LONDON — Condé Nast International president Nicholas Coleridge was last week appointed chairman of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The U.K.’s Prime Minister David Cameron made the appointment, and Coleridge will begin his four-year term in November. Coleridge replaces Paul Ruddock, who had held the role for the past eight years.
Coleridge, who had served as a trustee of the V&A since 2012, will undertake duties such as working with V&A director Martin Roth on future plans for a potential V&A site at the Olympic grounds in East London, along with overseeing a new extension and entrance to the museum planned for 2017 and the opening of the V&A Museum of Design in Dundee in 2018, alongside fundraising prospects.
Roth said Coleridge “will prove a dynamic chairman for this exciting and significant period for the V&A.”
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In his role as president, Coleridge oversees Condé Nast International, which publishes both British and international editions of Condé Nast titles, such as Vogue, GQ and Conde Nast Traveller. Coleridge is also a member of the council of the Royal College of Art and a former chairman of the British Fashion Council.