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Current job and affiliations

• Director of Libraries and Museums, University of St Andrews
• Board Member, Dundee Science Centre
• Board Member, Fife Cultural Trust
• Steering Group member, Towards a National Digital Collection, and Peer Review College Member, Arts and Humanities Research Council
• Affiliated Research Scholar, Whipple Museum of the History of Science, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge

Previous positions

• Associate Director, Office of Curatorial Affairs (Chief Curator), National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC (USA)
• Head of Asian and African Collections, British Library, London
• Curator of Modern Money, British Museum, London
• HSBC Money Gallery Development Curator, British Museum, London
• Assistant Curator, Science Museum, London

Previous honorary and voluntary appointments

• Museum Programs Advisory Committee member, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation (USA)
• Specialist Assessor, Cultural Protection Fund, British Council
• Designation Panel member, Arts Council England
• Board member, ICOMON (International Committee for Money and Banking Museums), part of ICOM (International Council of Museums)
• Trustee, Ragged School Museum, London
• Honorary Secretary and Trustee, Royal Numismatic Society

Education

• PhD, History of Science, University of Cambridge
• MA, Museum Studies, University of Leicester
• MPhil, History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge
• MA, History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge

Professional development

• Certificate in Art Law, Institute of Art and Law (in progress)
• Getty Leadership Institute, 2018 Fellow
• Clore Leadership Programme, short course
• Certificate in Fundraising Management, Institute of Fundraising