The Heritage Alliance Team
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Lizzie Glithero-West
Chief Executive
Lizzie Glithero-West has been the Chief Executive of The Heritage Alliance since 2016.
Her previous career has been mainly in the civil service and she has expert knowledge of a wide range of policy areas including archaeology, heritage protection, museums and tourism.
Delphine Jasmin-Belisle
Head of Development & MembershipDelphine oversees the Development and Capability Building arm of The Heritage Alliance, as well as growing and supporting its membership.
Lydia Gibson
Head of PolicyLydia covers liaising with the membership to promote advocacy priorities and influence policy, including overseeing the delivery of the communications strategy.
Zak Mockton
Finance Manager
Max Clark
Communications ManagerMax is the Communications Manager at The Heritage Alliance and the editor of our fortnightly newsletter Heritage Update.
Rhiannon Watts
Policy & Projects OfficerRhiannon is Policy & Projects Officer at The Heritage Alliance, assisting with our ongoing policy advocacy work and leading on a number of dedicated projects. She joins us on secondment from the Civil Service.
Emma Shaw
Office ManagerAs our Office Manager, Emma oversees the management of our physical office space, equipment, staff policies, and general administrative tasks to support the wider team.
Historic Environment Forum and Historic Religious Building Alliance Teams
The Heritage Alliance is delighted to ‘host’ the teams from two additional heritage organisations: the Historic Environment Forum, which brings together brings together senior representatives from organisations working across the historic environment sector in England; and the Historic Religious Buildings Alliance (HRBA), which works towards a secure future for historic religious buildings.
Dr Mike Heyworth MBE
Historic Environment Forum Team Leader and Task Group ManagerMike works part-time as the HEF Team Leader, whilst also working as a freelance archaeology and heritage consultant. He was previously the Director of the Council for British Archaeology.
Lucy Brown
Historic Environment Forum Steering Group ManagerLucy is the Historic Environment Forum Manager. The Historic Environment Forum (HEF) brings together senior members of public and non-government bodies to work collaboratively on strategic matters for the historic environment sector.
Dr Francesca Benetti
Historic Environment Forum Task Group ManagerWith a background in archaeology, Francesca works part-time for HEF as Task Group Manager
Becky Payne
Development Director, Historic Religious Buildings AllianceBecky works as a freelance consultant undertaking projects on different aspects of sustaining historic places of worship. She runs HRBA as a volunteer.
Our board of trustees
Our Board of Trustees is comprised of senior practitioners from across the built environment, archaeology, tourism, and IMT (industrial, maritime and transport) sectors, whose expertise ensures that the Heritage Alliance has a clear vision and strategy.
Dr Ingrid Samuel OBE
Acting Chair, The Heritage AllianceIngrid currently serves as the Acting Chair of the Heritage Alliance, and works as the Director of Placemaking & Heritage at the National Trust. She is a former civil servant, and holds a doctorate in Modern History from the University of Cambridge.
Roy Clare CBE
Trustee, The Heritage AllianceRoy is a non-executive Director, Trustee and advocate for better leadership and governance.
Peter Aiers OBE
Trustee, The Heritage AlliancePeter is a trustee of Heritage Alliance, Goodwill Solutions CIC and on Peterborough DAC as well as being a fellow of the RSA.
Jan Wills
Trustee, The Heritage AllianceJan Wills is an archaeologist with a background in fieldwork, project management and local government. She now works as an historic environment consultant.
Alice Purkiss
Trustee, The Heritage AllianceAlice leads the University’s National Trust Partnership, a flagship collaboration between Oxford and Europe’s largest conservation charity.
Kate Streeter
Trustee, The Heritage AllianceKate is Development and Marketing Manager for the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB), where she previously led the Maintenance Co-operatives project.
James Probert
Trustee, The Heritage AllianceJames is currently Director of Development at Historic Houses and the editor of Historic House magazine.
Steve Oates
Trustee, The Heritage AllianceSteve is Chief Executive of the Heritage Railway Association (HRA).
Dr Chandan Mahal
Trustee, The Heritage AllianceDr Chandan Mahal is currently the National Learning and Partnership Manager at the British Library for the Unlocking our Sound Heritage project.
Daniel Eiloart
Trustee, The Heritage AllianceDaniel is a senior change and transformation professional, qualified accountant and MBA who has held senior positions in the financial services industry.