Who We Are

Leach Pottery Staff

Director
Libby Buckley

Curatorial Team
Dr. Matthew Tyas (Curator & Deputy Director)
Sarah Lloyd (Interpretation Curator)
Ruben Bowers Storey (Curatorial Officer)
Hannah Tracey (Volunteer Coordinator)

Administrator
Margaret Parma

Studio Production Team
Roelof Uys (Lead Potter)
Matthew Foster (Production Manager - previous 2016 Apprentice)
Britta James (Production Potter)
Ellie Woods (Production Potter - previous 2021 Apprentice)
Amy Wilson (2023 Apprentice)
Callum Cowie (2024 Apprentice)
Imogen Kempton (2025 Apprentice)

Commercial Team
Mark Williams (Commercial Manager)
Sarah White (Deputy Commercial Manager)
Joanna Wason (Duty Manager & Retail Assistant)
Devinder Sharma Benjamin (Retail Assistant)
Alison White (Retail Assistant)

Learning & Participation Team
Ellen Love (Learning & Participation Manager)
Hamish Jackson (Programme Producer & Technician)
Neil Robinson (Make with Leach Coordinator: Schools & Families)
Laura Peach (Make with Leach Technician)
Charmaine Or Kam Fat (Learning & Participation Administrator)

Front of House Team
Madeleine Kempson
Alison White
Ruben Bowers Storey

Capital Project Lead
Sara Hughes Matson (Project Lead)

Stakeholder Communications
Carol Burns (Stakeholder Comms Manager)
Esme Dale (Marketing Apprentice)

Honorary Potter

John Bedding

Potters L to R:  Henry Bird, Roelof Uys, Annabelle smith, Matthew Foster, Ellie Woods, Britta James and Callum Trudgeon.

The studio a few years ago, Potters L to R: Henry Bird, Roelof Uys, Annabelle Smith, Matthew Foster, Ellie Woods, Britta James and Callum Trudgeon.

Leach Pottery staff in 1966 with Shoji Hamada and his wife