The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport announced on 23 September 2026 that the Secretary of State had appointed seven people to the Historic England Commission, each for a term running from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2030.

The appointees were Charles Donald, Dominic Field, Anna Keay, Georgina Lynch, Claire McColgan, Lukman Patel and Moira Sinclair. The announcement described backgrounds including investment banking and public finance, consulting and digital transformation, historic buildings and heritage, heritage-led property regeneration, culture and major events, local government, and arts funding and policy.

Commissioners are remunerated at £4,133 per year, the release said. It stated that the appointments followed the Governance Code on Public Appointments, are regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments, and that none of the seven had declared significant political activity.