The Trustees
Responsible for the strategic direction, legal and financial compliance of the charity, the independent board is drawn from global citizens with Sarawak connections, and a deep interest and passion in history and the preservation of important heritage.
May Trimmer
May Trimmer (née Ngui) brings to the charity over 30 years of corporate experience as a senior executive of a leading global professional services firm, including 9 years as a member of its global board. Raised in Sarawak and having lived abroad for over 40 years, she has always felt that the unique Brooke history serves to connect Sarawakians and other communities around the globe. She began with the charity as a volunteer working with Jason to deliver the Trust's early projects and now as a Trustee to advance the charity's strategic objectives.
Ciara Byrne
Ciara Byrne is an experienced administrator and project manager, with more than a decade of professional experience in the academic and corporate sectors. Ciara brings this experience to the ongoing strategic development of outreach and educational programmes for the charity.
Adam Wright
Adam is a qualified accountant with significant experience in financial and corporate development roles in large commercial businesses. Adam has a keen interest in the NFP sector and lends his expertise to help the charity in its strategic growth plans.
Benjamin Mok
Ben is a qualified engineer from Sarawak who has been a volunteer with the charity for almost a decade. He brings with him wide experience in non profit membership societies and events management, having led the events team at the Sarawak Association for the past five years.
The Founder
Jason Brooke
Jason is the grandson of Anthony Walter Dayrell Brooke, the last Rajah Muda of Sarawak. He serves as President of the Sarawak Association, Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and is a Member of the Borneo Research Council. Jason is Chair of Brooke Museums Sarawak and is responsible for the strategic direction and leadership of the Brooke Museums.
Advisory Panel
The Trust’s Advisory Panel is composed of subject matter experts in a diverse range of fields. Advice from this panel informs the various activities and projects we undertake.
Professor Robert Reece
Eminent historian Professor Reece is widely acknowledged as the foremost authority on the history of the Brookes of Sarawak. His doctoral thesis, published in 1982, The Name of Brooke provides the only detailed scholarly study of the end of White Rajah rule in Sarawak and of the indigenous political movement dedicated to its restoration. He has published widely on Sarawak history, and is currently working on a biography of Rajah Charles Brooke
Dr John Ting
Dr John Ting is an architect and architectural historian from Sarawak whose PhD at the University of Melbourne focused on the timber forts of the Brooke Raj in Sarawak. He has written widely on 'synchretic architecture' during the Brooke period, a fusion of influences from the diverse communities that made up Sarawak, 'an architectural reflection of [the Brooke's] unusual approach to governance'.
