Our Staff
You can contact the Whitworth via our main telephone number, on 0161 275 7450, or you can contact individual staff members below.
If you have general enquiries about a visit to the gallery, please email the Visitor Team, and if you’d like to keep in touch, please join our mailing list.
If you'd like to join the names on this list please take a look at the vacancies we're currently advertising
COVID-19 Update: Caring for the health and wellbeing of our visitors, staff, and volunteers is our priority. For up-to-date opening times and further information please see our Your Visit section of this website.
Directorate
Director Alistair Hudson
Alistair Hudson was appointed Director of the Whitworth and Manchester Art Gallery in February 2018.
Prior to his move to Manchester Alistair was Director of Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art where his vision was based on the concept of the Useful Museum. In the preceding ten years he was Deputy Director of Grizedale Arts which gained critical acclaim for its radical approaches to working with artists and communities, based on the idea that art should be useful and not just an object of contemplation.
Alistair is co-director of the Asociación de Arte Útil with Tania Bruguera – an expansive international project and online archive that forms part of the Uses of Art programmes with the L’internationale confederation.
Senior Executive Assistant to the Director Helen Fairs 07825 316609
Data
Data Manager Helen Mark 07831 112808
Visitor Team
Head of Visitor Team / Access Lead Chad McGitchie-Simpson 07500 973269
Visitor Team Manager Ashleigh Owen 07867 501273
Visitor Team Coordinator Tahmina Rahman
Visitor Team Coordinator Emma Hughes
Visitor Team Coordinator (Part-time) Robin Cleary
Visitor Team Coordinator (Part-time) Zoe Smith Turner
Marketing & Communications
Press and Media: Please see our Press and Media page for further information, press releases, and press images.
Cultural Communications Coordinator Joanne Hitchen
Digital Communications Officer Steve Devine 07786 027328
(Monday – Tuesday)
Development
Development & Stakeholder Manager Olga Gribben 0161 275 8458
Finance & Commercial Team
Finance Officer David Allred 0161 275 7456
Buyer and Product Developer Emma Gittins 07471 119940
Retail Supervisor Robert Parkinson 07393 00830
Whitworth Enterprise Administrator Ruth Wedgbury
The Whitworth Shop 07393 008304 or 0161 275 7498
The Whitworth Shop is open Tuesday to Sunday, and we have a new online shop
Follow the Shop on Instagram @thewhitworthshop
Civic Engagement and Education
Head of Civic Engagement and Education Ed Watts
Cultural Park Keeper Francine Hayfron 07795 128868
Learning Manager Andrew Vaughan
Early Years Producer Lucy Turner
Primary Producer Steven Roper
Secondary and FE Producer Denise Bowler 07342 066483
(Wednesday – Thursday)
Student and Youth Engagement Producer Dominic Bilton
(Wednesday – Thursday)
Age-Friendly Producer Claire Cowell 07776 170688
(Part-time)
Volunteer Manager Fiona Cariss 07554 778269
(Monday – Thursday)
Collections and Exhibitions
Collections: Loans Out information
For enquiries about our collections or potential donations please contact the relevant curator. Part-time hours and usual working days are referenced below.
Interim Head of Collections Amy George 0161 275 8450
(Monday – Thursday)
Interim Head of Exhibitions Poppy Bowers 0161 275 7479
(Monday – Friday)
Curator, Modern and Contemporary Leanne Green 0161 275 8450
(Monday – Friday)
Curator, Historic Fine Art Imogen Holmes-Roe 0161 275 8450
(Monday – Thursday)
Curator Olivia Heron 0161 275 8450
(Monday – Friday)
Collection Information Manager, part-time John Peel 0161 235 8892
(Part-time)
Collections Care and Access
Collections Care Manager and Conservator, Textiles Ann French 0161 275 7807
(Part-time)
Conservator, Preventive and Sculpture Louise Ashon 0161 275 7807
(Maternity Cover 2021, Monday – Thursday | 2022, Monday – Friday)
Conservator, Preventive and Sculpture Sarah Potter 0161 275 7807
(Currently on maternity leave)
Conservator, Paper Dan Hogger 0161 275 7807
Gallery and Museum Registrar Gillian Smithson 0161 275 2652 or 07920 806147
(Monday – Wednesday)
Collections Image Reproductions and Copyright Jamilla Briggs 0161 275 8450
(Part-time: Tuesday)
Senior Gallery Technician: Exhibitions and Collections Care Paul Adrian Smith 0161 275 7807
Senior Gallery Technician: Exhibitions and Collections Care Mark Buchanan 0161 275 7807
Gallery Technician: Conservation and Collections Care Emma Brown 0161 275 7807
(Monday – Wednesday)
Buildings and Operations Team
Head of Buildings and Operations Dean Whiteside
Buildings and Operations Manager Luke Gleadall 07584 543856
Events and Operations Supervisor Hannah Weston 07880 015119
AV/IT Technician Tristan Clutterbuck 07500 605339
Landscape and Sustainability Technician Patrick Osborn 07795 151262
Facilities Assistant and Van Driver David Carmichael 07393 008717
The Whitworth Café
Operations Manager Adam Woof 07717 336176
Head Chef Dave Broderick 07584 617116
The Whitworth Café whitworth.cafe@manchester.ac.uk 0161 275 7497
Conference & Events conference@manchester.ac.uk 0161 306 4100
Weddings weddings@manchester.ac.uk 0161 275 2675
Online table reservations – click here
The Shop
The Whitworth Shop is open during gallery opening times (Wednesday to Sunday, 10am-5pm) 07393 008304 or 0161 275 7498
Click here to visit The Whitworth Shop online.
