The Alliance Team
Hover over or click on a Staff Member or Trustee's box to read more about them.
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.
Polly Martin
Head of Policy & Communications
Daniella Briscoe-Peaple
Advocacy & Communications OfficerDaniella is the Advocacy and Communications Officer at The Heritage Alliance and the editor of our fortnightly newsletter Heritage Update.
Lava Ali
Advocacy & Communications AssistantLava is joining the Alliance team as Advocacy & Communications Assistant on a six month Kickstart placement.
Caroline Peach
Consultant
Claire Plastow
Membership, Development & CRM OfficerClaire supports our members and assists our Head of Development with our core activities and projects.
Rebecca Fawcett
Rebuilding Heritage Project ManagerRebecca has joined the Rebuilding Heritage Programme as Project Manager in May. She has worked as a freelance Heritage Consultant since 2010 specialising in project management and developing audiences. Previous roles include working in Education and Outreach for House of Parliament and Historic Royal Palaces.
India Guest
Rebuilding Heritage Project Engagement OfficerIndia has recently joined Rebuilding Heritage as Communications and Engagement Officer for the legacy stage of the programme.
Sarah Shaw
Heritage Digital 2.5 Programme ManagerSarah is the Programme Manager for Heritage Digital 2.5, a consortium project supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund's Digital Skills for Heritage initiative. Sarah has worked for large and small cultural venues across the UK, and now runs her own consultancy company.
Historic Environment Forum and Historic Religious Building Alliance Teams
Francesca Benetti
Historic Environment Forum Steering Group ManagerFrancesca supports the work of the Historic Environment Forum and its Steering Group. Her background is in archaeology, but she has always had a special interest in policy and historic environment management.
Mike Heyworth
Historic Environment Forum Task Group ManagerPreviously Director of the Council for British Archaeology, Mike is now working part-time for HEF and as a heritage consultant, where he leads on Covid-19 recovery.
Suzanne Huggett-Jones
Historic Environment Forum Task Group ManagerSuzanne is an experienced project and stakeholder manager in the charity sector, previously working for CRUK and Age UK. She currently leads on COP26 and Climate Change.
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 comprises senior practitioners from across the built environment, archaeology, tourism and IMT (industrial, maritime and transport) sectors, whose expertise ensure that The Heritage Alliance has a clear vision and strategy.
Pam Alexander OBE
ChairPam has many years experience of leading strategies and schemes in economic development and urban regeneration and was CEO of English Heritage from 1996 to 2001.
She is currently Chair of Commonplace, chairs the Planning Committee and is a board member of the London Legacy Development Corporation. She is a Commissioner on the Commission for Creating Healthy Cities, Ambassador on the London Mayor’s Cultural Leadership Board, an advisor to OnePlanet.com, and a founder member of the Equilibrium Network.
Ingrid Samuel
Deputy ChairA former civil servant, Ingrid was Head of Heritage and Architecture at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and on the London Olympic Bid team before joining the National Trust.
Chris Sutton
TreasurerChris is a Management Consultant and Chartered Accountant, with Trustee roles across Heritage and International Development sectors.
Tola Dabiri
Dr Tola Dabiri is a Director of Museum X CIC, which is working to establish a Black British Museum, and a Director of Brick by Brick Communities CIC.
Henry Cleary
Henry has had a lifelong involvement in the preservation of maritime and transport heritage. He is Deputy Chair of the Maritime Heritage Trust and Trustee Lead for the Boiler and Engineering Skills Training Trust's Skills for the Future programme
Roy Clare
Roy is a non-executive Director, Trustee and advocate for better leadership and governance.
Peter Aiers
Peter is a trustee of Heritage Alliance, Goodwill Solutions CIC and on Peterborough DAC as well as being a fellow of the RSA.
Jan Wills
Jan Wills is an archaeologist with a background in fieldwork, project management and local government. She now works as an historic environment consultant.
Alice Purkiss
Alice leads the University’s National Trust Partnership, a flagship collaboration between Oxford and Europe’s largest conservation charity.
Kate Streeter
Kate 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
James is currently Director of Development at Historic Houses and the editor of Historic House magazine.