Directors

David Anderson was appointed to Amgueddfa Cymru as Director General in 2010. Prior to that he was Director of Learning in the Victoria & Albert Museum London having previously held various positions in museum education. He is recognised as an authority on cultural strategy and arts education.

In 1999 he was awarded an OBE for services to museums and education. He has published widely including the UK Government report "A common Wealth: Museums in the Learning Age". He has been the advisor to the UK Government on a wide range of Initiatives including Culture On-Line, Creative Partnerships and a national museum and gallery education strategy. He is also the author of the best selling children's books "The Spanish Armada" and "Mutiny on the Bounty". From 2004 to 2008 he was also Co-Director of the Exhibition Road Cultural Group, London’s first cultural quarter.

Mark Richards is the Deputy Director General and Director of Operations, with responsibility for the management of all of the Museum sites, Enterprises and Buildings and Estates. He leads on issues of Sustainability and Health and Safety as well as some of Amgueddfa Cymru's major development projects. He also has responsibility for liaison with our Sponsoring Division at the Welsh Assembly Government.

He is a Corporate Member of the Chartered Institute of Building.

John Williams-Davies joined the Museum in 1973. He performed a variety of curatorial roles at St Fagans before assuming the corporate role of Assistant Director of Operations and later Director: Museum of Welsh Life.

His responsibilities as Director of Collections & Research encompass the development and care of the Museum's collections and research activities. He also leads the St Fagans Re-development Project.

His curatorial experience has been mainly in the field of agriculture and rural economy. He is a former President of the Society for Folk Life Studies, a Board Member of the Association of European Open Air Museums and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.

Neil Wicks joined Amgueddfa Cymru in June 2011. A qualified accountant for over twenty years, Neil worked in various roles in the public and private sectors, before spending ten years as Director of Operations and Corporate Resources at the Care Council for Wales, a public body whose turnover grew from £1.5 m to £10m.

His responsibilities are finance, including the organization's £29m turnover of accounts, human resources and ICT.

Neil is currently a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, and District Commissioner for the North and West of Cardiff Scout Movement, representing the District at Area and National level. He has learned to speak Welsh and is studying for an MBA.

Janice Lane joined Amgueddfa Cymru in September 2012 as Director of Learning, Exhibitions and New Media. Prior to this she was Senior Museums Manager at Glasgow Museums/Glasgow Life with a portfolio incorporating learning, social inclusion, access, public programming, digital and new media, interpretation, outreach and volunteer development. She had a strategic learning and interpretation role in Glasgow Museums' key capital projects at Kelvingrove Museum & Art Gallery and Riverside Museum of Transport & Technology. She has also had a corporate role within Glasgow Life, contributing to the organization's policies on learning, audience engagement and participation.

At Amgueddfa Cymru she will lead on learning, interpretation, exhibition and digital developments across the organization and in support of key major projects. She has responsibility for the Learning, Programming & Presentations and New Media departments.