The Management Board advises the Chief Executive and Keeper on the plans and strategic direction of The National Archives, providing regular reviews of performance and key risks. It is made up of the Chief Executive and Keeper (who chairs), the six executive directors and up to four non-executive directors. The Board meets monthly and meeting summaries are available online. All non-executive directors also sit on The National Archives' Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee - our main governance oversight committees.
Find details on the non-executive directors below. See the Executive team for information on The National Archives' chief executive and directors.
Mark Addison
Mark was a career civil servant before leaving in 2006 as the director general of Operations and Service Delivery for the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. He has held director posts at both the Cabinet Office and the Health and Safety Executive and was chief executive at the Crown Prosecution Service.
He is currently a Civil Service Commissioner and non-executive director at Salix Finance, an independent company funded by the Carbon Trust to work with the public sector to reduce carbon emissions.
Bronwen Curtis CBE
Bronwen is a consultant in human resources practice and an independent member of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport's Senior Salaries Review Board. She currently sits on the board of Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Trust and the Prison Service Pay Review Body.
A former Midlands Businesswoman of the Year, she has held board-level positions in strategic planning, business development, manufacturing and human resources at Avon Cosmetics and been a non-executive director and chair of Two Shires Ambulance NHS Trust.
Professor Lisa Jardine CBE
Professor Lisa Jardine is Centenary Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary, University of London, and Director of the Centre for Editing Lives and Letters which focuses on archive-based research projects of relevance for the period 1500 to 1800. As well as being Chair of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, she is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and Honorary Fellow of both King's College, Cambridge and Jesus College, Cambridge. Lisa holds honorary doctorates from the University of St Andrews, Sheffield Hallam University and the Open University.
In addition to her academic posts, Professor Jardine has written a number of best-selling books. She is also a regular contributor to national newspapers and magazines, TV and radio, including writing and presenting for Radio 4's A Point of View.
Trevor Spires CBE
Trevor retired from the Royal Navy after a career spanning leadership, management and training roles. For the last five and a half years of his career he was the chief executive of the agency providing a range of human resources support, including payroll and pensions, to all current and former members of the armed forces.
