Bio: David Fleming, OBE MA PhD AMA, became director of National Museums Liverpool (NML) in 2001. Since then he has led a major modernisation of NML, which has resulted in its becoming a leading example of an inclusive museum service with a large and diverse audience.

Since he became Director, NML audiences have more than quadrupled, rising from around 700,000 to more than 3.2 million per year. He has been responsible for the creation of two new museums in Liverpool, the Museum of Liverpool and the International Slavery Museum.

David is current President of the UK Museums Association and Chairman of the MA’s Ethics Committee. He has served on several Government committees and task forces. He is currently Convener of the Social Justice Alliance of Museums (SJAM) Chairman of ICOM's Finance and Resources Committee, Treasurer and Vice President of the European Museum Forum and President of the Federation of International Human Rights Museums (FIHRM). He is Visiting Professor of Museum Studies at Liverpool Hope University, and Special Advisor to the Museum of Democracy in Rosario, Argentina. David is also chairing a body looking at the cultural heritage of Liverpool on behalf of the Mayor of Liverpool.

David has published extensively and has lectured worldwide – most recently in Taiwan, the USA, Brazil, Italy and Ukraine - on museum management and leadership, city history museums, social inclusion, human rights and politics.