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 at present three full-time members of staff - the Director, Administrator and Publications Assistant - and one part-time General Editor.
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.
Publications Assistant
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Rob Tamplin joined the Society in 2011 after a number of years working in the book trade. He deals with the Society’s publications and manages both commercial and academic customers, and also deals with advertising sales for the Society's magazine, Egyptian Archaeology. Rob spends his spare time writing his book, taking photographs, petting cats and watching dodgy British sci-fi.
General Editor
Dr Patricia Spencer has worked for the EES since 1981 and was Director from January 1984 to December 2011. She now works part-time for the Society as its General Editor. A graduate of the University of Liverpool, her PhD thesis (UCL) 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 Delta Survey at Yetwal wa Yuksur and Tell el-Daba (Kafr es-Sheikh). Her other interests include Egyptian dance, cats, owls and cacti.