The Hon Anna Somers Cocks, OBE, FSA

Career: asst keeper: Dept of Metalwork V&A 1973-85, Dept of Ceramics V&A 1985-87; ed Apollo 1987-90, ed-in-chief The Art Newspaper 1994-95, chm Umberto Allemandi & Co Publishing (publishers of The Art Newspaper) 1995-96, ed-in-chief The Art Newspaper 1996-2003, gp editorial dir Umberto Allemandi Publishing 2003-; chm Venice in Peril Fund 1999-; tstee The Gilbert Collection 1998-; memb Advsy Bd Sotheby's Inst 2002-; tstee Cass Sculpture Fndn 2004-; European Women of Achievement Award (Art and Media) 2006, Int Inst for Conservation (IIC) Advocate Award 2011; Liveryman Worshipful Co of Goldsmiths 2009; FSA; Commendatore Ordine della Stella della Solidarietá Italiana 2004

Books and Publications: The Victoria and Albert Museum - The Making of the Collection (1980), Princely Magnificence - Court Jewels of the Renaissance (ed and jt author, 1980), Renaissance Jewels, Gold Boxes and Objets de Vertu in the Thyssen Bornemisza Collection (1985)