February 2022
Diana Berry (nee Keith Neal) is one of three new trustees appointed to the National Gallery Board.
In a press release, The National Gallery notes that:
Dounia Nadar, Diana Berry and James Lambert OBE have been appointed by the Prime Minister as Trustees of the National Gallery, for four years from 23 December 2021.
National Gallery Chair of Trustees John Booth said ‘The National Gallery is delighted to welcome Diana, Dounia and James to its Board. They bring considerable and wide experience of the arts, and of museum and charitable governance, in addition to the specialist knowledge for which they were recruited. James becomes Chair of our trading company National Gallery Global, in which role he will offer oversight to all our hospitality, retail and membership operations; and Diana and Dounia bring very considerable fundraising and development expertise as we embark on our bicentenary campaign, NG200, to widen access to the Gallery and its collection, and to enhance the welcome it offers to visitors.’
A profile of Diana Berry, in the press release, reads:
Diana Berry’s professional life has been spent almost entirely in the arts and in public affairs. She was a senior director at Sotheby’s and chairman of the Sotheby’s Institute. She has curated exhibitions with numerous museums and public bodies, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Regional Arts Associations, and the National Heritage Memorial Fund. Her experience of fundraising includes museums and educational charities – among others, she has been a trustee of the Holburne Museum in Bath, and development director and then trustee of the New Schools Network – and for medical and national causes. She has served as the first female Master of a London livery company, was a trustee of Policy Exchange, and is currently a trustee of the Attingham Trust for Historic Houses.