Ros Kerslake

Ros Kerslake has worked at board level in the field of property and regeneration for many years. She is currently Chair of The Architectural Heritage Fund and Leeds Castle Foundation; a member of the Community and Voluntary Services Honours Advisory Committee; and a Trustee of Re-Form Heritage, a national heritage regeneration charity, and the University College of Estate Management.

She was Chief Executive of the National Lottery Heritage Fund from 2016 to 2021, where she led a UK-wide team of 300 staff, responsible for the distribution of up to £400 million per annum. Here she delivered a major organisational transformation, including restructuring and culture change, a new strategic funding framework, and the delivery of a new grant making system. Her earlier roles include Chief Executive at The Prince’s Regeneration Trust and RegenCo Sandwell, and Director-level roles at Network Rail, Booker PLC, and Gulf Oil.

Her previous non-executive roles include Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee at U+I PLC, a regeneration-based property developer, Quintain Estates and Development PLC, Black Country Housing Association, and Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation. Ros is a qualified solicitor and holds an MBA. Ros was awarded an OBE in the 2015 New Year’s Honours list for services to British heritage. In 2020 she was awarded a CBE for services to heritage.