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
* The Whitworth is CLOSED on all Bank Holiday Mondays, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and New Year’s Day. Please see our Seasonal Opening Times 2022 & 2023, for details.
Directorate
The Whitworth is currently recruiting a new Director.
In the meantime, an interim executive has been appointed to co-lead the gallery:
Ed Watts, Interim Deputy Director
Amy George, Interim Head of Collections
Poppy Bowers, Interim Head of Exhibitions Senior Executive Assistant to the executive Helen Fairs 07825 316609
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.
Communications Manager Melissa McFarlane
Cultural Communications Coordinator Joanne Hitchen
Digital Communications Officer Steve Devine
(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)
Project Producer Dominic Bilton
(Tuesday – Thursday)
Age-Friendly Producer Claire Cowell 07776 170688
(Part-time)
Volunteer Manager Fiona Cariss 07554 778269
(Monday – Thursday)
Civic Engagement and Education Assistant Gurusha Saini
(Tuesday – Saturday)
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
(Monday – Thursday)
Interim Head of Exhibitions Poppy Bowers
(Monday – Friday)
Curator, Modern and Contemporary Leanne Green
(Monday – Friday)
Curator, Historic Fine Art Imogen Holmes-Roe
(Monday – Thursday)
Curator Olivia Heron
(Monday – Friday)
Curatorial Assistant (Textiles and Wallpaper) Victoria Hartley
(Monday – Friday)
Curatorial Assistant (Art) Hannah Vollam
(Monday – Friday)
Interim Gallery Registrar Jamilla Briggs
(Part-time: Monday and Tuesday)
Collections Image Reproductions and Copyright Image Reproductions
Conservation and Collections Care
Conservator, Preventive and Sculpture Sarah Potter 0161 275 7807
Conservator, Paper Dan Hogger 0161 275 7807
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 (Part-time) 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
The Whitworth Cafe is open from Tuesday to Sunday, 10am-5pm, Thursdays 10am-8pm
Menu and service times are detailed here.
Online table reservations – click here.
The Shop
The Whitworth Shop is open during gallery opening times (Tuesday to Sunday, 10am-5pm, Thursdays 10am-9pm) 07393 008304 or 0161 275 7498
Click here to visit The Whitworth Shop online.
