David Packer Email & Phone Number

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

London

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Cambridge, United Kingdom

• Management of the Museum’s programme of loans out to exhibitions in the UK and overseas, guiding the process from formal request to approval, despatch, installation, and return.
• Development of the Museum’s systems to manage this process more efficiently, liaising with curatorial, conservation and technical staff in each of the collection departments to streamline the management of loans, and.
• Instituting a fair and effective method to recover loan costs from borrowers.
• Management of short-term loans in for Fitzwilliam Museum exhibitions from UK and international lenders, including all lender liaison, transport procurement, scheduling, display negotiation and couriered installation..
• Audit of paintings and update of terms and conditions governing long-term loans from the Fitzwilliam to the constituent colleges of the University.
• Responsibility for compliance with EU Known Consignor regulations, import duty relief codes, CITES, Government Indemnity Scheme guidelines for non-national institutions, immunity from seizure and due diligence.

• Manage and develop the Museum’s team of eight registrars, responsible for the loans out programme and all associated operations in the Loans Section, ensure that an appropriate standard of good practice for object care.
• Ensure that the Museum delivers its loan commitments and maintains its national and international lending profile, balancing demands for conservation and technical resources with other Museum projects. The V&A lends.
• Advise on and manage the Museum’s loans in for small displays and long term loans in, particularly oversight of the maintenance and wellbeing of loans in the Medieval and Renaissance Galleries.
• Provide the Museum with advice on all matters concerning Government Indemnity and insurance, particularly in support of flagship South Kensington and touring exhibitions, Contemporary programmes, Theatre Collections.
• Provide the Museum with advice on current issues of national and international concern, such as immunity from seizure, CITES regulations, provenance and ownership, the Known Consignor scheme, and the Museum’s Open.
• Draw up, administer and maintain an annual budget for the Loans Section, including the allocation of funds for transporting new acquisitions, and maintain a procedure for the recovery of costs from borrowers for loans.

• Management of all exhibition loans in to the Museum, from point of approval in principle by lenders, particularly for Elizabeth; South - The Race to the Pole; and William Hodges.
• Negotiation and completion of loan agreements and arrangement of Government Indemnity or commercial insurance cover.
• Liaison with Conservation and Exhibitions/Design teams over display method and object requirements.
• Appointment of and liaison with transport agent for object and courier transport.
• Creation of installation schedule and on-site management of installation, including receiving couriers.
• Management of exhibition decants and object returns on completion of exhibition.

• Part of the organising team for the annual International Medieval Congress at the University of Leeds, attracting 2,500 medieval specialists from around the world.
• Specific responsibility for the inter-site transport provision for attendees throughout the conference, planning room allocation and provision of A/V and IT equipment for individual sessions.
• Management of a temporary team of room managers during the event to maintain 25 conference rooms throughout the rotation of 400 sessions.
• Copy editing sections of the International Medieval Bibliography in preparation for the transfer of the publication to CD-ROM.
• In this period I also undertook a short work placement at the Royal Armouries in Leeds, unpacking and storing firearms transferred from the Tower of London.

Master Of Arts (Ma), Museum Studies

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), History

Master Of Arts - Ma, Jure Officii