1. Sir Ian Craig Blatchford, FSA was born on 17 August 1965 and is the director of the Science Museum Group, which oversees the Science Museum in London, England and other related museums.
12 Facts About Ian Blatchford
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Ian Blatchford was previously deputy director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, opposite the Science Museum on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, southwest London.
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Ian Blatchford holds an MA degree in Renaissance studies at Birkbeck, University of London.
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Ian Blatchford started his career working at the Bank of England and the merchant bankers Barclays de Zoete Wedd in the City of London.
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Ian Blatchford then joined the Arts Council as the deputy finance director.
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Ian Blatchford moved to the marketing and design agency Cricket Communications, working in the position of financial controller.
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Ian Blatchford left to be director of the National Museum of Science and Industry in October 2010.
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Ian Blatchford is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and the Society of Antiquaries.
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Ian Blatchford was chairman of the governors of De Montfort University.
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Ian Blatchford was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to Cultural Education.
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Ian Blatchford was awarded a Pushkin Medal in 2015, personally presented by Vladimir Putin.
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Ian Blatchford returned it in March 2022, in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.