National Justice Museum chief exec to step down

The chief executive of the National Justice Museum and City of Caves, Tim Desmond, is to step down after 12 years.

Desmond will leave Nottingham to take up a new role as chief executive of the National Football Museum in Manchester.

He leaves after overseeing the expansion of the Museum’s learning programmes beyond Nottingham to courts in Manchester and London; delivered the Heritage Lottery Fund refurbishment of the museum and devised the Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation programme.

Desmond said: “I’ve had a great time in Nottingham, with its brilliant cultural offer and its ambitious plans to become European Capital of Culture 2023 and I’m looking forward to moving to the great city of Manchester in November and learning more about the history of our national game. Do come and see me at the National Football Museum, I would be delighted to welcome you.”

The trustees of the museum have begun the search for a new chief executive with the support of Peridot Partners and will be seeking to appoint later in the year.