David Stocker worked for Heritage charities (1978-1986) before English Heritage (1987-2012). Since 2013, he has held governance roles in the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NHMF), including as Trustee (2018-2023). In addition to many honorary and administrative roles within British archaeology, he has held Honorary Fellowships and Research Associateships with the Universities of Cambridge, Wales Trinity St. David, and York. He has been Hon. Visiting Professor of Medieval Studies at the University of Leeds since 2010. David's research interests lie mostly within medieval buildings, settlements, and landscapes, about which he has published c.150 reports and papers and has authored and co-authored 20 books.
Paul Everson previously worked for the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England and English Heritage. He is a long-time Honorary Lecturer at the University of Keele and a Visiting Professor at the University of Wales Trinity St. David. Always active in the wider discipline of archaeology, Paul has maintained research and publication on a range of specialisations, from the archaeology of early gardens to gunpowder production. Together, Paul Everson and David Stocker have forged a productive research partnership specialising in early medieval topics, most notably through their contributions to the British Academy's Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture series.