Tim Reeve

Tim was appointed as a trustee in September 2016. He is Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), the world’s leading museum of art and design, since 2013. Tim has overall responsibility for the operation of the Museum, including the delivery of a world-class visitor experience. He also led the V&A’s support of China Merchant’s Group in the creation of the V&A Galleries within a new design museum in Shenzhen, China, which opened to great acclaim in December 2017. Tim is closely involved in establishing V&A East, a dynamic new museum in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in East London. Before joining the V&A, Tim was Director of Historic Properties at English Heritage. He is a graduate in Ancient History from Royal Holloway, University of London and studied at the Institute of Archaeology (UCL) and INSEAD on its International Executive Programme. He is also a Trustee of 'Paintings in Hospitals'.