Our People

Richard Fletcher-Vane, 2nd Baron Inglewood

The Lord Inglewood MRICS is the Society’s President. He is a former heritage minister and his family home is the Grade I listed historic house of Hutton-in-the-Forest, Cumbria.

Liz Power - Director

Liz joined Historic Buildings & Places in 2023 after 25 years working in the museum sector. As Director, she provides the charity’s strategic leadership, working closely with the Board of Trustees. Liz has led the development of Future Lab, an ambitious initiative exploring the future for HB&P in partnership with Oxford University.

Liz is Chair of the Cultural Sector Environmental Sustainability Group and also chairs the Heritage Green Skills Group on behalf of Historic England. She is a member of the Joint Committee of the National Amenity Societies and represents the committee on the Historic Environment Forum, where she also sits on the steering group. Liz is an experienced Carbon Literacy and Carbon Accounting trainer, committed to helping heritage organisations embed sustainability into their work.

Outside of her professional roles, Liz also serves as a trustee of the Association of Independent Museums, supporting museums across the UK, a Squirrel Scouts leader, and plays the baritone horn (badly) in a brass band.

Ross Anthony – Casework Manager

Ross is Historic Buildings & Places’ Secular Caseworker, having joined the Society in August 2020. He previously was the national planning and policy advisor for the Theatres Trust, an advisory body to the DCMS and a statutory consultee in the planning system, working to protect and adapt a broad spectrum of historic and modern theatre and cultural buildings across England, Scotland, and Wales. He enjoys the diversity of casework that falls within the HBAP remit, particularly the more humble and often overlooked unlisted gems that need a friend to make sure that all historic buildings are recognised for their contribution to our cultural identity and sense of place.

Matthew Saunders – Ecclesiastical Caseworker

Matthew was Secretary of the Ancient Monuments Society, the predecessor body to Historic Buildings & Places, from 1977 to 2018. As a former Director of The Friends of Friendless Churches, he knows the power of an historic church to impress and to move and relishes helping Historic Buildings & Places contest proposals which threaten listed places of worship with demolition and unsympathetic alteration.

Christina Avramakis – Operations & Development Manager

Christina joined the team in February 2022 as the new Membership & Finance Manager. She has a BA in Classics from the University of Durham, an MA in Museum Studies from Leicester University, and over 10 years of work experience within the museums and heritage sector, including roles at Bentley Priory Museum and the Museum of English Rural Life.

Stefanie Turza – Marketing & Communications Manager

Stefanie joined the team in April 2021 to help work on the Society’s new marketing and social media strategies as well as helping update the website, magazine and social media platforms. She has previously worked at GPAD and Fletcher Priest Architects as Marketing and Communications Coordinator, and at The Prince’s Regeneration Trust, working within a number of roles including communications and project support.

Paul Holden - Editor

Paul is the editor of the HB&P member’s magazine, Heritage Now, and the Journal of Historic Buildings & Places. He is also a freelance heritage professional and architectural historian. Paul is chairman of the Truro Diocese Advisory Committee, vice-chair of Truro Cathedral Fabric Advisory Committee, member of the Cornwall Design Review Panel and President of the Cornwall Family History Society and the James M MacLaren Society.

Sara Robertson - Chair of Trustees

Sara has a real passion for the historic built environment, having spent a considerable amount of time working within organisations dedicated to preserving heritage. She spent 12 years working at the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) in a number of roles, most recently as Deputy Director and Head of Casework; four years at the National Heritage Lottery Fund as Head of the Historic Environment, and four years as the Chief Executive at Icon. Although having now moved outside of the heritage sector in her professional role, she maintains close ties through voluntary work, including returning to SPAB as a Guardian on their advocacy committee, Trustee of the National Heritage Science Forum, and Chair of Europa Nostra UK.

Giles Adams - Hon. Treasurer

Giles brings valuable expertise to Historic Buildings & Places from his career in the financial sector. Working for the Bank of England from 1986 to 1998, he joined KPMG in 1998, working on financial services regulation; he became a Partner in 2009 and retired in 2023. Alongside his financial experience, Giles studied History of Art at both undergraduate and post-graduate level, and has actively continued his interests in the fine and decorative arts and architectural history. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He joined the Board of the British Library in 2023 and is a member of its Audit Committee.

Kerrie Fuller

Kerrie is a self-employed freelance consultant for the membership sector and has worked in membership for nearly 20 years for a variety of organisations such as professional bodies, private member’s clubs and museums.

Rebecca Harfield

Rebecca is a built heritage specialist and heritage planner with over 25 years’ experience in England, Wales, and New Zealand. She currently works for Cadw, leading conservation and visitor improvement projects across sites in state care. A Chartered Town Planner and Full Member of the IHBC, Rebecca has also held roles at Historic England, Heritage New Zealand, and ICOMOS Aotearoa New Zealand.

Cara Hepburn

Cara has a decade of experience in fundraising, beginning her career at the British Museum before working for four years at Sir John Soane’s Museum, which lead her to Royal Museums Greenwich, before she went to English Heritage where she was Head of Private Philanthropy. Cara has created a number of long-term strategies and initiatives, which have grown philanthropic income along the ‘individual giving pipeline’.

Amy Hondsmerk

Amy is the Heritage Skills Adviser at Historic England, working within the skills team to ensure that the sector has a workforce with the skills necessary to maintain our historic environment in the future. Prior to this, she completed a PhD exploring video games as museum and heritage interpretation and continues to seek out new approaches to playful and digital experiences.

Moe Horikawa

Moe is an Investment Manager at the National Lottery Heritage Fund and holds a MA in International Cultural Heritage Management from Durham University. She has a particular interest in historic buildings forming historic urban landscapes. Moe is originally from Japan.

Bob Kindred

Bob has been professionally involved in front-line management for over 40 years in the public, private and voluntary heritage sectors, and runs his own heritage consultancy. He has particular experience with the Institute of Historic Building Conservation, serving on its Council, Policy and Education Committees. He is currently a member of the St Edmundsbury & Ipswich DAC, the RIBA Suffolk Design Review Panel, and is one of the four consultant editors of the international Journal of Architectural Conservation.  He was awarded the MBE for services to historic building conservation in 1999.

Clare Knowles

Clare is Head of Marketing & Digital at Durham Cathedral and has fifteen years’ experience in the charity, culture and heritage sector, leading digital marketing communications for well-loved North East and national brands. In her present role at Durham Cathedral, Clare has had the opportunity to transform the Marketing & Digital department – from shaping a new team to redefining the marketing communications strategy and approach. Previously Clare was Marketing & Communications Consultant for National Trust across the North region, managing regional strategy and campaigns and supporting properties on high profile projects in the North, including Seaton Delaval Hall. She is CIM qualified and has a degree in Public Relations.

Peter Mitchell

Peter is Head of Sustainability at Gascoyne Estates, custodians of Hatfield House among other historic buildings and landscapes. His work covers all aspects of the business from farming and forestry to leisure and development, helping the team deliver ambitious sustainability commitments.

Martin Michette

Martin is a lecturer and researcher on the historic environment at the University of Oxford. His teaching covers topics such as the history of architectural conservation, vernacular construction, and natural building materials. The focus of his research lies in reducing the environmental impact of buildings by identifying and promoting synergies between low energy technologies, cultural heritage, and natural systems. He has been involved in outreach and engagement activities at numerous heritage sites – including several on the UNESCO World Heritage list – and worked closely with stakeholders from a variety of different heritage organisations. He also directs the Cultural Heritage Training Partnerships, Oxford’s programme of CPD for the heritage and historic environment sectors.

Tim Moore

Tim is a lecturer at the University of Oxford and also a curator for the National Trust. He specialises in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and is particularly interested in Global and Inclusive Histories; the latest publication he is working towards is about the lived experience of people of colour in Georgian England. As a proud, gay person of colour, Tim has a particular passion for diversity and inclusion in the heritage sector. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, travelling and sketching, as well as enjoying all the richness of London’s queer culture and community.

Kate Solecki

Kate’s interest in history has taken her across the world (literally!) having completed an undergraduate degree in Near Eastern archaeology in her home country of Canada, she moved to the UK to complete her master’s degree at Durham University in prehistoric archaeology. She fell in love with the UK, and now lives here, having worked in a variety of roles across England, most recently at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Her interests and experience centre around pioneering new and innovative ways to engage audiences with historic built and landscape environments.