Staff

We are proud to have a passionate and hard working group of staff at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Below they are listed by department. If you would like to contact us please click here.

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  • Director's Office

    • Viv Beck

      Acting Director

    • Valerie Shannon

      Director's Assistant

    • Louise Pether

      Manager, Special Exhibitions

  • Management Team

    • Catherine Lomas

      Head of Collection Services

    • Prue Smith

      Head of Visitor Services

    • Zara Stanhope

      Principal Curator

  • Business Support

    • Petrina Keane

      Management Administrator

    • Geoffrey Heath

      Receptionist / Administration Assistant & Reproductions Coordinator

    • Ivy Liu

      Purchasing Administrator

  • Curatorial Services

    • Ron Brownson

      Senior Curator, NZ & Pacific Art

    • Mary Kisler

      Senior Curator, Mackelvie Collection, International Art

    • Natasha Conland

      Curator, Contemporary Art

    • Ngahiraka Mason

      Indigenous Curator, Māori Art

    • Mathew Norman

      Assistant Curator

    • Jaenine Parkinson

      Project Coordinator, Exhibitions

    • Julia Waite

      Assistant Curator / Assistant Project Coordinator

  • Learning Programmes

    • Roger Taberner

      Learning Programmes Manager

    • Kim O’Loughlin

      Visitor Programmes Coordinator

    • Christine Wildman

      Volunteer Guides Coordinator

    • Christa Napier-Robertson

      Schools Programme Coordinator

    • Mandy Jakich

      Educator LEOTC

    • Meg Nicoll

      Community Learning Coordinator

    • Andrea Gaskin

      Studio Tutor

    • Selina Anderson

      Senior Gallery Educator

    • Robbie Butterworth

      Senior Gallery Educator

    • Sukayna Al-Aaraji

      Gallery Educator

    • Mindy Catt

      Gallery Educator

    • Geva Downey

      Gallery Educator

    • Sarah Hughes

      Gallery educator

    • Charlotte Maguire

      Gallery educator

    • Vivien Masters

      Gallery Educator

    • Linda Yang

      Gallery Educator

  • E H McCormick Research Library

    • Catherine Hammond

      Research Library Manager

    • Caroline McBride

      Librarian

    • Tom Irwin

      Assistant Librarian

  • Conservation

    • Sarah Hillary

      Principal Conservator

    • Ingrid Ford

      Conservator, Paintings

    • Nel Rol

      Conservator, Paintings

    • Annette McKone

      Conservator, Objects

    • Ute Larsen

      Conservator, Paper

    • Camilla Baskcomb

      Conservator, Paper

    • Claire Olsen

      Conservation Assistant

  • Photography

    • John McIver

      Senior Gallery Photographer

    • Jennifer French

      Gallery Photographer

  • Registration

    • Julie Koke

      Senior Registrar

    • Rachel Walmsley

      Registrar

    • Penny Hacking

      Registrar

    • Fiona Moorhead

      Assistant Registrar

    • Robbie McMath

      Registrar

  • Exhibitions Team

    • Scott Everson

      Exhibitions Designer & Coordinator

    • Jason Lindsay

      Associate Designer

  • Gallery Technicians

    • Dave Balcom

      Senior Gallery Technician

    • Phillip Brown

      Gallery Technician

    • Glen Campbell

      Gallery Technician

    • Darren Sheehan

      Gallery Technician

  • Marketing and Communications

    • Sara Laver

      Marketing and Audience Research Manager

    • Tae Allison

      Communications Coordinator

    • Amy Cooper

      Online Communications Coordinator

    • Jessie van Dammen

      Graphic Designer

    • Jinny Hong

      Venue Hire & Events Coordinator

  • Retail

    • Paul Chapman

      Acting Retail Manager

    • Leasa Creagh

      Assistant Retail Manager

  • Visitor Services

    • Richard Wormley

      Visitor Experience Manager

    • Amber Latham

      Visitor experience administrator

    • Lauren Crozier

      Senior Gallery Guide

    • Fan Yang

      Senior Gallery Guide

    • Andrew Davidson

      Multimedia Technician

  • Gallery Guides

    • Steven Acres

    • Lucy Akafolau

      Gallery guide

    • Nooroa Anguna

      Gallery guide

    • Shaz Asdollah-Zadeh

      Gallery Guide

    • Lucy Bennett

      Gallery guide

    • Ella Bioletti

      Gallery Guide

    • Rebecca Boswell

      Gallery guide

    • Bella Burgess

      Gallery Guide

    • Ben Chan

      Gallery Guide

    • Heidi Cripps

      Gallery guide

    • Sarah Dawe

      Gallery guide

    • Geva Downey

      Gallery Guide

    • Andrew Dunningham

      Gallery Guide

    • Helen Finlayson

      Gallery Guide

    • Kohia Fletcher

      Gallery Guide

    • Laura Greenaway

      Gallery Guide

    • Jack Hadley

      Gallery guide

    • Becky Hemus

      Gallery guide

    • Aimee Hudson

      Gallery Guide

    • Elisabeth Hyde-Hills

      Gallery Guide

    • Clare Kim

      Gallery Guide

    • Melanie Kung

      Gallery guide

    • Lana Lopesi

      Gallery guide

    • Jade March

      Gallery Guide

    • Marica McEwan

      Gallery Guide

    • Julian McKinnon

      Gallery Guide

    • Laura McMillian

      Gallery guide

    • Sally Mountfort

      Gallery Guide

    • Alice Ng

      Gallery guide

    • Emma Ng

      Gallery guide

    • Eleanor Otzen

      Gallery guide

    • Haley Parkyn

      Gallery guide

    • Maia Rata

      Gallery guide

    • Kathy Ross

    • Juliette Shannon

      Gallery Guide

    • Zara Sigglekow

      Gallery Guide

    • Francesca Skelton

      Gallery Guide

    • Garth Steeper

      Gallery guide

    • Luke Thompson

      Gallery guide

    • Jade Thurlow

      Gallery Guide

    • Biljana Vraniqi

      Gallery Guide

    • Ashleigh Wildin

      Gallery guide

    • Eleanor Woodhouse

      Gallery Guide

    • James Wylie

      Gallery guide

    • Many Zhu

      Gallery Guide

  • Security

    • Mark Van Heerden

      Security and Building Manager

    • Ray Palmer

      Senior Security Attendant

    • Hasitha Karunaratne

      Senior Security Attendant

    • Paul Alexander

      Security Attendant

    • Nick Baker

      Security Attendant

    • Damian Balle

      Security Attendant

    • Rosemary Cook

      Security Attendant

    • Phillip Ellis

      Security Attendant

    • Duncan Grant

      Security Attendant

    • Winston Gunanayagam

      Security Attendant

    • Craig Hall

      Security Attendant

    • Kamal Kent

      Security Attendant

    • Dorothy Kingi

      Security Attendant

    • Alister Laing

      Security Attendant

    • Edward Mahone

      Security Attendant

    • Costin Mihai

      Security Attendant

    • Janness Qin

      Security Attendant

    • Bruno Rubini

      Security Attendant

    • Farshad Safavi

      Security Attendant

    • Kumar Veeraswamy

      Security Attendant