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Matthew Saunders MBE is the Secretary of the Ancient Monuments Society (AMS), concerned with listed buildings of all ages and types. Matthew was a member of our Historic Buildings and Land panel for the last 6 years.
He stood down as Secretary of the Joint Committee of the National Amenity Societies in 2005 in order to devote time and energy to his new role at HLF. He is also Honorary Director of the Friends of Friendless Churches which own 40 historic but disused churches in England and Wales, and Vice-President of the Ecclesiological Society. He has also been a member of the HLF Places of Worship Advisory Committee.
Mr Saunders has written a number of articles and books on a variety of subjects including railway architecture, bank architecture, the adaptation of churches and other historic buildings to new uses, and the philosophy of conservation. He was awarded his MBE in 1998.
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