Clea Warner

Clea is the National Trust for Scotland’s General Manager for the Highlands & Islands region and moved from Yorkshire to join the Trust in 2017. She is responsible for a varied portfolio of properties that incorporates 11 islands, including the UK’s only dual UNESCO World Heritage Site St Kilda. On the Scottish mainland, alongside 6 National Nature Reserves, this region includes the iconic properties of Culloden, Glencoe and Glenfinnan Monument.

Clea has more than two decades of transformational leadership experience, working alongside local communities and stakeholders to deliver sustainable benefits to both the charitable assets in her care and the local area. She led the strategic development of an extensive property portfolio for English Heritage, consisting of 22 historic properties which included castles, abbeys, a nuclear bunker and a pub! She ended her English Heritage tenure leading operations at Stonehenge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site with 1.2m visits a year.

Previous roles have been with York Archaeological Trust, and non-exec roles include board member and Chair of the Performance Committee at Albyn Housing Society and previously Director and Chair of the York Theatre Royal Enterprises board.