The Ashmolean Museum is overseen by a Board of Visitors. The Director of the Museum is Dr Xa Sturgis, who leads the Executive Management Group which provides strategic and operational leadership for the Museum. The Museum's departments are overseen by a Senior Management Team.
The Audiences & Content Department is responsible for visitor experience, audience insight, interpretation and content, online engagement, membership, formal learning and academic engagement, and informal learning and public programming.
Director of Audiences & Content – Gina Koutsika
Head of Audiences & Online Engagement – Sarah Casey
Head of Digital Content & Interpretation – Jane Cockcroft
Head of Schools and University Engagement – Melanie Rowntree
Head of Informal Learning & Public Programmes – Lucy Shipp
Head of Visitor Experience – Rachel Johns
COLLECTIONS
The Collections' departments include, Antiquities, Conservation, Digital Collections, Eastern Art, the Heberden Coin Room and Western Art. These departments are responsible for internationally important collections and collaborate with colleagues across the Museum on strategic goals, such as Collections Care, Research, Teaching, Temporary Displays and Exhibitions, providing access to collections in our study rooms as well as digitally online, and many other projects.
Director of Collections and Keeper of the Heberden Coin Room – Dr Frédérique Duyrat (on Sabbatical until January 2026)
Head of Conservation and Acting Director of Collections – Daniel Bone
Keeper of Eastern Art – Professor Mallica Kumbera Landrus
Keeper of Antiquities – Liam McNamara
Acting Keeper of the Heberden Coin Room – Volker Heuchert
Acting Keeper of Western Art – An Van Camp
Head of Digital Collections – Dr Aruna Bhaugeerutty
COMMERCIAL
The Commercial Department operates a thriving retail, catering, publishing and venue hire business. In addition, the Department manages the Corporate Membership programme, licensing portfolio, picture library and photography studio.
The Ashmolean commercial profit is invested back into the museum to support the annual operating costs, to enhance the collections and further the Museum's research.
Commercial Director – Claire Lane
Head of Events & Catering – Thomas Radclyffe and Kate Del Nevo
Head of Publishing and Licensing – Declan McCarthy
DEVELOPMENT
The Development Department is responsible for acquiring funding to support the Museum and to help fund projects within the Museum.
Interim Head of Development – Christina Evans
OPERATIONS
The Ashmolean Operations Directorate is responsible for major projects, our exhibitions, all 3D and 2D design, safety and security, museum facilities, finance, IT and HR.
Operations Director – Rachel Davies
Head of Buildings and Facilities – Roger Essex
Head of Finance – Karen Thorne
Head of Health, Safety and Security – Mike Finneran
Head of Major Projects & Exhibitions – Aisha Burtenshaw
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