MR KIM WILLIAMS, AM, CHAIRMAN, B.Mus
Appointed 2005, is Chief Executive of FOXTEL and a member of the Business Council of Australia. His previous roles have included positions such as Senior Executive at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Chief Executive of Southern Star Entertainment, Chief Executive of the Australian Film Commission, Chairman of Musica Viva Australia and Chief Executive of Fox Studios Australia. Kim founded the Australian Film Finance Corporation in 1988 as well as being its inaugural Chairman and was also a Director on the Zoological Parks Board of NSW. Kim brings to Sydney Opera House diverse management, board and committee experience in the commercial and public sectors. Kim is Chair of the Sydney Opera House Trust, Interim Chair of the Risk Management Committee and a member of the Building Committee.
MR JOHN BALLARD, MBA, FAICD
Appointed 2000, is a Director at Fonterra Cooperative Group Ltd and Magellan Flagship Fund Limited. John is also the Chairman of the Advisory Boards of Pacific Equity Partners Funds. Prior to this, he was Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Southcorp, a Director of Woolworths Limited, CSR Limited, Rinker Limited, Email Limited and Chairman of Wattyl Limited. John has an MBA from Columbia University in New York with a major in Marketing and International Business, and has worked in Europe, Asia and Australia. He is Chair of the Philanthropy Committee.
MS CATHERINE BRENNER, BEc LLB, MBA
Appointed 2009, is a Professional Non-Executive Director. Catherine is a former Managing Director in the investment banking division of ABN AMRO where she has held various senior roles in the mergers and acquisitions and equity capital markets divisions. Prior to becoming an investment banker Catherine was a corporate lawyer. She is a non-executive director of Coca Cola Amatil Limited and AMP Life Limited. She is also a member of the Takeovers Panel and her community involvement includes current directorship of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. Catherine is a member of the Risk Management Committee.
REV DR ARTHUR BRIDGE, AM, M.LITT, D.MUS
Appointed 2009, has spent over 20 years working in the fields of health and community service, education and the arts. He is the Patron of numerous organisations including the Sydney Omega Ensemble, Sydney Youth Orchestra, Sydney Youth Ballet and the Australian International Conservatorium of Music and High School. Dr Bridge is also a former Director of The Riverside Theatres in Parramatta, the Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre in Penrith, and a member of the Music Board of the Australia Council. He is the Founder and Chairman of Ars Musica Australis which, since 1996, has been dedicated to providing support to young and emerging creative talent. Since 2008 he has been the Parish Priest of St. Oliver Plunkett Parish, Harris Park. Arthur is a member of the Conservation Council.
MR WESLEY ENOCH
Appointed 2007, is a member of the Murri people of Southern Queensland. Wesley is currently Artistic Director at Belvoir Street Theatre. Previously, he has been Artistic Director of Kooemba Jdarra Indigenous Performing Arts, an Associate Artist with the Queensland Theatre Company and a Resident Director with the Sydney Theatre Company. In 2002 Wesley was the recipient of a Cite International des Arts residency in Paris. He also won the 2005 Patrick White Playwright's Award for the play The Story of the Miracles at Cookie's Table.
MS RENATA KALDOR, AO, BA Dip Ed
Appointed 2005, is involved in Business, Education and Community Affairs and is a Director of ASI. Renata was appointed to the board of Public Interest Clearing House in 2008 and the Area Advisory Council of the Children's Hospital, Westmead in 2006. She was Deputy Chancellor of The University of Sydney, a Fellow of the University Senate and was awarded an Honorary Fellowship from University of Sydney in 2004. Renata has served as Chairperson of NSW Women's Advisory Council, a member of the Sydney Olympic Bid Committee, a director of NSW State Rail Authority and of The Garvan Medical Research Foundation. She was appointed to the board of Sydney Symphony from 1996 to 2004. Renata is a member of the Philanthropy Committee.
MR ROBERT LEECE, AM, RFD, BE, M.Eng.Sc, MBA, F.I.E.Aust, CPEng
Appointed 2002, is the NSW Infrastructure Coordinator General, Chairman of the NSW Building and Jobs Plan Taskforce and Chairman of the Health Infrastructure Board. Robert was previously Chief Operating Officer of Tenix Pty Ltd, Deputy Director-General of the Olympic Coordination Authority and has held board positions of various public and private organisations. Throughout his career he has been responsible for the successful development and construction of over $40 billion of infrastructure and buildings in Australia. Robert is the Chair of the Building Committee.
MS SUE NATTRASS, AO
Appointed 2006, is Chair of the Cultural Development Advisory Board of the Melbourne City Council and the Advisory Board of the Arts and Entertainment Management Program at Deakin University. Sue is also a Director of the Harold Mitchell Foundation, the Brian Stacey Memorial Trust and the John Truscott Design Foundation. In addition, Sue is a member of the Melbourne and Olympic Parks Trust. Previously, Sue was the Artistic Director of the Melbourne International Festival of the Arts and General Manager of the Victorian Arts Centre and has been an Arts consultant since 2000. She was President and is now a Life Member of the AEIA/LPA, was Chair of the Collections Council of Australia Ltd, the Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals, the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Cultural Working Group, the M2007 World Swimming Championships Cultural Program Working Group and on the board of the Melbourne Football Club. Sue is a member of the Risk Management Committee.
MR LEO SCHOFIELD, AM
Appointed 2005, brings outstanding artistic, entrepreneurial and commercial expertise to the Trust. Leo is a board member of the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra. He is a former Director of Sydney Festival, Artistic Director of the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic cultural festivals, Artistic Director of the Melbourne International Festival of Arts (1994-1996), and Artistic Director of Sydney's New Year's Eve Celebrations (2002-2004). He has recently been involved in Australian debut presentations of a number of major international events and companies including the Edinburgh Military Tattoo and the Paris Opera Ballet. He is also a well-known and respected journalist and a television broadcaster. He has worked closely with many arts organisations in a fundraising capacity and served nine years as a Trustee of the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney.
MR EVAN WILLIAMS, AM
Appointed 2006, is a Walkley Award-winning journalist and former newspaper editor, and has been a film critic for The Australian since 1981. From 1986 to 2001 he was head of the NSW Government's cultural sector before being appointed a senior advisor in the NSW Cabinet Office. He has filled previous temporary vacancies on the Sydney Opera House Trust and has served as a member of the Archives Authority of NSW and the Australian International Cultural Council, and on the boards of the Sydney Biennale, the Sydney Festival and the Australian Chamber Orchestra. He was a speechwriter and arts adviser to the Hon. E.G. Whitlam from 1973 to 1977. Evan is Chair of the Conservation Council and a member of the Building Committee.