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Amazon Web Services VP and University College Dublin professor are the latest additions to the museum’s board
The Natural History Museum has appointed two new trustees to its board.
Tanuja Randery and Professor Kate Robson Brown were described as “leaders in their fields” by Lord Hall of Birkenhead CBE, chairman of the museum.
Tanuja Randery is VP and managing director of Amazon cloud computing subsidiary Amazon Web Services (AWS) UKI, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Prior to joining AWS she held senior leadership positions at Schneider Electric, BT Global Services, COLT and EMC. She is also a former Partner at McKinsey & Company.
Randery previously served as non-executive director on the board of BusinessLDN, and Proximus Group as a trustee for Save the Children UK. Born and educated in India, with a Master’s degree from Boston University, Tanuja has lived in London for the past 21 years.
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Randery said: “I look forward to using my experience in digitalisation and business modernisation to support the Museum in its strategic ambition to increase global accessibility to its work, its archives, and its insights.”
The second new appointment is Professor Kate Robson Brown, vice-president for research, innovation and impact at University College Dublin, Ireland. She is professor of engineering mathematics and biological anthropology, a member of the Ireland National Advisory Forum for Space Research, an honorary fellow of the Alan Turing Institute for Data Science and AI, president of the European Low Gravity Research Association, co-chair of the UK Space Academic Network, and a visiting professor in data science at Strathmore University in Nairobi.
Her previous role was director of the Jean Golding Institute for Data Science and AI at the University of Bristol.
Professor Robson Brown said: “We are living through a period of digital transformation in which data generation and management, data science and AI are impacting on many aspects of our lives and opening up opportunities for new ways of working and engaging with the communities we serve.
“It is a privilege to be joining the Natural History Museum’s Board of Trustees at a time when the organisation is seeking to realise the opportunities presented by digital technologies to deliver its core missions.”
