We currently have eleven trustees governing the Ship’s Company. The trustees meet four times a year to discuss their individual responsibility areas.
The Trustees
Martin Carver (Chair & Trustee)
Amongst other things Martin has been an Army officer between 1959 and 1972, a freelance archaeologist between 1972 and 1975, the creator and director of the Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit between 1975 and 1986, the director of Sutton Hoo Research Project between 1983 and 2005and professor of archaeology at University of York between 1986…
Andrew Fitzgerald (Vice Chair, Trustee & Treasurer)
Andrew was formerly a finance director and more latterly the successful founder of a number of small technology companies dealing with print control systems and optical AI. He is a member of the FCA, MBA and FRSA as well as being a trustee for The Ship’s Company and an active member of the Woodbridge Riverside…
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Simon Steel (Trustee, Media)
Simon lives a short walk from the Sutton Hoo site when he isn’t working as a consultant in advertising, design and brand strategy, such as London’s Oyster card. So his initial involvement with SHSC was to help create the brand identity and our wonderful logo. He adds huge value by leading on our communication strategy…
Pete Clay (Trustee)
Pete is a professional violin maker. During his career he worked for the prestigious W.E.Hill & Sons in London for more than five years before becoming self-employed working in Hamburg, Buckinghamshire, Zug, Switzerland and more latterly in Woodbridge. Pete is a trustee for The Sutton hoo Ship’s Company and was a trustee for the closely…
Joe Startin (Trustee)
Joe trained as an engineer and moved to Suffolk with his job at BT in 1974 and from 1995 he worked as an independent IT consultant in the UK, Belgium and the Netherlands. Joe has always been interested in Anglo-Saxon history. He volunteers at the National Trust site at Sutton Hoo. Trained by the Sutton…
Angela Care Evans (Trustee)
Angela Evans is the ‘Grande Dame’ of research on the Sutton Hoo Ship, assembling the definitive report in 1975 (Chapter V in The Sutton Hoo Ship Burial). A member of the British Museum’s Sutton Hoo team, she took part in their excavations in 1965-1970 and in those of the Sutton Hoo Research Trust 1983-2005. She also assembled and edited the…
Nicola Stacey (Trustee Fundraising)
Nicola Stacey has 25 years experience of working in the heritage sector, including in the Museum of London and English Heritage and has been Director of the Heritage of London Trust (HOLT) since 2015. She has a PhD in Archaeology from the University of Oxford and brings invaluable know-how in public engagement, fundraising and educational strategy to the Ship’s Company.
Mark Jones (Trustee)
Mark spent 45 years working in the professional services sector, practising law for 15 years, running a large law firm for 17 years and most recently, for 13 years, advising a variety of professional services firms, both in England and in other jurisdictions, on strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, change management and business planning and…
Sharon Kindleysides (Trustee Fundraising)
Sharon is a Global Expert in Intelligent Transport Systems and Future Mobility with over 19 years experience in the industry including as ITS Director for Transport for New South Wales, in Australia; CEO of Kapsch TrafficCom Ltd and serving tenure as Chairman of ITS UK. She has an Honours Degree in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from…
Jonathan Lea (Trustee Finance)
Jonathan is a qualified accountant, was previously the CFO of an FTSE 250 PLC and has wide international experience of business in Europe, Asia and Latin America. He is currently a Non-Executive Director at the British Wool Marketing Board and Crop Health & Protection Ltd. He has also served as a Trustee on the board…
Damian Robinson (Trustee)
Damian Robinson is Director of the Centre for Maritime Archaeology at the University of Oxford is a Classical Archaeologist who has specialised in maritime research in the classical Mediterranean. He is especially interested in relationships between sea travel and settlement on land and is currently directing the excavations of ship 43 from Heracleion, the ancient port city located near the mouth…