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Management

Adelaide Festival Centre is a statutory authority under the Adelaide Festival Centre Trust Act 1971, created by an Act of Parliament.

A photo of CEO Douglas Gautier, taken outside Adelaide Festival Centre, the sky is blue and there is green grass on the ground. There is a group of school students in the background and buildings in the distance.

Douglas Gautier AM - CEO & Artistic Director

  • Kim Thiel - Executive Assistant to the CEO | Protocol Manager

Steven Woolhouse - Chief Operating & Financial Officer

  • Bernadette Brennan - Manager, WHS & Risk
  • David Cations - Manager, ICT & Cybersecurity
  • Mark Cullen - Manager, Facilities
  • Claire George - Manager, Human Resources
  • Abhishek Shaw - Manager, Finance & Business Improvement
  • Angela Willington - Manager, Legal & Contract Management

Christie Anthoney - Head of External Affairs

Renato Capoccia - Head of Marketing

  • Francesca Belperio - Manager, Publicity & Content Creation
  • Julia George - Manager, Digital & Social

Nathan Luscombe - Head of Production & Technical

  • Martin Howard - Head of Department, Lighting
  • Robert O'Mahony - Head of Department, Staging
  • Jane Rossetto - Head of Department, Sound

Heather Poole - Head of Customer Experience

  • Natale Adam - Manager, Ticketing
  • Kate Hagan - Manager, Patron Services
  • Jeff Owens - Manager, Hospitality

Alex Sinclair - Head of Programming - Commercial

Susannah Sweeney - Head of Programming - Public Purpose

  • Virginia Gay - Artistic Director, Adelaide Cabaret Festival
  • Slava Grigoryan - Artistic Director, Adelaide Guitar Festival
  • Joon-Yee Kwok - Festival Director, OzAsia Festival
  • Georgi Paech - Festival Director, DreamBIG Children's Festival

Abbie Taylor - Director of Philanthropy & Corporate Partnerships

  • Janine Eckert - Manager, Corporate Partnerships
  • Olivia Power - Manager, Philanthropy


Adelaide Festival Centre Trustees 

  • The Hon Karlene Maywald (Chair)
  • Bruce Carter AO (Deputy Chair)
  • Michael Abbott AO KC
  • Dr Katherine Tamiko Arguile
  • Alexandrea Cannon OAM
  • Penny Griggs
  • Councillor Phillip Martin
  • Dr Evelyn Yap OAM


Adelaide Festival Centre Foundation Board 

  • Miranda Starke (Chair)
  • Cain Cooke (Deputy Chair)
  • Ray Dahdah
  • Georgina Duckworth
  • Sheryn Foord
  • Jasmin Shahin
  • Lauren Zwaans
  • Legh Davis (Patron)
  • Joan Hardy OAM (Patron)

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