Sydney Opera House Annual Report 2008/09

Heading The Trust TabkiM WilliaMs aMB.Mus, CHAIRMANAppointed 2005, is ChiefExecutive of FOXTELand a member of theBusiness Council ofAustralia. His previousroles have includedpositions such asSenior Executive at theAustralian BroadcastingCorporation, ChiefExecutive of SouthernStar Entertainment,Chief Executive ofthe Australian FilmCommission, Chairmanof Musica Viva Australiaand Chief Executive ofFox Studios Australia.Kim founded theAustralian Film FinanceCorporation in 1988as well as being itsinaugural Chairmanand was also a Directoron the ZoologicalParks Board of NSW.Kim brings to SydneyOpera House diversemanagement, board andcommittee experiencein the commercial andpublic sectors. Kim isChair of the SydneyOpera House Trust anda member of the RiskManagement Committeeand Building Committee.JoHn BallardMBA, FAICDAppointed 2000, is aDirector at FonterraCooperative Group Ltdand Magellan FlagshipFund Limited. John isalso the Chairman ofthe Advisory Boards ofPacific Equity PartnersFunds. Prior to this, hewas Chief ExecutiveOfficer and ManagingDirector of Southcorp, aDirector of WoolworthsLimited, CSR Limited,Rinker Limited, EmailLimited and Chairmanof Wattyl Limited.John has an MBA fromColumbia Universityin New York with amajor in Marketingand InternationalBusiness, and hasworked in Europe,Asia and Australia.John is Chair of thePhilanthropy Committee.caTHerine BrennerBEc LLB, MBAppointed 2009,is a ProfessionalNon-Executive Director.Catherine is a formerManaging Directorin the investmentbanking division ofABN AMRO where shehas held various seniorroles in the mergersand acquisitions andequity capital marketsdivisions. Prior tobecoming an investmentbanker Catherine wasa corporate lawyer.She is a non-executivedirector of Coca ColaAmatil Limited andAMP Life Limited. Sheis also a member of theTakeovers Panel and hercommunity involvementincludes currentdirectorship of theAustralian BrandenburgOrchestra. Catherine isa member of the RiskManagement Committee.reV dr arTHurBridGe, aMM.LITT, D.MUSAppointed 2009, hasspent over 20 yearsworking in the fields ofhealth and communityservice, educationand the arts. He is thePatron of numerousorganisations includingthe Sydney OmegaEnsemble, Sydney YouthOrchestra, SydneyYouth Ballet and theAustralian InternationalConservatorium ofMusic and High School.Rev Bridge is also aformer Director of TheRiverside Theatres inParramatta, the JoanSutherland PerformingArts Centre in Penrith,and a member of theMusic Board of theAustralia Council. Heis the Founder andChairman of ArtsMusica Australis which,since 1996, has beendedicated to providingsupport to young andemerging creative talent.Since 2008 he has beenthe Parish Priest of St.Oliver Plunkett Parish,Harris Park. Arthuris a member of theConservation Council.WesleY enocHAppointed 2007,is a member of theNunnuccal Nuugi peopleof Southern Queensland.Wesley is AssociateArtistic Director atBelvoir Street Theatre.Previously, he hasbeen Artistic Directorof Kooemba JdarraIndigenous PerformingArts, an Associate Artistwith the QueenslandTheatre Company anda Resident Director withthe Sydney TheatreCompany and ArtisticDirector of IlbijerriTheatre. In 2002 Wesleywas the recipient ofa Cité Internationaldes Arts residency inParis. He also won the2005 Patrick WhitePlaywright’s Award forthe play The Story of theMiracles at Cookie’s Table.