, Kira Orchard.

From left, Julie Caplin-Grey (Royal Institute of Cornwall chair), and new trustees; Steven Webb, Justin Heugh and Kira Orchard

Changing Faces

New trustees join Cornish museum board

Arts Professional
2 min read

Five new trustees have been appointed to the board of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, the charity which runs the Royal Cornwall Museum (RCM).

The new board members are JUSTIN HEUGH, finance director for the Diageo Group; KEVIN BROWN, an independent member of the Bank of England RTGS/CHAPS board and risk committee with a background in financial services; KIRA ORCHARD, widening participation coordinator with the University of Exeter; KAREN BELLAMY, director of legal and governance at the National Lottery Heritage Fund; and STEVEN WEBB, former mayor of Truro and current city councillor.

Taking up a post at the end of last month, the trustees join as RCM embarks on major work financed by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund that will leave it closed to the public during January and February 2025. During this time, its collection will be ‘on the road’, and it will visit libraries, schools and community groups across Cornwall.

Artistic director BRYONY ROBINS said: “Our board has been instrumental in inspiring, enabling, and guiding us as we implement major organisational change. With the new members, the combined skills of the board give us the strongest possible foundation for success.”

Chair JULIE CAPLIN-GREY, deputy CEO of the Hall for Cornwall, added: “This is an incredibly exciting time to be part of the museum as we move through a major transformational phase. The work we are doing now will ensure the museum’s standing as one of Cornwall’s top cultural institutions and visitor destinations, as well as having a strong commercial model that underpins and sustains it far into the future.”