Icon is a registered charity and a charitable company limited by guarantee. Icon's trustees are therefore both charity trustees and directors of the limited company. This means that trustees are responsible for setting the strategic direction of Icon and for agreeing and reviewing annual priorities. Trustees are also responsible for the sound financial management of the charity and compliance with relevant regulations.
All Trustees are Icon Members and must abide by Icon's Values and Code of Conduct.
There are currently 16 members of the Board of Trustees: 11 trustees were elected by the membership and 5 were co-opted by the Board.
In addition to the Board of Trustees there are four main Board Committees which have resposibilty for aspects of Icon's activities:
- Finance: Receives quarterly Management Accounts and oversees the preparation of the Trustees’ Annual Report, budget setting, the appointment of the Auditors and major project expenditure
- Professional Standards and Development (PSD): Oversees, manages and advises on policy development and implementation of conservation related professional standards, training and education and research
- Conferences: Supports the organisation of large events with the intention of creating better experiences and greater positive impact for individual members, Groups and Networks, Icon's external reputation and public profile.
- Nominations: Identifies and interviews candidates for appointment as Co-opted Trustees or as Chair of the Board of Trustees and recommends to the Board which candidates should be appointed
- Remuneration: Considers proposals for cost of living adjustments and staff remuneration and make recommendation to the Board
Further details of Icon's governance structures procedures can be found in the Trustees' Annual Reports.
Adam Klups
Adam Klups
Adam is a conservation professional with a passion for adaptive reuse of historic buildings and contemporary conservation theory and ethics. He holds a BA in History of Art and Material Studies from UCL and an MA in Principles of Conservation from the Institute of Archaeology, UCL. He is currently working in the ecclesiastical heritage field as Church Buildings Officer and Secretary to the Diocesan Advisory Committee at the Diocese of Gloucester (C of E). Adam is a full member of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) and sits on the council of the Gloucestershire Historic Churches Trust. In 2011, under the auspices of the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC), he instigated the biennial Student and Emerging Conservator Conferences.
Worked status: employed
Location: Gloucestershire
James Murphy
James Murphy
James Murphy is a Chartered Marketer with 20 years’ experience in the not-for-profit sector. As Head of Digital and then Director of Global Communications at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), James led major transformation and content programmes that helped to reach new audiences and attract new members, whilst elevating digital competence across the organisation. In 2018, James set up Chalcroft Digital which advises charities and membership organisations on developing organisational and communications strategies, adopting good digital governance, digital community developments and culture change initiatives. He holds a Master’s degree in History of Art from UCL.
Work status: consultant
Location: London
- Twitter:
- @fastedit
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesmurphylondon/
James Grierson
James Grierson
James is a Chartered Surveyor who served as an Equity Partner and Board Member of an international real estate advisory practice. He has held non-executive positions in the NHS, Higher Education, Government and various commercial organisations. He is currently a Council Member at Durham University, a trustee of the York Foundation for Conservation & Craftsmanship and Chair of York Museums Trust. James brings extensive commercial leadership and governance experience to Icon, along with a lifelong passion for cultural heritage.
Work status: retired
Location: York
- Twitter:
- @griersoj
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-grierson-0a3610a/
Claire Fry ACR
Claire Fry ACR
Claire is an accredited preventive conservator. After her training at Cardiff University, Claire worked for the National Trust and then English Heritage. Since setting up Spencer & Fry in 2015 Claire has worked with a range of museums, heritage organisations and historic houses in all aspects of preventive conservation, however her particular areas of interest are emergency planning and the management of film crews in historic locations. Claire is an assessor and mentor for the Institute of Conservation accreditation scheme and since 2016 has served on the Fabric Advisory Committee for Leicester Cathedral.
Work status: private practitioner
Location: St Albans
- Website:
- www.spencerandfry.co.uk/
- LinkedIn:
- linkedin.com/in/clairefry1
Sophie Rowe ACR
Sophie Rowe ACR
Sophie Rowe ACR specialises in organic artefacts conservation and collections care. She has worked in a wide range of contexts from national museums (the British Museum, National Museum of Denmark) and the private sector (Museum Conservation Services) to university museums. She currently co-ordinates conservation and collections care activities across the consortium of eight University of Cambridge museums, and is an Arts Council Accreditation entor for two volunteer-run museums. Sophie is particularly interested in developing networks to raise standards and get maximum value from limited resources.
Work status: employed
Location: Cambridge
Frances Graupner
Frances Graupner
Frances Graupner is a commercial lawyer with a special focus on advising on art and cultural projects generally and on education for careers in the creative arts. She has wide experience of working with major corporations and charities as well as higher education institutions, and is a trustee of another cultural heritage charitable and membership organsiation. She has specialised in supporting the enterprise activities of the University of the Arts London, a global leader in the art and design sector with a diverse mix of constituent colleges including Camberwell, Central St Martins, Chelsea, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon.
Work status: retired
Location: London
Mel Houston ACR
Mel Houston ACR
Mel Houston ACR is the Preventive Conservator for the National Library for Scotland. Previously, she was the National Preventive Conservator for the National Trust for Scotland, and also an Icon Intern Supervisor as well as an Icon Mentor during this time. Mel completed undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in science and arts before gaining an MA in Preventive Conservation. She is on the Pest Odyssey Steering Committee for IPM in the UK and lectures in IPM at the Centre for Textile Conservation at the University of Glasgow.
Work status: Employed
Location: Scottish Borders
Duygu Camurcuoglu ACR
Duygu Camurcuoglu ACR
Duygu Camurcuoglu ACR FIIC has completed an MA, MSc and a PhD in Conservation/Material Science at UCL. She has been working as an inorganic objects conservator at the British Museum over 10 years. She also worked as the head conservator at the renowned world heritage site of Catalhoyuk for 7 years, supporting a number of conservation students and colleagues through their career development. Duygu has been involved with Icon as a Icon Accreditation assessor/mentor and actively collaborates with international institutions, such as IIC and ICOM-CC organising large scale conferences.
Work status: employed
Location: London
Pierrette Squires ACR
Pierrette Squires ACR
Pierrette Squires is an accredited conservator, influencing and leading the collections team and colleagues at Bolton Museum in sustainable practice, ethics, diversity, and inclusion. Her role combines not only interventive and preventive conservation practice, but also collections and aquarium management. Pierrette has advised widely on the care of human remains, sustainable practice, and LGBT inclusion in Museums. Pierrette regularly mentors Icon and Cardiff university interns, is an Icon accreditation mentor, and runs the North West Conservators Group. Outside of work, Pierrette keeps busy chairing the Bolton LGBT Partnership, volunteering for the Bisexual community and being a Greater Manchester LGBT panel member.
Work status: Employed
Location: Lancashsire
Richard Bruce
Richard Bruce
Richard graduated in Physics, before turning to a range of business activities. He is a Chartered Accountant and has worked in private companies, central government, and charities. He has a broad spectrum of experience in supporting Trustee boards in finance, governance, planning and communications.
“I’m extremely interested in museums, collections and the heritage sector, and am delighted to be part of this established, member-led organisation, with such an excellent reputation.”
Work status: Retired
Location: East Sussex
Martin Kirke
Martin Kirke
Martin is a Non-Exec Director for the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education and is also Deputy Chair of an NHS Trust. He is a consultant conference speaker and writer on diversity, inclusion and organisational change. He is a Fellow of the RSA and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Martin has previously held international Change Director roles and has been a Change Consultant for many organisations including the Cabinet Office/No.10. He was previously Diversity and Inclusion Adviser for Macmillan Cancer Support. He also works as a coach and mentor through his own company. Martin’s interests include history of art, architecture and collecting ephemera.
Work status: Portfolio of roles working part-time
Location: West Sussex
Lorraine Finch ACR
Lorraine Finch ACR
Lorraine Finch is an accredited archives conservator.
Following her MA Conservation at Camberwell College of Arts she was employed at the University of Southampton, the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and the National Army Museum. In 2003 she established LF Conservation and Preservation which provides conservation and preservation to institutions and individuals of archives. Lorraine specialises in the conservation and preservation of photographic material. Lorraine is Chair of the Environmental Sustainability Network, Secretary of the Icon Photographic Materials Group, and a committee member of the Icon Documentation Group. She is also an Icon accreditation assessor.
Work status: private practitioner
Location: Norfolk
Instagram: @thecaringconservator
- Twitter:
- @conserve_lfcp
Diana Davis ACR
Diana Davis ACR
Diana (McCormack) Davis is an accredited large objects conservator. She trained at Durham University after a career in archaeology, and subsequently worked for English Heritage, the Science Museum, National Museums Scotland and the Antarctic Heritage Trust (NZ). She is currently Head of Conservation for the National Museum of the Royal Navy, leading the team that is responsible for the conservation and care of all NMRN's collections, including historic ships and aircraft.
Work status: Employed
Location: Portsmouth
- Twitter:
- @McCormack_Diana
Michelle Stoddart
Michelle Stoddart
Michelle Stoddart brings 15 years of experience in leadership, conservation, collection care, policy development and stakeholder management. She has worked in conservation and collection care teams in the private and public sector, nationally and internationally. Michelle was Chair of the Icon Book and Paper Group between 2016-2018 and has been a guest lecturer at West Dean since 2019, lecturing on conservation legislation, ethics, and communication. She has a Masters in Museum Studies and a Masters in the Conservation of Cultural Materials. Michelle is currently Head of Conservation and Collections Care for the Science Museum Group.
Work status: Employed
Location: London
Louise Davison
Louise Davison
Louise is an emerging professional who graduated from City and Guilds of London art school in July 2021. She previously has completed a Fine art degree in Canterbury and has previously completed an Icon internship based in Stoke Orchard conserving wall paintings. Louise is currently working as a conservator in private practice with aspirations of undertaking a masters.
Work status: Employed
Location: London
Trustees' Annual Reports