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Terence Suthers

Terry Suthers has followed a distinguished career in museums and the built heritage.  He recently retired as Director & Chief Executive of the Harewood House Trust. Under his stewardship from 1992-2007, Harewood won several awards for tourism, the arts and education.  Previously he was Assistant Director and Head of Public Services at the Science Museum, London and before that Director of the Yorkshire Museum and Gardens in York.  Trained initially as a conservator and archaeologist, in 1980 Suthers won a Churchill Fellowship to study conservation techniques in Italy and North Africa.  From 1996 to 2001, he was a member of the Heritage Lottery Fund’s Expert Panel for Museums, Libraries and Archives and, until 2005, Vice Chair of Yorkshire Museums Council.  He is currently Chair of the York Archaeological Trust and serves as a Trustee of the York Museum Trust, Thackray Medical Museum, Leeds, and is a member of York Minster’s Fabric Advisory Committee.  Terry is a Fellow of the Museums Association and in January 2005 he was made a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of West Yorkshire.