Speaker Biographies
Kate Clark is an industrial archaeologist who has worked with Ironbridge Gorge Museums, the Council for British
Archaeology, English Heritage and the Heritage Lottery Fund. Most recently she was Director of Sydney Living
Museums where she led a programme of renewal and rebranding aimed at connecting heritage with new
audiences. She has also been working on a heritage asset strategy for the management of heritage assets for the
New South Wales Government. She has published widely on industrial archaeology, values-based management
and on heritage policy and research. Her special interest lies in capturing the wider public value and benefits
of caring for heritage and in creative ways to engage people better with heritage. She took up her post as Chief
Executive of Cadw in September 2014.
Dr Simon Gilmour, is Vice Chair of BEFS and the Director of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. He trained as an
archaeologist, with excavation experience in Syria, Romania, France and, of course, Scotland. After gaining his PhD
from University of Edinburgh he worked in the RCAHMS. He has extensive experience in advocacy for heritage and
working with local communities through Archaeology Scotland, and in his present post. Simon has also worked as
project manager on construction sites building on previous experience working in an architectural office and is a
Visiting Fellow in the School of Business, Leadership & Enterprise at the University Campus Suffolk.
Professor Emeritus Cliff Hague, is Chairman of BEFS, and has lived in Scotland since 1968 when he joined Glasgow
Corporation as a Planning Assistant. His academic career began in Edinburgh College of Art and ended in the School
of the Built Environment at Heriot-Watt University where he was Professor of Planning and Spatial Development
until leaving in 2006. Throughout the 1970s Cliff was a voluntary advisor on planning and housing to the Craigmillar
Festival Society. He taught inter-disciplinary social science courses for the Open University and was President of the
RTPI in 1996 and Chair of the RTPI (Scotland) in 1983. Cliff was President, 2000-2006, then Secretary-General, 20062010, of the Commonwealth Association of Planners.
David Hicks joined Edinburgh World Heritage as Communications Manager in April 2005. He has a BA (Hons) in
Medieval and Modern History and an MA in Heritage Studies, specialising in live interpretation. David’s previous
appointment was as Interpretation Manager at Historic Scotland, and his work experience also includes posts at the
Heritage Lottery Fund, Hampton Court Palace, Coventry Museums and Heritage & Culture Warwickshire. His role
is to develop and deliver a communications strategy to raise awareness and understanding of the World Heritage
Site, which includes managing EWH communications as well as interpretation, education and promotion for the
Site itself.
Allana Hughes is a Conservation Officer (Scotland), primarily her role is the administration of Centenary Memorials
Restoration Fund (CMRF) on behalf Historic Scotland and the Scottish Government. This grant scheme financially
supports work to conserve and repair all war memorials, of all types and dates, in Scotland. Before joining the
Trust Allana spent three years working as an Architect in private practice, working on a number of restoration and
conservation projects. She has a MSc in Architectural Conservation from the University of Edinburgh and a MArch
(Masters in Architecture) from the University of Dundee. Her role at the Trust combines her interest and skills in the
built environment and its conservation.
Liz Humphreys joined the Scottish Government in January 2014 as the Deputy Director, Culture and Historic
Environment having previously enjoyed a wide variety of roles in the Justice and Marine Sectors. The key purpose
of her role is to secure the Scottish Government