PRESS RELEASE : Three Trustees reappointed to the Victoria and Albert Museum
The press release issued by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on 2 September 2022.
The Prime Minister has reappointed Jonathan Anderson, David Bomford and Marc St John as Trustees to the Victoria and Albert Museum for four year terms.
Jonathan Anderson
Reappointed for a four year term from 01 February 2023.
Jonathan Anderson is one of the leading fashion designers of his generation, earning both critical acclaim and commercial success with the collections he designs for his eponymous label, JW Anderson, and as creative director of the LVMH-owned Spanish luxury house LOEWE.
Anderson attended the London College of Fashion and launched his own menswear collection in 2008, under the JW Anderson label. In 2010, he expanded into womenswear and in 2013 was named the creative director of LOEWE. Two years later, in 2015, he became the first fashion designer to be awarded both Men’s and Womenswear Designer of the Year by the British Fashion Council. Over the course of his career, Anderson has also collaborated on collections and products for brands including Moncler, Uniqlo and Persol among others.
Outside the world of fashion, Anderson is a dedicated supporter of art and craft. In 2016, he founded the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize, the world’s first international award for contemporary craft and, in 2017, he curated Disobedient Bodies, an exhibition at The Hepworth Wakefield in Yorkshire.
Born in Northern Ireland in 1984 Jonathan is the son of Irish rugby player, Willie Anderson, and Heather Buckley, who worked as a secondary school teacher.
David Bomford
Reappointed for a four year term from 31 March 2023.
After studying chemistry at the University of Sussex, David Bomford went to the National Gallery, London, where he became Senior Restorer of paintings; during nearly four decades there he worked on many important paintings and organised an award-winning series of exhibitions and catalogues on the techniques of European painters, including early Italian artists, Rembrandt and the Impressionists.
In 2007, David joined the J Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles as Director of Collections and then as acting Director of the museum. In 2012, he moved to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, as Chair of Conservation and Head of European Art. While in Houston, he was in charge of the design and construction of a new state-of-the-art conservation building and curated exhibitions on subjects including Rubens, Michelangelo, Van Gogh, Spanish Colonial painting, the Habsburgs and the British monarchy.
David has been the Secretary-General of the International Institute for Conservation; editor of the international journal Studies in Conservation; Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Oxford; and has had visiting professorships in conservation and art history in Mexico City, in Sao Paolo, and at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Visual Arts, National Gallery, Washington. He has many academic interests, including the study of unfinished art.
Marc St John
Reappointed for a four year term from 01 February 2023.
Marc is former head of investor relations at CVC Capital Partners, where he spent 19 years. CVC is a global fund manager with approximately $122 billion of assets under management. Prior to CVC, Marc was at Citigroup in several European corporate finance leadership positions and spent his last two years at Citigroup working directly with the chairman, John S. Reed, on special projects.
Throughout his career, Marc has lived in New York, London, Paris, and Moscow. Marc is married to Julie Newton, a Fellow at St Antony’s College, Oxford. They have two children who live in New York City.
Remuneration and Governance Code
Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum are not remunerated. This appointment has been made in accordance with the Cabinet Office’s Governance Code on Public Appointments. The appointments process is regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments. Under the Code, any significant political activity undertaken by an appointee in the last five years must be declared. This is defined as including holding office, public speaking, making a recordable donation, or candidature for election. Jonathan Anderson, David Bomford and Marc St John have declared no political activity.
