Kate de Rothschild-Agius
Kate has been a Trustee of the Wallace Collection since 2018 having served two terms and was appointed Head of Fundraising on the Board in January 2022. Outside of the Wallace, Kate is on the board of Exbury Gardens, her family garden which is open to the public (125,000 visitors last year) and also serves on the PCC of her local church, St Katharine's, Exbury.
Kate actively enjoys the museum world, supporting many of the London museums as a Patron, and visiting exhibitions. She was formerly Chairman of the Patrons at both the British Museum and Kew Gardens. She divides her time between London and Exbury.
Dr Ashok Roy
Dr Ashok Roy, FSA is a scientist and a leading analytical specialist in the material history of works of art, particularly Old Master paintings. His career has been in museum science from 1977 when he was appointed to the National Gallery's Scientific Department, of which he became Director in 1990. He was later appointed Director of Collections at the National Gallery from where he retired in 2016. He remains particularly interested in developing interdisciplinary study of works of art with curators and conservators with a view of presenting to a broad public the interest and value of understanding and preserving collections through material knowledge.To this end he has organised a number of exhibitions devoted to these subjects as well as many publications and lectures.
He is passionate about promoting the widest variety of free public access to the national collections, and ensuring that the results of research on collections are made available to visitors both physical and virtual. He believes that presenting the materials and making of works of art provides a powerful way of engaging new audiences, particularly younger visitors. He is also interested in the importance of environmental sustainability of museums as public institutions.
Timothy Schroder
Timothy Schroder is a historian and lecturer on the history of silver and goldsmiths' work. Previous roles include head of silver at Christie's, Curator of Decorative Arts at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Consultant Curator at the V&A. In addition to being a trustee of the Wallace Collection, he is a past Prime Warden of the Goldsmiths' Company, a member of the Fabric Commission of Westminster Abbey and former chairman of the Prostate Cancer Research Centre.
Remuneration and Governance Code
Trustees of the Wallace Collection are not remunerated. These are short reappointments to third terms from 07 January 2023 until 06 July 2023 and have been made in accordance with the Cabinet Office's Governance Code on Public Appointments. The appointments process is regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments. Under the Code, any significant political activity undertaken by an appointee in the last five years must be declared. This is defined as including holding office, public speaking, making a recordable donation, or candidature for election. Kate de Rothschild-Agius, Ashok Roy and Timothy Schroder have declared no activity.
