Board of Directors

Elected 01.08.2022
(Re-elected 29.11.2022)

Helen Silver is a highly experienced non executive Director who has worked at the highest levels of the public and private sectors.  From 2013, for eight years, she worked for Allianz Australia where her last role was Deputy Managing Director. Prior to joining Allianz Helen had spent nearly 30 years in executive roles in the Victorian and Commonwealth public service, culminating as Secretary of the Department of Premier and Cabinet. Helen is currently a non-executive of PEXA Group Limited, and an independent Director the Crown Melbourne Board, a Trustee of the Arts Centre Victoria and Deputy Chair of the MSO. Helen is an elected member of the Board.

Appointed 30.10.2013
(Reappointed 02.11.2022 for three years)

Andrea is a highly experienced creative and executive producer. She develops, finances and produces premium scripted content, working with internationally recognised creatives and exciting new talent. She is currently Executive Producer and leads development for Tony Ayres Productions. Her credits include Spooky Files, children’s live action comedy for ABC and BBC; multi-award-winning series Fires; International Emmy® nominated Wrong Kind of Black; innovative opera The Divorce; popular comedies How to Stay Married and It’s A Date; ground-breaking comedy 8MMM Aboriginal Radio; landmark documentary Sporting Nation with John Clarke; Tripping Over; SeaChange (1998-2000); After the Deluge; CrashBurn; Worst Best Friends; and Outland. Andrea started her career as a lawyer and has been a senior executive in local and international production companies. She is also on the Board of VicScreen. 

Appointed 09.04.2019
(Reappointed 10.04.2022 for three years)

Ian has over 20-years-experience in the Australian film and television industry and is currently a director of Indian Pacific Pictures and Home Fire Creative Industries. In May 2022 Ian was appointed the CEO of Black Swan State Theatre Co, Western Australia’s major performing theatre arts company.  He was CEO of Screenwest, the Western Australian film financing body for over a decade, financing hundreds of screen projects, including Mystery Road, Breath, Red Dog, Satellite Boy, Paper Planes, Bran Nue Dae, Cloudstreet, SAS: The Search for Warriors, Outback Truckers, Lockie Leonard and many more. Originally a lawyer, Ian also worked at the ABC, and has served on the Boards of national screen agency Ausfilm, Awesome Arts and the FTI. Ian is a Commonwealth Government representative.

Appointed 27.11.2022 for three years

Gay is the Director of Teaching and Learning with the Department for Education, Children and Young People. With a wealth of experience in teaching and leadership roles across schools in Tasmania and Victoria, including fifteen-years as a Principal, Gay brings a deep understanding of schools and appreciation for teachers and students. Central to Gay’s work is enhancing quality teaching through a focus on what is taught, how it is taught, and how student learning is assessed, supporting Tasmanian children and young people to be successful in learning, life and work. In her position, Gay actively engages with state and national groups to stay informed and provide valuable insights on the Tasmanian perspective and direction in education. Gay represents the Tasmanian Government on the Board.

Appointed 11.06.2023 for three years

Michelle is a Korean Australian actor and writer. Since graduating from WAAPA she has worked extensively in Theatre, TV & Film. She has performed with numerous companies including Sydney Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company. Michelle is also known for her TV work, including being a presenter on Play School. Her performance in The Newsreader earned her an AACTA nomination. She has received nominations at the Sydney Theatre Awards and was the recipient of the Mike Walsh Fellowship. Michelle was awarded Equity Awards for her ensemble work in Utopia and The Newsreader. As a writer she has worked for ABC Kids and ABC ME. Her play Where We Love is Home was selected for Sydney Theatre Company's Rough Draft program. She is currently a resident at Griffin Theatre Studio. Michelle is a Commonwealth representative on the Board.

Elected 26.11.24 for three years

Olivia Humphrey began her career in film distribution with notable roles managing Teletubbies at BBC and Hi-5 at Roadshow Entertainment. In 2008, she founded Kanopy, a streaming platform that revolutionised access to films for library members. Starting as a bootstrapped venture in Perth, Olivia moved Kanopy to the USA where she led the company’s expansion across North America and Europe. In 2021, Kanopy was acquired by KKR, marking one of the top 10 Australian M&A exits of the year and cementing its status as a landmark Australian media-tech success story. Olivia has invested in a number of Australian independent films including How to Please a Woman, Seriously Red, Run Rabbit Run and Addition. She serves as Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at Curtin University’s Business and Law Faculty. Olivia is an elected member of the Board.

Appointed 10.01.2023 for three years

Mark is a passionate educator with over twenty years’ experience in leading delivery of service transformation and improvements to education, firstly as a teacher and school leader; then within the Education Directorate, across ACT Government; and in the Commonwealth public service. Mark has applied these skills at the executive level across a wide range of public administration functions including change management; digital transformation; Ministerial and Commonwealth-State relations; and most recently in driving a system wide School Improvement service uplift across ACT Public Schools. Mark is the ACT Government representative on the Board.

Appointed 09.05.2024 for three years

Simon has worked extensively in the performing arts industry from musicals such as The Phantom of the Opera, Cats and South Pacific to TV productions such as Water Rats, All Saints, Home and Away, The Masked Singer and The Kingdom of Paramithi. Simon is best known for his role as The Red Wiggle, and he regularly performs live concerts throughout Australia, New Zealand, the USA, Canada, and the UK. He has written and appeared in numerous TV productions with The Wiggles and, as a recording artist, has won four Aria awards and the Ted Albert Award for outstanding services to Australian Music. Simon is a Director and Chair at The Wiggles Holdings Pty Ltd. Simon is a Commonwealth Government appointment to the Board.

Appointed 14.01.2019 for three years
(Reappointed 15.01.2022 for three years)

Elected 03.03.2021
(Re-elected 29.11.2022)

Sally Scales is a Pitjantjatjara woman from Pipalyatjara in the far west of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in remote South Australia. Sally was the youngest person ever elected as Chairperson of the APY Executive Board Council in 2019. Sally has worked with the APY Art Centre Collective since 2013 in cultural liaison, elder support and spokesperson roles, as well as being Regional Programs Coordinator.  Sally was instrumental in opening the APY Art Centre Collective galleries in Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne. Sally was a delegate to the First Nations National Constitutional Convention at Uluru, involved in drafting the Uluru Statement of the Heart, and continues to be a member of the Uluru Dialogues Leadership Group. Sally is an independently elected member of the Board.

Appointed 03.02.2021 for three years