Directors and Trustees

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Adrian OlivierAdrian Olivier - chair
Adrian recently retired from the post of Heritage Protection Director after 19 years at English Heritage, where he has also been the Head of Profession for Archaeology. He works closely with the Council of Europe and other European institutions. With a strong interest in wetlands archaeology and maritime archaeology, he continues to provide strategic and professional advice about heritage management issues to organisations and agencies across Europe.

Mike WilliamsMike Williams - secretary
Mike is honorary secretary of the NAS and is a senior lecturer in law at the University of Wolverhampton. He is retained as an advisor to the Crown Estate on foreshore and seabed matters.

Clare RobinsonClare Robinson - treasurer

 

Jessica BerryJessica Berry - trustee
Jessica is a maritime archaeologist MA (Hons) MA PIFA. She is  CEO of the Maritime Archaeology Sea Trust (MAST), a director of the Nautical Archaeology Society (NAS) and assistant tutor. She is a former journalist with UK broadsheets. After completing her Masters at Flinders University in Australia, she worked internationally as a maritime archaeologist, first in Australia as Assistant Curator at the Western Australian Maritime Museum, then as a freelance maritime archaeologist in Ireland before working for Wessex Archaeology as a Project Supervisor and then at the Association for the Development of Maritime Archaeological Research (Adramar) in France. Apart from her work with MAST she has been working since 2010 as part of the project team excavating the Swash Channel wreck, a 17th century Dutch armed merchantman off Poole in Dorset. She is the archaeological advisor for the 1685 Coronation wreck in Cornwall. She is an HSE Part IV and Part III diver.

David CarterDavid Carter - trustee
David has been a member of NAS since 1988. He was the surveyor and team member with Weymouth Underwater Archaeology Group/Chelmsford Underwater Archaeology Unit before co-founding Weymouth LUNAR (Land & Underwater Nautical Archaeological Research) Society.

Annalisa ChristieAnnalisa Christie - trustee
Annalisa joined NAS in 2004 and has undertaken several of the NAS training courses offered. She is an archaeology graduate from UCL specialising in African and maritime archaeology and is currently in her final year as a PhD research student at University of York.

Simon DraperSimon Draper – trustee director
Simon is a trustee director of NAS and chairman of the funding group. He has participated in NAS training over the years and helped set up the Sheraton project in the inter-tidal zone at Hunstanton.

Jon HendersonJon Henderson - trustee
Jon is an Associate Professor in underwater archaeology based at the University of Nottingham. His work on the investigation and excavation of lake dwellings in Scotland, funded by Historic Scotland, led to the formation of the Underwater Archaeology Research Centre at the University in 2004.

JD HillJD Hill - trustee
JD is head of research for the British Museum. He jointly organised work on the Pudding Pan Roman site off Herne Bay, Kent and regularly teaches on the University of Southampton's MA course in Maritime Archaeology.

Pete HoltPeter Holt - trustee
Peter runs maritime archaeology projects for the US charity foundation ProMare.  In 1998 Peter started 3H Consulting Ltd, a maritime archaeology consultancy company. He’s now managing The SHIPS Project for ProMare which is investigating the history of Plymouth.

Dave JohnstonDavid Johnston - trustee
Dave is a sports diver and a maritime archaeologist. He joined the NAS in the late 1990s to participate in WreckMap projects. He is now a NAS tutor and chairs the outreach sub-committee. He also runs the ongoing Stourhead Gardens project.

Alison KentuckAlison Kentuck - trustee
Alison has been a diver since the mid 1990s and first joined the NAS as a student in 1999. She studied archaeology and ancient history at the University of Liverpool and then an MA in maritime archaeology at Southampton and is currently the Receiver of Wreck.

Courtney NimuraCourtney Nimura - trustee
Courtney Nimura is a PhD Candidate at the University of Reading studying prehistoric maritime rock art in Scandinavia. She is currently a Community Archaeologist for the Thames Discovery Programme at Museum of London Archaeology.

Ian OxleyIan Oxley - trustee
Ian has held many titles with the NAS including training programme manager and founder/developer of the NAS training programme. Ian set up the Maritime Archaeology Team at English Heritage in 2002 for which he is now the Historic Environment Intelligence Analyst (Marine).

Dan PascoeDan Pascoe - trustee
Dan is a maritime archaeologist and diver and graduated from Southampton with a BA in archaeology and an MA in maritime archaeology. He has worked for a number of organisations including the Mary Rose Trust, HWTMA, and currently Wessex Archaeology.

Bob PeacockRobert Peacock - trustee
Bob first attended a NAS training course in 1994. He has a MA in maritime archaeology from Ulster University. In 1991, Bob became the licensee for the three protected sites on the Goodwin Sands, the Stirling Castle, Restoration and Northumberland, for which he is still the licensee.

Eliott WraggEliott Wragg  - trustee
Eliott is currently the field officer for the Thames Discovery Programme. He worked for the Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit before becoming a senior archaeologist and then going on to work as a freelance site supervisor and project manager on sites in the south-east of England.

John CooperJohn Cooper – chair of the NAS publications sub-committee
John is chair of the NAS Publications sub–committee. He is a post–doctoral research fellow at the Institute of Arab & Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter, and member of the MARES Project, which is investigating the maritime traditions of the Red Sea.