Our Committee

Ros is a Ceramics Conservator with 30 years of experience in the independent sector who gained her Icon Accreditation in June 2021. She has previous experience of serving on the CGG Committee and is committed assisting the Group to deliver good value events to its members.

Her conservation practice is based in East Sussex, where she works on Ceramics, Glass, and Related Materials for a wide range of clients including private individuals, collectors, dealers, local Museums, and Heritage Bodies such as The National Trust and the Dean and Chapter, Westminster Abbey. Her special interests include assessing objects and preparing them for travel prior to exhibitions and training house staff in the care of ceramics and damage prevention. Before embarking on a career in conservation she was responsible for organising medical conferences at The Wellcome Foundation.

Duncan is a conservator of ceramics and glass working from his studio in Suffolk and on a freelance basis in London and other locations.

Duncan trained at West Dean College, where he obtained a Graduate Diploma and an MA in Conservation of Ceramics & Related Materials. He works regularly with other conservators, as well as with private and institutional clients and heritage organisations including the National Trust.

Before becoming a conservator, Duncan had a career as a barrister specialising in commercial law.

Andri works as a freelance conservator at Kirsten Ramsay Ceramic Conservation Studio, specialising in ceramics, glass, and decorative surfaces. She is also currently serving as a Visiting Lecturer and has previously worked as a Graduate Conservation Assistant at West Dean College.

Andri holds a Professional Development Diploma, a Master’s degree, and a Graduate Diploma in Conservation Studies (Ceramics, Glass, and Related Materials) from West Dean College. She also has a first degree in Musical Instrument Technology from the Technological Educational Institute of Ionian Islands (Greece) and, in 2019, completed a summer internship at the Royal College of Music Museum.

Miriam is an Objects Conservator currently working at the British Museum (Ceramics, Glass and Metals Conservation Section). She has previously worked for Gardens, Libraries and Museums (GLAM), the Ashmolean and the Pitt Rivers Museums in Oxford and the Royal College of Surgeons of England in London. 

Miriam holds an MSc and an MA in Conservation from the Institute for Archaeology (UCL), and a BA in Art Conservation and Restoration from the Florence Fine Art Academy L.A.B.A. She has collaborated with ICCROM and non-profit organisations Heritage Without Borders and Cultural Heritage Without Borders delivering conservation training at various museums in Sudan, Kosovo, Lebanon and Kazakhstan. Miriam was co-opted onto the committee in 2019 and has previously covered the role of Publications Editor. 

Sian is an Objects Conservator at the Museumssenteret i Hordaland (MUHO), providing conservation services for institutions across Western Norway.

Sian studied Fine Art at Middlesex University before getting her Post Graduate Diploma in Conservation Studies from City & Guilds of London Art School in 2013. After working for private firms in London, she moved to Chicago and joined The Conservation Center, a private practice that served US and global clients. In 2021, she joined MUHO outside of Bergen, Norway, where she continues to expand her conservation experience with a particular interest in glass and ceramics.

Nikkie is a current MA student at West Dean College studying the conservation of ceramics and related material.

While working on her GD in the same subject, Nikkie led the organisation of an international conference on the intersection of repatriation and conservation, and how colonial pasts continue to shape curation and conservation traditions. She holds a BA in Studio Arts from California State University, Channel Islands, and an Undergraduate Certificate in the Archaeology of the Ancient World from the University of Cambridge. Before turning to conservation, Nikkie worked as a potter and pottery teacher, and brings over 16 years of craft experience to her conservation practice.

Elizabeth is currently working as a freelance conservator at Plowden & Smith.

Since completing a BSc in Politics and International Relations from the University of Bath in 2018, Elizabeth worked in Public Policy in London before attending West Dean College in 2021 to study the Graduate Diploma in Conservation in Ceramics. Elizabeth recently completed her MA in Conservation in Ceramics and Related Materials at West Dean College (2022-23). During this time, she worked with TO Conservation and also completed a work placement at the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

Han is a PhD candidate at the University of Amsterdam. She holds an MA in Conservation Studies from West Dean College (2021) with a specialisation in ceramics and related materials, and a BA in Art History and French from the University of Hong Kong (2019). 

Han has working experience at Kirsten Ramsay Ceramics Conservation and Restoration, Shanghai Arts & Design Academy, Sarah Peek Limited, as well as the Preservation and Conservation Division of the University of Hong Kong Libraries.