PRESS RELEASE : Two trustees reappointed to the Imperial War Museum [July 2023]
The press release issued by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport on 26 July 2023.
The Prime Minister has reappointed Sir Guy Weston and Professor Margaret MacMillan as trustees of the Imperial War Museum.
Sir Guy Weston
Appointed for a 4 year term commencing 3 November 2023 to 2 November 2027.
Guy is Chairman of the Garfield Weston Foundation and Wittington Investments Limited. A grandson of Garfield Weston and son of the late Garry Weston, Guy studied at Oxford University and INSEAD.
Guy’s career began in investment banking, Morgan Grenfell & Co Ltd, before he moved to Associated British Foods plc where he became the Managing Director of Jacksons of Piccadilly and The Ryvita Co Ltd.
He is Chairman of the Garfield Weston Trust for Westminster Abbey, and former Chairman of the Westminster Abbey Development Appeal and of the Bodleian Library Development Committee and is a trustee of the Imperial War Museum, the Thrombosis Research Institute, and a member of the Council of Royal College of Music.
Professor Margaret MacMillan
Appointed for a term of 3 years and 4 months from 1 October 2023 to 31 January 2027. Professor MacMillan’s first term was extended by 8 months from 31 January 2023 to 30 September 2023.
Professor Margaret MacMillan (Toronto and Oxford) is an emeritus professor of History at the University of Toronto and emeritus professor of International History at Oxford University. She was Provost of Trinity College, Toronto from 2002-7 and Warden of St Antony’s College, Oxford from 2007-2017.
Her research specialises in British imperial history and the international history of the 19th and 20th centuries. Her latest book is War: How Conflict Shaped Us and other publications include Paris, 1919, and The War that Ended Peace.
She gave the CBC’s Massey lectures in 2015 and the BBC’s Reith Lectures in 2018. Awards include the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction and the Governor-General’s literary award. She has honorary degrees from several universities and is an honorary Fellow of the British Academy. She is also a Companion of the Order of Canada, a Companion of Honour (UK) and Member of the Order of Merit.
