Kate Clark FSA FRGS, MIFA, IHBC.  Director
Kate Clark grew up in Australia but has spent the past 25 years in the UK where she worked with the Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust, the Council for British Archaeology and English Heritage before joining the Heritage Lottery Fund as Deputy Director of Policy and Research,  dealing with conservation policy and also research into the economic and social benefits of heritage. Kate has also run a consultancy specialising in heritage policy, practice and planning where clients included the States of Jersey, Sir John Soane’s Museum and the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council. She has written books and articles on industrial archaeology, conservation, heritage management, sustainable development and the wider value of heritage, including Capturing the Public Value of Heritage. Kate has also done workshops and taught in the UK as well as in Ireland, South Africa, Slovenia, Canada and the United States.

Nicholas Malaxos BA (Econ) AFAIM JP.  Assistant Director, Management Services
Nicholas Malaxos joined the HHT in 1995 from the Earth Exchange Museum and Film Australia. Nicholas is an Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and a member of the Institute of Public Administration in Australia. He is currently the President of the Society for the Restoration of the Greek Island of Megisty. Nicholas is the Chairman of the Greek-Australian Museum and Cultural Foundation and worked with the Powerhouse Museum on an Indigenous exhibition that toured Athens during the Olympic Games in 2004.

Mike Field.  Assistant Director, Marketing & Business Development
Mike Field joined the HHT from the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) in 2007. His background includes marketing roles with both The Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian Museum.

Dr Caroline Butler-Bowdon. Assistant Director, Learning & Outreach
Caroline has worked in the cultural/heritage sector for over 15 years including posts at the Museum of Sydney, the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Universities of Sydney and New South Wales. She was most recently Head Curator at the Museum of Sydney where she published widely and curated exhibitions on many aspects of Australian history. One of her recent books, Homes in the sky: apartment living in Australia, co-authored with Dr Charles Pickett (MUP, 2007) was the winner of the Australian Institute of Architects’ Bates Smart Architecture in the Media Award and EnergyAustralia National Trust Award for Interpretation and Presentation for 2008. She also co-authored Shooting through: Sydney by tram (HHT, 2009) and Sydney then & now (Thunder Bay Press, California, 2005) and was co-editor of Talking about Sydney: population, community and culture in contemporary Sydney (UNSW Press & the HHT, 2006). She has curated and co-curated numerous exhibitions at MOS including Art Deco, Federation Sydney, 1880–1910, and Leunig Animated. She recently completed her PhD at the University of New South Wales on the history of apartment living in Sydney.
Caroline took up the newly created role of Assistant Director Learning and Outreach with the Trust in 2009, where she works across the properties and units to involve and encourage as many diverse communities to enjoy and learn from our HHT sites. She manages the policy, planning and operational work relating to the way in which people engage with HHT properties, comprising activities such as interpretation, learning, access, audience development, participation, volunteering and community engagement, including exhibitions, events, publications and education initiatives.

Ian Innes. Assistant Director, Conservation & Asset Management
Ian has over twenty years experience in cultural landscape management and conservation, including in senior management roles at the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney and Centennial Parklands. He studied architecture and, later, landscape architecture, and his ongoing professional interests developed since that time span a range of aspects of the built environment including: architectural and landscape design, heritage conservation, cultural landscape management, contract administration and project management, strategic asset management, horticulture and arboriculture, and garden plant conservation.

Ian took up the newly created role of Assistant Director Conservation & Asset Management with the HHT in 2009, where he has oversight of policy, planning, curatorial and operational work relating to HHT properties and collections. His role includes building repair, maintenance and management, capital works programs, collections acquisition, conservation, storage and management; archaeology, documentation, analysis and recording; land management including horticulture, landscaping and managing biodiversity, as well as research and conservation management planning.

MUSEUM CURATORS AND MANAGERS

Elizabeth Bay House
Curator Scott Carlin
Manager Gillian Redman-Lloyd

Elizabeth Farm
Manager Bronwyn Alcorn

Government House
General Manager Steve Dawkins
Supervising Curator Ann Toy
Curator Robert Griffin
Assistant Manager Mantej Singh
Building Services Manager Peter Francis
Functions Manager Asoka Ekanayake

Hyde Park Barracks Museum
Curator Gary Crockett
Manager Dayn Cooper

Justice & Police Museum
Curator/Manager Caleb Williams

Meroogal
Curator Barbara Konkolowicz
Manager Sandra Lee

The Mint
Curator Robert Griffin
Manager Dayn Cooper

Museum of Sydney
Head Curator TBA
Curator Inara Walden
Manager Larissa Anstee
Education Officer Fabienne Virago

Rouse Hill House & Farm
Curator Fergus Clunie
Chief Guide Belinda Mitrovich
Visitor Services Co-ordinator Monica Leach

Rose Seidler House
Manager Andrew Mitchell

Susannah Place Museum
Curator/Manager Anna Cossu

Vaucluse House
Curator Scott Carlin
Manager Gillian Redman-Lloyd
Head Gardener Dave Gray

Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection
Manager Megan Martin
Curator Joanna Nicholas

KEY CONTACTS

Endangered Houses Fund
Richard Silink

Head of Exhibitions and Publications
Susan Sedgwick

Design Manager
Louise Cornwall

Marketing Manager
Charlotte Grant

Media Relations Manager
Ruth Williams

New Media & Web Manager
Rachael Hainsworth

Tourism
Janine Huan

Sponsorship Manager
Tina Koutsogiannis

Venues Manager
Damian Poole

Retail
Peter Barnes

Acting Head Of Public Programs
Mark Lillis

Foundation General Manager
David Hely

Sponsorship Manager
Tina Koutsogiannis

Education Manager
Jeannie Douglas

Members General Manager
Judy Pittaway

Volunteer Coordinator
Karen Griffiths

Human Resources Manager
Tony Katsigiannis

Manager, Collection Management
Tamara Lavrencic