[email protected] Lucy Findley +44 7983 801779 Collections Manager and Senior Registrar

Lucy has over fourteen years’ experience in Collections Management and Registration managing teams and collections at the level of the Culture Sector and National Collections, as well as Museums, Galleries and Private Collectors. Working across the board on policies and procedures, acquisitions, collection logistics, preservation, documentation, registration and CMS & inventory management. During this time she has built strong interpersonal and organisational skills, the ability to work cross- culturally with diverse stakeholders and a track record of delivering at both strategic and operational levels.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Collections Manager ▪ Responsible for the collection management – conservation and registration of all DCT owned and borrowed collections Department of Culture and ▪ Section Manager overseeing team of Conservators, Registrars, CMS Tourism – Abu Specialists, Digitisers and Collections Researchers. Dhabi (DCT) ▪ Contribute to the preparation of the Culture Planning and Development budget, and monitor the financial performance of the Collections Section (Nov ’18 –April 19) ▪ Development and implementation of collection management policies and procedures

Senior Registrar. ▪ Responsible for the registration of all DCT owned collections, and loans in and Department of out of the collection Culture and ▪ Registration Unit Head overseeing team of Registrars, CMS Specialist, Digitisers Tourism – Abu and Collections Researchers. Dhabi (DCT) ▪ Ensuring the highest of museum’s standards in registration, acquisitions and (Nov ’15 –Nov 18) collections management for all DCT owned collections including , Guggenheim and National Museum ▪ Manage acquisitions for all DCT collections ensuring relevant dossiers are compiled on time and due diligence is completed prior to every acquisition committee meeting and manage all post sale logistics. ▪ Responsible for the overall collection inventory and implementation of a unified collections management system for the Government of Abu Dhabi

▪ Project Registrar for Stories and Seeing Through Light: Contract Selections from the Collection exhibitions. Registrar. Department of ▪ Oversee and manage all aspects of the exhibition installation and deinstallation including the schedule, transport and shipping, ensuring all Culture and artworks are handled correctly and condition checked, providing an Tourism – Abu accurate paper trail and managing a team of art handlers Dhabi (DCT)

(Oct’14 - Aug’15)

▪ Responsible for the day-to-day running of the curatorial department, interns, Curatorial care and audit of the Gallery’s collection, managing the picture and frame Collections stores, the Gallery’s collections management database and the Curatorial Manager, Dulwich and Conservation files. Picture Gallery, ▪ In depth experience of how to care for a collection of paintings, works on London paper, frames and furniture to the highest of Museum’s standards monitoring (Oct ’11 - July ‘14) environmental conditions as well as implementing and managing policies for the conservation, handling, display and transport of artworks ▪ Manage all loan arrangements, including loan agreements, insurance, transport and display of all loans out from and loans in to the collection. ▪ Working knowledge of collection registration with responsibility to set up, maintain and manage the Gallery’s Collections management system ▪ Project Manager: Managed the rehang of the permanent collection prior to the Murillo & Justino de Neve: The Art of Friendship Exhibition. At the close of the exhibition project managed the takedown, and storage of the collection, refurbishment of the galleries and subsequent rehang of the permanent collection. Assistant Registrar. ▪ Provide registration support across all areas of Collections Registration, project National Gallery, managing loans out and long loans in to the Collection by obtaining loan London information, conducting loan negotiations, coordinating and controlling operations involved in transport and display of loans managing information (Jun ’10 - Oct ’11) concerning the status of loans and maintaining records of pictures movements in and out of the Gallery

▪ Experience with National Museum’s standards and procedures for the handling, display and transport of artworks. Managing departmental diary for meetings/picture movements and maintaining finances and filing systems.

Exhibitions ▪ Co-ordinate all aspects of Exhibitions organisation and logistics. Coordinator, ▪ In depth understanding of UK and foreign customs and documentation Constantine, procedures for both the export and import of art and exhibitions goods London ▪ Practical knowledge of logistics, Museum procedures, indemnity and insurance requirements, account management and collection management (Jun ’05 - Jun '10)

▪ Responsible for managing all the day to day operations of the Constantine’s Operations Dubai branch, including the supervision of four staff members, assigning Manager responsibilities, tasks and overseeing professional development Constantine ▪ Primary point of contact for all clients of the Dubai branch, and led the co- Middle East, ordination of several domestic and international exhibitions from point of Dubai enquiry to final invoicing. (Dec ’08 - Jun ’09)

EDUCATION

2001-2004 The University of Reading, United Kingdom

BA (Hons) 2.1 in English & History of Art: Focus on nineteenth century European Art, Poetry and Prose - Dissertation on Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1997-2001 St. Julian’s School, Lisbon, Portugal Intl. Baccalaureate: 38 Points - Geography (7), English (6), Portuguese (6) Biology (6) Art (5) & Math’s (5) plus 3 extra points

PRACTICAL SKILLS

Speaker at European Registrars Conference 2018. Regular speaker introducing Conferences collections management to students and Young Emiratis, running training sessions across DCT and active participant in REACH and UNESCO UAE conferences and open tables and International Registrars Symposium 2009. Participated in annual ARTIM conferences focused on skill development

In depth experience of The Museum System, Emu, Filemaker, FADAS, collection IT management programmes and online customs programmes Proficient in MS Windows applications and Adobe Creative Suite package

Courier Responsible for courier training programmes, extensive courier experience and National Gallery courier trained, with knowledge of handling, packing, display and condition reporting.

Management Management Training course with Hemsley Fraser, London. Internal training Training programs on Change Management, Project Management and Business Intelligence at DCT.

Languages Native English speaker with working knowledge Portuguese

References available on request