London Office
The Society’s London premises, which house its administrative headquarters, the Library and Archive, is situated in three adjoining Mews properties on the eastern edge of the Bloomsbury area (about 10 minutes walk from the British Museum). The Office is open from 9.30 to 5.00, Monday to Friday and the Library from 10.30 to 4.30 each day, Tuesday to Friday. The Archive has limited research space so appointments must be made in advance to consult records.
In London, the Society has three full-time members of staff - the Director, Deputy Director and Administrator- and one part-time Junior Administrator
Director
Dr Patricia Spencer has worked for the EES since 1981 and been its chief executive, under various titles, since 1983. A graduate of the University of Liverpool, her PhD thesis (University College London) was published as The Egyptian Temple: a Lexicographical Study. She is Editor of the EES magazine Egyptian Archaeology and edited and contributed to the Society’s The Egypt Exploration Society – the early years. Since 1981 she has been a member of British Museum teams excavating in Egypt, at Ashmunein, Tell Belim and Tell el-Balamun, and most recently worked for the EES on a survey of Yetwal wa Yuksur. Her other interests include Egyptian dance (ancient and modern), cats, owls and cacti.
Deputy Director
Chris Naunton has been a member of the Society's staff since 2001. He has oversight of the library, archives, website and events program, and is director of the EES Oral History Project. He studied Egyptology at the universities of Birmingham and Swansea and has worked in the field at Abydos, and in several Late Period tombs in Western Thebes. His research focuses on the Twenty-fifth Dynasty and also the history and development of Egyptology. He plays several musical instruments, failed to become either a footballer or a rock star, and cycles to work.
Administrator
Roo Mitcheson has a background in archaeology studying Egyptian Archaeology for his Undergraduate and Masters at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. In his role as Administrator, Roo looks after the Society’s membership as well as the day-to-day financial and administrative running of the London office. Archaeology still plays an important role in Roo’s life and each summer he teaches and supervises on an archaeological field school at Lyminge, Kent for the University of Reading.
Publications Assistant
Steven Partridge joined the Society in 2009 after studying Christian Theology at King’s College, London. Steven deals with the Society’s publications, with the goal of bringing them ‘in house’. He is also a freelance copy-editor for a London literary agent and is currently editing two novels and a screenplay.