Philip Mould OBE Director

Philip Mould OBE is a London based art dealer, broadcaster and writer,  and founder of Philip Mould & Company in Pall Mall, specialising in 500 years of British art. Over the past 30 years, the Gallery has presented a series of pioneering exhibitions exploring different aspects of British art history, many accompanied by catalogues.

He co-presents and helped develop the BBC’s award winning series Fake or Fortune?, now broadcast internationally. He is the author of Sleepers: In Search of Lost Old Masters and Sleuth: The Amazing Quest for Lost Art Treasures (published in the United States as The Art Detective), both of which examine the process of art discovery.

For over twenty years he served as Official Art Adviser to the House of Commons and House of Lords, and was awarded an OBE for his services to art. He also holds honorary doctorates from the Universities of East Anglia and Plymouth. Beyond his work in the art world, he is President of the conservation charity Plantlife and serves on the English Heritage Blue Plaques Panel, contributing to the recognition and preservation of Britain’s cultural history.