As a charity registered in the United Kingdom (no. 800617) the Trust is governed by a Board of Trustees. Responsibility for the day-to-running of the Trust’s affairs and management of its properties is delegated to the Director and Co-ordinator.

Trustees:

Stephen Stuart-Smith (Chairman – appointed 15 December 2016). Stephen Stuart-Smith has been Director of the literary publisher Enitharmon Press since 1987 and in 2001 founded Enitharmon Editions as a specialist publisher of artists’ books. He has degrees in Medieval and Modern History and in English and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and of the English Association. His friendship with Robert Anderson dates back to 1974, when he joined Dr Anderson’s Barts Choir. More recently he was a member of the London Philharmonic Choir.

Adrian Berendt. After a career in banking in the City and in Central Europe, Adrian now has what some refer to as a portfolio of interests. He is finance director for a charity that provides training and learning to young people that need support to get into the labour market.  He also runs an opera company in Tunbridge Wells which specialises in performing “intimate opera in interesting settings”.  The company is focussed on introducing opera to new audiences and to promoting young opera singers.  Other interests include campaigning for road safety and for promoting walking and cycling as an alternative to private car use for short journeys.  Most importantly of all, Adrian and his wife, Louise have four children, all at varying stages of education and work.

Adrian’s original connection with Robert was, like so many others, through Barts Choral Society, where he unwisely let slip that he was an accountant.  Naturally Robert pounced and asked Adrian to be Treasurer, a role which he performed for three years.  He has been a Trustee since 2001.

Milan Dinic became a Trustee in 2025. He originally came into contact with the Trust in 2013 through a former guest of the Trust from Belgrade, the Serbian historian Cedomir Antic. Following his studies of Political Science and a Master’s in Security Studies at the University of Belgrade, Milan pursued a career in journalism – working for national media in Serbia (as a political journalist and later editor) and, also, for international media (including The Guardian and the FT) reporting from the Balkans.

In April 2013, Milan was part of the visitors’ programme, and stayed at the Trust’s house in Highgate while conducting research on the history and development of print media in the UK. During that time he met Robert Anderson and has maintained contact with the Trust ever since – in particular with Howard Davies.

In October 2014, he came to the UK to do his second MA – in Media and Communication at the London School of Economics. His dissertation was on the topic of Challenges and adaptation of newspapers in smaller markets (Press change in the digital era). Towards the end of his MA degree, Milan was offered a job at the Market Research Company YouGov, where he worked closely with the CEO, Stephan Shakespeare, on creating and developing data content.

After finishing his studies, Milan was employed by YouGov and moved from the LSE student accommodation to the Trust’s property in Hornton Street. In 2016, his partner Laura Chatten moved in and also became a lodger at Hornton Street. They married in 2018 and moved to their own house in 2019. They live in south London and have two children, Constantine, 3.5 years old, and 6-month-old Victor. In January 2025, he acquired UK citizenship.

Milan has continued to work at YouGov, where he is now the Global Director of Content Strategy, focusing on developing and aligning YouGov’s data content globally and conducting large-scale research projects. Apart from his work at YouGov, since 2016, Milan has been the editor of the British Chess Magazine – the world’s oldest chess journal. This led to a partnership with the International Chess Federation (FIDE), where Milan holds a role as the Media Advisor to the President and also helps streamline their content strategy and PR. The role also includes travelling to countries where important chess tournaments are held and acting as a Press Officer.

You can find more information about him via LinkedIn and his YouGov profile.

Elizabeth Gray was one of Robert Anderson’s godchildren and as such she grew up with a happy interest in Egyptology, and a life changing love of music. After an Art Foundation and Degree in Scientific Illustration, Liz worked for natural history and medical publishers in the UK and USA before embarking on a four-year voluntary post as Expedition Artist for Raleigh International in Belize, Chile, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Since 1999, Liz has qualified as a Mountain Leader and worked for several expedition and youth development organisations leading and planning overseas trips for students and adults. These have led to adventures all over the world from Mongolia to Peru; Namibia to Nepal and everywhere in between. Liz went on to work as a risk manager and travel safety consultant for organisations such as Earthwatch Europe; Oxford, Roehampton and Bath Spa Universities; schools and organisations around the world. Liz now works as a risk manager for Secret Compass, providing safety advice for TV productions filming in austere environments around the world. Thanks to Robert Anderson, Liz first performed in the Royal Albert Hall at the age of 11, and since then has sung and toured with Bath Bach Choir, Voces de Camino and The Handful, as well as playing viola with New Bristol Sinfonia. In her spare time, Liz is a very keen rower and enjoys early mornings on the River Avon in Bath, as well as competing at regattas in the UK and at the World Masters.

Anna Maltzoff was appointed as a Trustee in 2025. She is an Irish musician and business leader whose career has combined a lifelong passion for music with senior roles in consulting, banking, technology and leadership development.

Born in Dublin, Anna grew up in a musical family and was the French horn player in the family wind quintet. She was a Music Exhibitioner at Downe House School (where she first met co-trustee Elizabeth Gray) before studying at Trinity College Dublin, where she gained a BA (Hons) in Music and later a Master’s degree in Music. During this period she was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland, conducted the Trinity College Chapel Choir, sang with the vocal ensemble Anúna, and volunteered with the Music in Great Irish Houses festival, meeting many leading international musicians.

After beginning her career with Accenture, Anna went on to hold a variety of roles at JP Morgan, the Royal Bank of Scotland, Deutsche Bank and other organisations. In recent years she has focused on experiential learning, leadership development and corporate social responsibility through her work with Splash Projects.

A keen amateur singer, Anna continues to perform regularly. She lives in London with her husband, Andrew, a freelance photographer, and maintains strong connections across the music, education and business communities.

Independent Examiner: Charles Osborn ACA.

Charles Osborn is a tax director with a top 25 accountancy practice in London. As a newly qualified A.C.A., he joined Barts Choir in 1982 and took part in the concert tours which Dr Anderson led to Holland (1985) and Cologne (1987). When Robert founded the Trust in 1988, Charles was delighted to assist with related accounting matters and then to act as its Independent Examiner. Having met his future wife, Penny, during the tour to Cologne, they now enjoy the tours to Europe each July with The Leconfield Singers, as well as their other concert performances in/near Petworth, West Sussex.

Director: Chris Naunton

Dr Chris Naunton is an Egyptologist, writer and broadcaster and has been Director of the Trust since 2016. He has extensive prior experience of running not-for-profit organisations having been Director (CEO) of the Egypt Exploration Society (EES) (2012-16), President of the International Association of Egyptologists (2015-19), and a company director of the British Egyptian Society (2013-23). Chris is the author of Searching for the Lost Tombs of Egypt (2018) and Egyptologists’ Notebooks (2020), and frequently appears on television and radio as an expert on ancient Egypt. He was a friend of the Founder, Dr Anderson, whom he met through their mutual association with the EES. Chris’s tribute to Dr Anderson was published in Egyptian Archaeology magazine shortly after Dr Anderson’s death in 2015 and is available here. Further information about Chris’s Egyptological work is available on his website.

Co-ordinator: Matthew Holmes

Matthew is a writer, teacher, translator, and editor and was appointed Trust Co-ordinator in 2025. He graduated from Oxford University with a double first in English Literature and studied screenwriting at the British National Film and Television School. He worked for BBC Drama Serials as a script editor before relocating to China in 2002 and learning Chinese. In China he worked as a translator for art catalogues, and the film and television industry, translating scripts for the Disney Corporation, as well as translating in the advertising industry, and collaborating with Chinese filmmakers and theatre professionals as a writer, director and actor. He was involved in musical theater in Beijing and staged his own musical based on traditional Chinese fairytales. He taught English in many different contexts including to senior cadres and Chinese intellectuals, and executives in companies including CNOOC, BP, Macquarie and Mitsubishi, as well as the medical field. He has also taught drama, creative writing, film history and musical theater skills at Peking University, and acted in Chinese movies and TV shows. He currently works as a teacher, Chinese translator and academic editor, and as a script consultant for filmmakers. He relocated back to the UK in 2019 and is currently working on a novel about his time in China.

Co-ordinator (retired 2026): Howard Davies

Friend and executor of the Founder, and long resident in our Highgate house, Howard Davies has been associated with the Trust since its inception, first as a founding Trustee, then as Administrator of the Trust during the Founder’s lifetime. After reading law at Cambridge, and a period engaged in productions of mediaeval drama and travels in the Middle East, he has made his career in book publishing, now limiting himself to the publication – often under his own imprint – of works of personal interest. He is currently engaged in preparing for press the remaining writings of the Founder, including a second volume of Collected Reviews, Set Your Heart on Books.

To contact any of the individuals above please refer to the information and online form here.