Loyd Grossman CBE appointed as Chair of The Royal Parks

Loyd Grossman has been reappointed by the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as Chair of The Royal Parks for four years from 5 July 2020 to 4 of July 2024.

Mr Grossman is a broadcaster and entrepreneur who has a long association with the arts and heritage sectors. He is currently a patron of the Association for Heritage Interpretation and Heritage Open Days, is the President of the National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies (NADFAS) and since 2009 has been the Chairman of the Heritage Alliance - the UK membership organisation that represents more than 100 leading non-governmental organisations across the heritage sector.

He has served on the Boards of a number of cultural institutions including English Heritage, the Museums and Galleries Commission and the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. He has also been a former Commissioner for the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England and has just completed nine years as Chairman of the Churches Conservation Trust.

In 2015, Mr Grossman was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to heritage.

He will be the first chairman to lead a new charity which will manage and fundraise for London’s Royal Parks. In February, the government gave its approval to plans by The Royal Parks Agency and the Royal Parks Foundation (the charity for the Royal Parks) to create a new public corporation. The process of applying for it to be granted charitable status from the Charity Commission is now underway.

This role of Chair of The Royal Parks is not remunerated. This reappointment has been made in accordance with the Cabinet Office’s Governance Code on Public Appointments, the process is regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments. The Government’s Governance Code requires that any significant political activity undertaken by an appointee in the last five years is declared. This is defined as holding office, public speaking, making a recordable donation or candidature for election. Mr Grossman has declared not any activity.