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Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust is a registered charity, managed by a Board of Trustees. There is also a wholly-owned trading subsidiary, Highgate Cemetery Limited.

Vice Presidents

Derek Barratt
Ian Kelly

Chair designate

Liz Fuller

Liz Fuller worked for 19 years as a solicitor at a senior level in the City of London advising on sophisticated financial transactions before leaving to requalify in building conservation. She now works for SAVE Britain's Heritage, the charity campaigning for historic buildings at risk. 

Trustees

Katy Baldwin

Katy Baldwin is a senior civil servant who has worked at the National Archives, HM Treasury and the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government. Prior to the civil service Katy worked at museums, archives and historic buildings in Derbyshire and studied for a Masters in Cultural Heritage at UCL.

Steve Kennard

Steve Kennard an architect with over 35 years’ experience designing, managing and delivering projects, in commercial and public sector environments in a variety of roles, on projects both large and small. His involvement with listed buildings like Battersea Power Station and County Hall has given him great insight into the technical and personal skills necessary to work on iconic buildings and places of historical importance.  The Cemetery is a very special example of this, one that he has grown to love in the 30 years that he has lived in Highgate.
 

Stuart Orr


Before retirement in 2016, Stuart worked as Head of Information Management in various large organisations. He has a long-standing interest in history and, following retirement, started volunteering at Highgate. He has since been a very regular tour guide and a member of the Group maintaining War Graves. 
 

John Robinson

John Robinson has extensive experience as a finance director in commercial professional services firms like BCG and White & Case. Over the last ten years he has worked in the charity sector both as Finance Director and as a Trustee.  He also works as a volunteer mentor for the CIPD, Charity Finance Group and Brunel University. 

Stephen Smith

Stephen Smith has 40 years of experience as a professional horticulturalist, including teaching at Capel Manor and RHS Wisley, as well as working as Landscape Manager at the Grosvenor London Estate. He is working on a PhD on eighteenth century landscapes. 

Contacts

Staff

Dr Ian Dungavell FSA AICCM  Chief Executive [ian(at)highgatecemetery.org]
Frank Cano Head Gardener
Judith Chadbourne FCCA  Head of Finance
[vacant] Volunteering Manager
Judith Etherton Archivist
Victor Herman Sexton
Leighann Heron Client Representative (maternity cover)
Claire Freston AICCM Registrar and memorials
Sally Kay Bookkeeper
Nick Powell Visitor Experience Manager
Guinevere Short Head of Operations
Kate White Projects Director

and five gardeners!

Highgate Cemetery Limited

Directors of the trading company:
Dr Ian Dungavell
Steve Kennard
Lucy Lelliott