Sharon Ament is Director of the London Museum, and is currently leading the process of creating a new museum for London in Smithfield due to open in 2026. Sharon joined the London Museum in 2012 steering the next phase of the organisation’s development to more fulsomely reflect the energy and dynamism of London itself.

She is the Chair of the London Screen Archives, a member of the Worshipful Company of Bakers, a Noyce Leadership Fellow, and on the Conseil Scientifique of Universcience in Paris and the International Advisory Board of the ArtScience Museum in Singapore.

Sharon’s career was founded in the field of natural history and conservation working with the Natural History Museum, Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust. In all of her work she has been involved in developing places that are meaningful to people.

She is interested in how our cultural and creative infrastructure such as museums, galleries, libraries, theatres, heritage sites along including all the other public bits in-between, can stimulate personal lifelong interests, encourage critical thinking and create a real sense of belonging. Sharon explored how within urban and rural contexts cultural infrastructure can be nurtured to be deeply meaningful for many.