On the move: the latest East Midlands hires
Jane Marriott has been appointed as the inaugural director of Chatsworth House Trust.
Marriott previously enjoyed a six-year stint as director of Harewood House Trust, during which time she oversaw a significant increase in charitable income and visitor engagement at the historic country house in West Yorkshire.
She has spent most of her 25-year career in leadership roles at museums and art galleries – often at times of transformation. Marriott was part of the team that launched Tate Modern in London in 2000 and went on to become the youngest woman to direct the Royal Academy Trust.
She said: “Chatsworth has a great reputation, with an outstanding collection of art, established learning programme and strong exhibitions that together represent a visitor offering to rival any national institution in the UK. Chatsworth also has an incredible reach with more than 600,000 annual visitors, meaning there is huge potential to engage with, and have a positive impact on, a wide and diverse audience.
“Through a shared commitment to learning and programme at the heart of the organisation, designed to maximise the incredible collections of art, decorative arts and gardens, we have the potential to reimagine Chatsworth’s role within the UK’s cultural economy.
“I look forward to working with the family and the team at Chatsworth to widen our reach and demonstrate value to our communities as a charitable trust, whilst protecting this vital piece of our national heritage for generations to come.”
Lord Burlington, chairman of the Chatsworth House Trust, said: “I am delighted to welcome Jane to Chatsworth as director of the Chatsworth House Trust. The Trust was set up by my grandfather in 1981 to look after the house, collections, garden, woodlands and park for the long-term benefit of everyone.
“Jane’s experience and achievements in the arts, culture and heritage arenas make her the perfect person to lead an ambitious new chapter of growth and development for the charity. There is a great deal of excitement around this appointment, we look forward to working closely with Jane and we wish her every success.”
The Food Innovation Centre at the University of Nottingham has added food innovation technologist Kavya Krishnamurthy and research associate Vlad Dinu to its growing team.
Vlad Dinu and Kavya Krishnamurthy
The centre offers free support to eligible small and medium-sized food and drink manufacturers in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire under the Driving Research and Innovation initiative – a three-year project that runs until the end of June 2023.
Richard Worrall, who heads the Food Innovation Centre, said: “Both Kavya and Vlad bring substantial knowledge of food and drink innovation to the table, and we are delighted to welcome them on board.”
Krishnamurthy has held a variety of roles in the food industry, first as a qualified chef and member of the UAE Junior National Culinary Team, Dubai, and later leading product development for her family’s instant packaged foods business Veekes & Company in Bangalore, India.
Dinu has worked as an assistant professor in the Department of Food Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of Nottingham.
He completed his Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council-funded PhD in 2019 looking at ways to maximise flavour during food oral processing. He then successfully secured the 2019 EPSRC Doctoral Prize – with the funding allowing him to continue his research into the biophysical effects of flavourings on biological molecules.
