Saul Nassé
Chief Executive and Keeper
Saul provides strategic vision for The National Archives as it carries out its vital role as guardian of over 1,000 years of iconic national documents.
Data on our staff
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Our organisation’s structure
The National Archives is led by its Executive team, who are listed below.
Tobi Adetimilehin
Finance Director
Tobi joined The National Archives as Finance Director on 1 December 2025. Discover more about her background.
Emmajane Avery
Chief Curator
Emmajane is responsible for leading our Public Engagement Strategy and our work with the archives sector nationally.
Lucy Fletcher
Deputy Chief Executive
Lucy is responsible for The National Archives’ offer to government, providing expert advice and guidance to government departments and public bodies.
Gemma Maclagan Ram
Chief Operating Officer
Gemma is responsible for leading and co-ordinating our innovative research, heritage science and conservation programmes.
John Sheridan
Chief Digital and Information Officer
John is responsible for our digital services, enabling The National Archives to fulfil its ambitions to become a digital archive by instinct and design.
Claire Wightman
Director of People, Inclusion & Change
Claire is the Director of People, Inclusion & Change at The National Archives.
Gender pay gap
Gender pay reporting legislation requires employers with 250 or more employees to publish statutory calculations every year showing how large the pay gap is between their male and female employees and is expressed as a percentage.
It differs from equal pay, which is concerned with pay differences between men and women who carry out the same jobs, similar jobs, or work of equal value.
Data on the gender pay gap at The National Archives can be found below.
gender-pay-gap.service.gov.uk
Gender pay gap reports
Explore gender pay gap data from The National Archives from 2017 to present.
Trade Union facility time data 2024–25
Relevant union officials
| Number of employees who were relevant union officials | Full-time equivalent employee number |
|---|---|
| 17 | 16.05 |
Percentage of time spent on facility time
| Percentage of time | Number of employees |
|---|---|
| 0% | 12 |
| 1-50% | 5 |
| 51-99% | 0 |
| 100% | 0 |
Percentage of pay bill spent on facility time
| Pay bill spent on facility time | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
| Total cost of facility time | £5,091.96 |
| Total pay bill | £33,237,622 |
| Total | 0.02% |
Paid trade union activities
| Percentage of total paid facility time | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Total | 0% |
Previous data can be found on The UK Government Web Archive.
Find out more
More information on our staff can be found in our annual report (under section 2.2)