Dr Pardaad Chamsaz is Head of European Collections at the British Library. His ten years' experience at the Library has involved managing collections, co-curating major exhibitions, producing cultural events, and collaborating with communities. Between 2023-2025, Pardaad was the library's Metadata Lead for Equity and Inclusion, developing sustainable inclusive practices in describing and interpreting collections, auditing collections at scale and publishing internal guidance to support cataloguers, curators and other content creators. That project was the culmination of years of integral involvement in the library's ongoing response to the ever more prominent sectoral conversations around anti-racist and decolonial practices. Pardaad continues to be devoted to cultivating more equitable heritage organisations that connect more and more people to national collections and cultural experiences.
