Tanuja Randery and Professor Kate Robson Brown join the Board of Trustees at the Natural History Museum

Lord Hall of Birkenhead CBE, Chairman of the Natural History Museum said: “I am delighted to welcome our two new Trustees to the Natural History Museum. Tanuja Randery and Professor Kate Robson Brown are both leaders in their fields and will be fantastic additions to the board. I look forward to working with them on our mission of creating advocates for the planet.”

Tanuja Randery is VP and Managing Director of Amazon Web Services (AWS) UKI, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), where she is responsible for setting EMEA strategy and guiding the company’s growth across the region. Tanuja has more than 25 years of strategic, commercial and operational experience working across three continents. Prior to joining AWS she held senior leadership positions at Schneider Electric, BT Global Services, COLT and EMC. She is a former Partner at McKinsey & Company, where she was responsible for leading enterprise transformation projects in the technology and industrial sectors.

Tanuja previously served as non-executive director on the board of BusinessLDN, and Proximus Group as a trustee for Save the Children UK. She is committed to advancing diversity and equity in leadership and throughout the tech sector. She is the founder of the PowerWomen Network—a cross-industry network for senior women business leaders and was named in the top 10 of the INvolve Heroes Top 100 Women Executives List for championing diversity and inclusion in business.

Born and educated in India, with a Master’s degree from Boston University, Tanuja has lived in London for the past 21 years

Tanjuja Randery commented: "The Natural History Museum is an institution that stands at the intersection of scientific discovery and public education. Through its combination of science, technology and the natural world, it is uniquely positioned to tell the story of our planet and catalyse action for its protection. 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.”

Professor Kate Robson Brown is Vice-President for Research, Innovation and Impact, at University College Dublin, Ireland. In this role she leads both UCDResearch (discovery and applied research) and NovaUCD (enterprise and commercial activities) and is the University AI Champion. She is Professor of Engineering Mathematics and Biological Anthropology. She is a member of the Ireland National Advisory Forum for Space Research, 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.

Upon the appointment, Professor Kate 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."

Her previous role was Director of the Jean Golding Institute for Data Science and AI at the University of Bristol. Her research explores the computational modelling of the microstructure and performance of living tissues and manufactured materials and their response to changing and extreme environments, including space. She has a collaborative ESA and UKSA funded experiment currently in orbit on the ISS.

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The Natural History Museum is a world-leading scientific research centre and one of the world’s most visited museums. Our mission is to create advocates for the planet – people who act for nature.

Our 400 scientists are finding solutions to the planetary emergency - from reversing biodiversity loss to resourcing the green economy.

We are seeking an additional £150 million to transform our South Kensington building:  placing our groundbreaking research at its heart, revitalising four existing galleries, opening two new magnificent galleries and delighting 1 million more visitors a year with the wonders of the natural world.