STAFF

Interim Chief Executive Officer
Ivor Stolliday

Director of Corporate Resources
Andrew Lovett

Office Manager and PA to Directors
Kirsty Johnson
Corporate Management Officer
Alison Haynes
Receptionist and Office Assistant
Danielle Cherry

Acting Head of Programme 
Alessandro Vincentelli
Assistant Curator
Katharine Welsh
Programme Assistant
Kate Lewis
Exhibitions Manager
Chris Osborne

Head of Learning
Emma Thomas
Learning Co-ordinator
Catherine Cook
Community Programmer
Jude Watt 
Schools and Colleges Programmer
Helen Burns
University and CPD Programmer
Karen Davies
Archivist and Librarian
Gary Malkin

Shop Manager and Buyer
Sara Ley (Maternity Leave)
Shop Manager and Buyer
Kari Ingebrigsten
Shop Manager and Buyer
Emma Jackson
Assistant Shop Manager
Becky Eltringham  (Maternity Leave)

Head of Resources
Stephen Cleland
Finance Manager
Angela Blades
Finance Assistant
Pat Gibson
Finance Assistant
Elisabeth Johnson
Finance Assistant
Fiona Davis

 

Director of Communications 
Claire Byers
Marketing Officer
Craig Astley
Media Officer
Ann Cooper 

Development Manager
Aerian Rogers
Development Officer
Chris Duffy
Development Assistant
Lianne Bell

Head of Visitor Services
Rebecca Stevenson Read
Corporate Events Manager
Simon Harvey
Corporate Events Coordinator
Sarah Given

Catering Manager
Karen McLoughlin

Visitor Services Team Leader
Anneliese Kopko 
Visitor Services Team Leader
Lee Stokoe
Visitor Services Team Leader
Sarah Bouttell
Visitor Services Team Leader
Sarah Wilkinson

ICT Manager
David Coxon
ICT Technician
Alex Gibson

Head of Building Services and Estates
James Johnson
Building Services Assistant
Marc Hawes-Johnson
Building Services Assistant
Malcolm Fiddes
Building Services Assistant
John Dickinson
Building Security Supervisor
Paul Grey

CREW

Eva Bauer
Megan Bedell
Deena Bowman
Linda Bulman
Vanessa Carr
Matt Carter
Katy Cole
John Cuthbert
Hayley Duff
Fiona Davis
Stuart Eve
Darren Garrett
Joanne Garthwaite
Sarah Given
Steven Halcyon
Oonagh Hegarty
Bryony Hewetson
Kari Ingebrigtsen
Ben Jones
Manika Karlsson
Nathalie Levi
Ilaria Longhi
Reece Maddocks
Chris McHugh
Wendy McLure
Brighid Mulley
Corinne Mynatt
Mark O'Kane
Alan Parkin
Scott Patterson
Guy Schofield
Ruth Sheldon
Elaina Thompson
Ian Tinwell
Hannah Tyreman
Siobhan Verrall
Katherine Wake
Chris Withers

TRUSTEES

Sir Ian Wrigglesworth
Executive Chairman
UK Land Estates

Helen Baker-Adler
Principal Lecturer in Fine Art, leading the MA Fine Art & Education
Northumbria University

Steve Brown
Managing Director
Newcastle Chronicle and Journal

Peter Buchan
Executive Director, Ryder HKS

Joanna Cave
Chief Executive of the Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS)

Joe Docherty
Chief Executive
Tees Valley Regeneration

Dr John Hargreaves
Business Consultant 

Cllr. Kathryn Ferdinand
Gateshead Council

Andrew Graham-Dixon
Cultural Journalist
Writer and Broadcaster

Julian Germain 
Artist

Cllr. Mick Henry CBE
Leader
Gateshead Council

Vikas Kumar
Director, GemArts

Stephen Taylor
Retail Consultant

Isabel Vasseur
Freelance Consultant
Public Art and Arts Development

Janice Webster
Project Director
The Digital City Project University of Teesside

Sue Wilson CBE
Business woman and holds a number of public appointments