ACE Director moves to Brighton’s Royal Pavilion & Museums

HEDLEY SWAIN (pictured), Arts Council England’s Area Director South East, is the first Chief Executive Officer for the new Royal Pavilion & Museums Trust as the organisation leaves Brighton & Hove City Council. He will lead the organisation following the retirement of JANITA BAGSHAWE last month after 14 years as head of service.

Swain was previously Director Museums and Renaissance for ACE, prior to which he was Head of Museum Policy and then Director of Programme Delivery at the Museums Libraries and Archives Council. In his new role he will take over the management of the venues and collections of the Royal Pavilion, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Hove Museum and Art Gallery, Booth Museum of Natural History and Preston Manor.