Anna Brennand is the CEO of Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, having spent a number of years as deputy CEO and Director of Finance and Resources for the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, delivering the museum’s commercial strategy and fundraising. Anna has considerable experience in finance as a qualified accountant and having worked in London for international money brokers before moving to ...

Willem Derde’s research interests are on heritage interpretation with a special focus on the cultural differences between Europe and Asia. The recent shift towards a more community oriented approach to heritage has taken place in the context of major economic, political and social changes on a global scale. However, it has become clear that the focus on communal perspectives when dealing ...

Hilary du Cros has taught in Hong Kong and Macau and has conducted research and consulting in the Asia Pacific region over the last 25 years. She has a unique perspective on culture, heritage and arts management, tourism and of sustaining cultural diversity. Dr du Cros also has a long history of active involvement in organizations on a national and international level, such as United Nations ...

Professor Maria Gravari-Barbas is the director of the UNESCO Chair “Tourism, Culture, Development” of Paris 1- Sorbonne University and the coordinator of the UNITWIN network of the same name, comprising more than 25 top level universities all around the world. Maria is the Director of the Institute for Research and High Studies on Tourism (IREST) at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne ...

James is a passionate advocate of innovative ways of better connecting cultural and natural heritage and economics and an experienced analyst of environmental and cultural issues. He is an authority on the economics of heritage and landscapes. A well-known communicator on natural economy and heritage issues, James is regularly asked to speak and write about the uses of cultural and natural ...

Helaine’s research interests focus on the cooperative and conflictual production of archaeological monuments as cultural heritage sites for visual, performative, economic and political consumption as undertaken by national governments, regional authorities, local administrations, and community stakeholders within the context of the global tourism industry and UNESCO’s international ...