Helen Jones

Helen Jones is Director of Global Engagement and Strategy. The team works with colleagues throughout the Group to sustain and coordinate key relationships in the UK and overseas, and ensure that we get the best from them. This includes, for example, relationships with national and local government, other museums and professional organisations.

Helen’s background is in archaeology, in which she trained and practised as a conservator for several years, latterly at the Museum of London. She moved into education, running the Victoria and Albert Museum’s contribution to a postgraduate programme for training and research in conservation in collaboration with the Royal College of Art and Imperial College. She went on to become Head of Planning at the V&A before moving to the Science Museum in 2008.