Chair of Victoria and Albert Museum Reappointed
The Prime Minister has reappointed Nicholas Coleridge as Chair of the Victoria and Albert Museum for a term of four years, commencing on 1 November 2019.
Nicholas Coleridge CBE is Chairman of Condé Nast Britain, Chairman of the Victoria and Albert Museum, Chairman of the Gilbert Trust for the Arts, and Chairman of HRH The Prince of Wales’s Campaign for the Wool Industry.
He was Editorial Director and Managing Director of Condé Nast Britain for 26 years, and President of Conde Nast International until 2017. He has been Chairman of the British Fashion Council and Chairman of the Professional Publishers Association. He was founding Chairman of Fashion Rocks for the Prince’s Trust, and is a Patron of the Elephant Family and an Ambassador of the Landmark Trust. He has served on the Council of the Royal College of Art and been a Director of PressBoF, parent organisation of the Press Complaints Committee.
He is the author of fourteen books, both fiction and non-fiction. He has been conferred with all four of the media and magazine industry’s Lifetime Achievement Awards for editorial and publishing. He was inducted into the publishing industry’s Hall of Fame by Lord Heseltine in 2017. He and his wife Georgia, an author and energy healer, have four children.
This role is not remunerated. This reappointment has been made in accordance with the Cabinet Office’s Governance Code on Public Appointments. The process is regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments. The Government’s Governance Code requires that any significant political activity undertaken by an appointee in the last five years is declared. This is defined as including holding office, public speaking, making a recordable donation or candidature for election. Nicholas has declared that he makes a year £10,000 donation to the Conservative Party.