Board of Directors

Elected 01.08.2022
(Re-elected 26.11.2024 for three years)

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 director of PEXA Group Limited, Crown Melbourne and Deputy Chair of the Victorian Managed Insurance Authority. 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 producer of a distinctive and award-winning slate of premium scripted content. She is currently Executive Producer and Head of Development for Tony Ayres Productions. Her credits include upcoming Netflix drama The Survivors, multi-award winning drama series Fires, ABC/BBC children's comedy, Spooky Files, International Emmy® nominated Wrong Kind of Black, innovative screen opera The Divorce, multiple seasons of comedy series 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 other credits include Tripping Over, SeaChange (1998-2000), After the Deluge, CrashBurn, Worst Best Friends and Outland. Andrea is on the Board of VicScreen and is the Victorian Government appointment to the Board.

Appointed 09.04.2019
(Reappointed 10.04.2022 for three years)

Ian is the CEO of Black Swan State Theatre Co, Western Australia’s major theatre company. He has over 20 years of experience in the Australian screen industry and is currently a director of Indian Pacific Pictures and Home Fire Creative Industries. Ian 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.

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 a Silver Logie nomination & two AACTA nominations. 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 shortlisted for the prestigious Patrick White Award at Sydney Theatre Company. Michelle is a Commonwealth Government appointment to 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 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.

Elected 03.03.2021
(Re-elected 26.11.2024 for three years)

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 two APY Art Centre Collective galleries in Sydney and Adelaide. 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. Alongside all these activities Sally is also a full-time mum to her nephew Walter. Sally is an elected member of the Board.