The Trustees and Staff
The Museum is governed by a team of Trustees, currently 13 in number and drawn from a variety of backgrounds and experiences to best serve the needs of the Museum:
Brigadier (Retd) Jim Tanner OBE BA, Chairman of Trustees. Commissioned into the Staffordshire Regiment in 1976 and its last Colonel, he has had a lifetime’s interest in the history of the Regiment and has been a Trustee for 20 years. Having retired from the Army in 2011 he currently leads business development for a technology company in the Middle East.
Major (Retd) Jim Massey BA (Ex Officio), Museum Director and Assistant Regimental Secretary The Mercian Regiment.
Brigadier Andrew Williams OBE (Ex Officio), Deputy Colonel The Mercian Regiment (Staffords).
Lieutenant Colonel Giles Woodhouse (Ex Officio), Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Staffords).
Mrs Sarah Elsom DL BA AMA, Curatorial Adviser.
Major (Retd) Mike Simpkins MA, Marketing Adviser.
Colonel Adrian Walton MBE TD DL, County Matters and Technical Adviser.
Major (Retd) Chris Klein BA, Financial Adviser.
Mrs Jenny Costigan, Legislation and Charity Adviser.
Lieutenant Colonel (Retd) Tony Scott, Regimental Adviser.
Mr Andy Clyro TechEng (CEI), Collections Adviser.
Major James Green BA MBA, Military Adviser.
Mr Philip Schofield, Chairman, Friends of the Museum.




