For Immediate Release
Contact: Emma Wright
020 7273 1459
Resource Chief Executive Steps Down
London, 8 May 2003 -- Following careful consideration and with great
regret, Anna Southall has decided to leave her post as Chief Executive
of Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries. Her
decision to step down is due to urgent family reasons.
Anna Southall said: "I have thoroughly enjoyed my time with Resource: it
has been enormously exciting and fulfilling. I feel privileged to have
worked with such a dedicated team of people and extremely sorry to have
to leave the post. I must stress that my decision is for purely personal
reasons: I have had to make a very tough decision between work and home
because of my current family situation. I regret very much that I am
leaving Resource at the point where a number of major programmes are
being launched, but I know that the commitment of the Board and of the
staff will ensure that there is no let-up in the momentum to achieve
maximum success for the whole of the museums, archives and libraries
sector."
Mark Wood, Resource's Acting Chair said: "The Board has accepted Anna's
decision with deep regret but complete understanding. Anna has made a
major impact in her time here and we will build on her work. Resource is
in very good shape to deliver on the major programmes for which it has
responsibility. I am quite sure Anna herself will make an enormous
contribution to the world of museums, galleries, archives and libraries
in future."
Arts Minister, Tessa Blackstone, commented: "I am very sorry that Anna
has decided to resign, although I understand her reasons for doing so.
Resource is now moving into a challenging and exciting period of its
development, and I know that the Board will want to move quickly to find
a new Chief Executive. In the meantime, I know that they will continue
to press ahead with the important work they have to do."
Recruitment for a new Chief Executive will begin over the summer. In
the meantime, Chris Batt, Deputy Chief Executive and Director of
Resource's Libraries & Information Society Team will stand in as her
replacement from Monday 12 May. Interviews for the post of Resource
Chair were held last week and an announcement is expected shortly.
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Anna Southall BA, DipCons, FRSA, joined Resource as Chief Executive in
October 2002. She was previously Director of National Museums and
Galleries of Wales. Prior to that she was Assistant Director (Museums
Operations and Developments). From 1981 to 1996 she was a Senior
Conservator at Tate Gallery, and before that Senior Conservation Officer
at Area Museums Services for South East England. Anna is also chair of
the Barrow Cadbury Trust, a Trustee of the National Coal Mining Museum
for England, and a Member of the Executive Committee and Audit
Committee, Council of Museums in Wales.
Resource provides the strategic leadership, advocacy and advice to
enable museums, archives and libraries to touch people's lives and
inspire their imagination, learning and creativity. The Resource website
can be found at http://www.resource.gov.uk.
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Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries
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