Board of Directors

Helen Silver is a highly experienced non-executive Director who has worked at the highest levels of the public and private sectors. Helen is currently President of the State Library of Victoria, Chair of the Victorian Managed Insurance Authority, Director of the Grattan Institute and independent Director of Crown Melbourne. Helen is an elected member of the Board.

Andrea is an experienced creative producer and development executive with expertise in creating, developing, financing and producing premium scripted content. Her credits as executive producer, producer, story producer, creator or writer include the top-rating Netflix drama The Survivors, multi-award winning ABC drama series Fires, ABC/BBC children's live action series Spooky Files, International Emmy® nominated Wrong Kind of Black, screen opera The Divorce, returning seasons of popular comedies How to Stay Married and It's A Date, comedy series 8MMM Aboriginal Radio, and landmark documentary series Sporting Nation with John Clarke. Andrea's earlier credits include Tripping Over, SeaChange (1998-2000), After the Deluge, CrashBurn, Worst Best Friends and Outland. Andrea is a director of VicScreen and is the Victorian Government appointment to the ACTF Board.

Ian is the CEO of Black Swan State Theatre Co., Western Australia's leading theatre company. He has over 25 years of experience in the Australian screen industry and is currently a director of Indian Pacific Pictures, with recent credits including The Engagement as producer, and RAMS and He Ain't Heavy as executive producer. He was one of the founders of the recently opened major film studios in Perth. Ian is a current Board member of the Committee for Perth. He was CEO of Screenwest 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 appointment to the Board.

Michelle is a Korean Australian actor and writer. Since graduating from WAAPA, she has worked extensively across television, film, and theatre performing with companies including Sydney Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company. Michelle is also known for her television work, including as a presenter on Play School. For her performance in The Newsreader, she received two Silver Logie nominations and three AACTA Award nominations. She also received an ARIA Award nomination with Play School for Best Children’s Album. Michelle was awarded the Mike Walsh Fellowship, recognised as a Rising Star by the CGA, and received Equity Awards for her ensemble work in Utopia and The Newsreader. As a writer, she has written for ABC Kids and ABC ME and was a script consultant for The Newsreader. Her play Where We Were was shortlisted for the Patrick White Award. Her play Koreaboo received Highly Commended for the Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting at the NSW Literary Awards. Michelle is a Commonwealth Government appointment to the Board.

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.

Sally Scales is a First Nations artist, cultural consultant, and spokesperson from Pipalyatjara in the far west of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in remote South Australia. She was part of the leadership team for the Uluru Statement reform, having been involved in the Referendum Council's Constitution regional dialogues and the national convention in Uluru in 2017. Since then, she has been involved with the Uluru Dialogue leadership, including the Albanese Government's Referendum Working and Engagement group. Sally won the People's Choice Award at the 2021 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA) at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. In 2022, she was a finalist for the Roberts Family Award, part of the Wynne Landscape prize for her work ‘Wati Tjukur’ and was a finalist again for the NATSIAA’s. She is represented by N. Smith Gallery. Sally is a director on the Bangarra Dance Theatre board and the National Gallery of Australia board, where she is also the chair of the First Nations Advisory board. Sally is an elected member of the Board.