Trustees and Patrons

Company details

The Foundation is a registered charity (number 1102623) and company limited by guarantee (number 04949299). The Foundation consists of its members and is governed by a Board of Trustees, which is elected from the membership at the Annual General Meeting. The current Board of Trustees comprises Carson Bergstrom (Chair), Nuria Belastegui, Caroline Langdon-Banks, Bill Blazek, Gaëtan de Chezelles, Matthew Frost, Zöe Kinsley, Patrick McDonagh and Yves Buelens.

The Foundation currently employs three staff members: Dr Andrew Biswell (Director), Paula Price (Foundation Secretary), and Will Carr (Assistant Director). The staff are very happy to try and answer any questions you may have about the Foundation and its mission.

Honorary Patrons

The following people have very generously agreed to act as Honorary Patrons of the Foundation: Geoffrey Aggeler, David Batchelor, Harold Bloom, William Boyd, Dame A. S. Byatt, Carlo Coen, Anthony Cronin, David Crystal, Umberto Eco, Anne Haverty, Kevin Jackson, David Lodge, Caj Lundgren, Anthony Mangion, Oswyn Murray, Beatriz de Orleans-Borbon, Paul Phillips, Carla Sassi, Max Saunders, Martin Scorsese, Antony Sher, Brian Swann, Fulvio Testa and John Tydeman.

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