Roy Clare     

Biography: Roy Clare CBE is Chief Executive of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA).

Previously Director of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (2000-2007), he was credited with increasing the tempo of the museum, building new audiences and creating wider partnerships (including instigating the ‘Sea Britain 2005' programme to commemorate the bicentennial of Nelson's victory at Trafalgar). He shaped the £16m project to modernise services and facilities at the Royal Observatory and oversaw a succession of successful exhibitions and programmes in the National Maritime Museum, Caird Library, NMM archives and the Queens House.

Formerly a Rear Admiral in the Royal Navy he commanded the Aircraft Carrier Invincible and the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth. For ten years he was the trustee of the historic vessel Bronington and he created the Britannia Museum of Officer training in Dartmouth. As a junior officer he sailed in the naval team participating in the first Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race.

A Companion of Chartered Management Institute, Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts and Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation, Roy Clare lectures on ways to develop leadership capacities in the cultural sector, participating in a range of seminars including those on behalf of the Clore Leadership Foundation.

Roy Clare and his wife Sarah live on the coast in Essex, where the family are active sailors.

He was awarded the CBE for services to museums in June 2007.

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