 He took an MA in Museum Studies (also known as museology) at Leicester University and holds the 'Associateship of the Museums Association'.He is the sixth director of the Salisbury Museum since 1860, and took over from Peter Saunders, who retired in the summer of 2007.Previously he was curator of archaeology at the Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery, and was involved in developing the London Before London gallery at the Museum of London.