Märit Gaimster
Finds Manager Märit has been working since 1997 for PCA, where she is currently Finds Manager and specialist of post-Roman metal and small finds. She is an established specialist in early medieval metalwork, with commissions including the exhibition “Weapons and Warriors” at the Sutton Hoo Visitor’s Centre, for The National Trust in 2002. She has…
Read MoreTegan Abel
BA, MSCFinds and Environmental Manager Following the completion of an MSc in Environmental Archaeology, Tegan started work at PCA Cambridge in 2018 as an environmental processor and junior specialist. Since then, she has become an established archaeobotanist and marine shell specialist at PCA. Tegan has undertaken work in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk,…
Read MoreKaren Rouse
Operations Manager Karen joined PCA in 2026 as Operations Manager, bringing over two decades of experience in global operational leadership, primarily within examination environments. She has extensive experience managing matrix teams across multiple functions and time zones, ensuring that systems are robust, transparent, and effectively owned. Originally qualifying as a Building Surveyor at the University…
Read MoreValerio Pinna
Geospatial Data Manager Valerio has worked in archaeology since 2007, taking part in various commercial and research projects in Sardinia, Italy and in the UK. Before moving to the UK, in 2014, he collaborated on several research projects with the LASP – Laboratory of Palaeoethnology of the University of Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy), performing the role…
Read MoreAaron Goode
Project Manager Aaron studied Archaeology at Auckland University and worked as an archaeologist in New Zealand prior to moving to the UK in 1998, where he worked on a broad range of sites with various archaeological contractors before joining PCA’s Durham Office in 2006. For the last 13 years of his career with PCA he…
Read MoreRyan Desrosiers
BA, MScArchive Manager & UAS CAA Responsible Manager Ryan has been working with PCA since 2017, and in commercial archaeology in the UK and USA since 2013. Prior to working at PCA, he had extensive experience in the USA supervising fieldwork and preforming zooarchaeological post excavation analysis of Native American and colonial sites. At PCA…
Read MoreTom Woolhouse
MA (Cantab), MCIfASenior Project Manager Tom has worked in commercial archaeology since 2004, primarily in southern and eastern England. He joined PCA Cambridge in 2012 as a Senior Archaeologist, directing fieldwork projects across East Anglia and helping to manage the new Cambridge office’s publication programme, before becoming a Project Manager in 2017. As well as…
Read MoreNeil Hawkins
MCIfAProject Manager London Neil has been an archaeologist since 1999, starting his career with Wessex Archaeology working on sites in London and the southeast. He joined PCA in 2002 as a field archaeologist and then progressed to Supervisor/Senior Supervisor. During this time Neil supervised and published a vast array of projects across London and wider…
Read MoreCaroline Edwards
MAHR Manager Caroline joined PCA in April 2018 as the company’s first HR Officer. Previously, she set up and ran HR for a family-run business in New Covent Garden Market where she worked for several years, whilst obtaining an MA in Human Resource Management. Prior to living in the UK, Caroline combined her MA (single…
Read MoreAlistair Douglas
BA (Hons), PGCE, NEBOSH, MCIFA, FSAHealth and Safety Manager Alistair joined PCA in 1996 having formerly worked with Newham Museum Service, and the Department of Urban Archaeology Museum of London. He has a long career and expertise in excavating and supervising deeply stratified archaeological sites in the London region. Alistair’s current role in PCA is…
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