Jeremy Michell worked at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, for 22 years, seven of which were as a Senior Curator managing a team of curators. He joined the Hong Kong Maritime Museum in October 2024 as the Deputy Director responsible for the Curatorial and Education departments. He has experience of working with a diversity of collections including ship technical drawings, historical photographs, and polar equipment and relics. Jeremy Michell has worked on a number of exhibitions and permanent galleries, and has written and edited books relating to polar exploration, ships’ figureheads and photographic collections.