Major-General Lisa Keetley has been appointed Army Trustee on the Imperial War Museum Board for a term of four years, commencing on 1 November 2026, according to a government announcement published on 30 October 2026. The appointment was made by the Prime Minister and announced by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Imperial War Museum.
Keetley currently serves as Defence Services Secretary in the Ministry of Defence. Commissioned into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, she has worked across the British Army, Defence and NATO, with operational service including deployments to Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan. Most recently she was Commander of the International Donor Coordination Centre and Deputy Commanding General (Support) of the Security Assistance Group Ukraine. She founded the Army Service Women's Network and has advocated for the advancement of women across Defence.
Trustees of the Imperial War Museum are not remunerated. The appointment was made under the Governance Code on Public Appointments, regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments, and the announcement states that Keetley declared no significant political activity in the past five years.



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