Northern Management

Robin Taylor-Wilson BSc MA MIFA
Project Manager & Director
Telephone: 0191 377 1111

Robin - a member of the Institute of Field Archaeologists at MIFA level - has been a professional archaeologist since 1986. He spent his early career at the Museum of London, then worked on archaeological projects in Italy, Yorkshire, South Wales and with the Cambridge Archaeological Unit before studying for an MA in Archaeological Survey at the University of Durham. Robin joined PCA in 1995, directing several excavations in and around London, before moving on to develop the company's Northern Office from 1998. Major projects managed since then include the site of the Alnwick Garden (2000), the Hilton Hotel site on Deansgate, Manchester (2004) and Faverdale East, Darlington (2004). Robin has been a Director of PCA since 2001 and authored the first in the Company’s innovative monograph series, describing the excavations he directed at Guy’s Hospital, London in 1997-98. He lives with his wife and son in the city of his birth, Durham, and in his spare time supports Newcastle United and Newcastle Falcons.

Jenny Proctor BA MA MIFA
Post Excavation Manager
Telephone: 0191 377 1111

Jenny's love of archaeology began as a Teesside schoolgirl in the 1980s. She left for the bright lights to study the subject at the Institute of Archaeology in London and graduated with a BA Honours degree before gaining an MA in Scientific Methods in Archaeology from Bradford University. After nearly a year learning her trade with the Essex Field Archaeology Unit she joined PCA in 1995, supervising several notable fieldwork projects and taking a number of these through to publication. Joining the Northern Office in 2000, she immediately directed the major excavation of an Iron Age/Romano-British site at Pegswood Moor in Northumberland and several other fieldwork projects. Jenny - a member of the Institute of Field Archaeologists at MIFA level - took over as Post-excavation Manager for the Northern Office in 2003, a position she retains today. She has two daughters and lives with them and her partner in rural South Northumberland.