Michael Houlihan

Director-General - Amgueddfa Cymru National Museums Wales

Michael Houlihan joined Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales in April 2003. He started his career as a research assistant at the Imperial War Museum, becoming Keeper of Permanent Exhibitions and Head of Exhibitions Research before joining the Horniman Museum in London as Deputy Director and then Director from 1994. He was appointed the first Chief Executive of the National Museums & Galleries of Northern Ireland in 1998.

A specialist in First World War military history, he is also Chair and a Director of the MDA, Visiting Professor at the University of Ulster and Commissioner with the British Commission for Military History. He is a Director of NMGW Enterprises Ltd, the trading company of Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales.