Royal Air Force Museum Enterprises Limited (RAFMEL) is currently welcoming applications for Non-Executive Director positions on its Board.
Location: London or Midlands
Salary: £0
Employment Contract Type: Non Executive Director - 3 year term
Closing Date: 25/11/2026 11:59 pm
Interview Date: 11/12/2026
About the role
CALL FOR NON EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
ROYAL AIR FORCE MUSEUM ENTERPRISES LIMITED (Company number 1511481)
Royal Air Force Museum Enterprises Limited (RAFMEL) is currently welcoming applications for Non-Executive Director positions on its Board.
RAFMEL is the trading subsidiary of The Royal Air Force Museum, a National Museum, Government Executive Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB) sponsored by the Ministry of Defence, and a registered charity. The Museum welcomes around 800,000 visitors per annum to our two sites in London and the Midlands and our creative programmes engage with the public onsite, online and in our communities.
RAFMEL leads the development of the Museum’s commercial activities (and any activities that are ‘non-primary purpose trading’) for the benefit of the charity, as well as advising on the development of the Museum’s audiences. All profits are gift-aided to the Museum on an annual basis and are generated through retail, catering, corporate and public events and experiences, and car parking.
The Museum has delivered sustained visitor growth since the major redevelopment of its London site in 2018. We are outwardly focused and people centred, guided by our Strategy 2030 (see https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/about-us/) which sets a clear vision with ambitious commercial goals for the Museum. A resilient and forward looking RAFMEL is critical to continuing the development of our commercial business and we are looking for Non Executive Directors with commercial business acumen, creativity and expertise in one of the following areas to join our Board during a critical period of our development:
- Leading a successful commercial visitor attraction, including the development of compelling visitor experience initiatives.
- Digital marketing, including E-commerce; CRM, Search Engine Marketing and social media marketing.
- Catering and Corporate hospitality.
- Public events development.
- Finance.
RAFMEL Non Executive Director Board members give their services on an honorary basis but are eligible to claim expenses reasonably incurred in performance of their duties.
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For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Vanessa White – Vanessa.White@rafmuseum.org
Closing date: 25 November 2026
Interviews date: 11 December 2026