Diana Murray

Diana Mary Murray (née Collyer; born 14 September 1952) is an archaeologist who was secretary of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS; 2004–2015) and latterly joint chief executive officer of Historic Scotland (2013–2015). Currently President of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and Chair of the Scottish Association for Marine Science, she has held a series of Trustee roles with different Scottish Institutions and was previously Chair of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (1995–1996).

Education Diana Murray studied for a master's degree in Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge from 1971 to 1974.

Career

She joined the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland in 1976, and was Chair of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists from 1995 to 1996, establishing the Register of Archaeological Organisations. and from 2016 until 2022 she was Chair of Arts and Business Scotland. She has chaired the Scottish Association for Marine Science since March 2019. In November 2023 Diana Murray was elected president of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Diana Murray has served as a non-executive director of the National Trust for Scotland (2008 to 2014), a trustee of the Scottish Waterways Trust (2012 to 2018), a Trustee at The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (2013 to 2021), the Scottish Seabird Centre (2013 to 2022), and the Scottish International Education Trust since 2015. She is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Association of Scotland (since 2016), and was an Honorary Fellow of the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh. National Inventories: from catalogues to computers, 2004 A nation's history online, 2009 The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland - a record for the future, 2010