Mr Mark Sullivan AO
Mark Sullivan is the ACT Chapter’s inaugural national councillor and has been the chair of the AbaF ACT Chapter since 2010. Mark is the Managing Director of ACTEW Corporation and a Director of TransACT Communications Pty Limited. He is a Member of the ActewAGL Joint Venture Partnerships Board, the Australian Taxation Office Audit Committee and the John James Memorial Foundation Limited Board.
Mark was awarded an Australian Centenary Medal in 2001 and appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2008.
Mr Peter Young
Peter Young was a founding member of the AbaF Board between 2001 and 2009. Peter has been New South Wales Chapter Chair since 2001 and is an AbaF Councillor.
Until 30 June 2006, Peter was Chairman of Investment Banking, ABN AMRO Group (Australia and New Zealand), now known as Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). Since that date, he has acted as Senior Advisor to the group and he is now a member of the Group’s Advisory Council.
Peter is Chairman of QIC Limited, Chairman of Transfield Services Infrastructure Fund and Chairman of NSW Cultural Management Ltd. Peter is also a Director of Fairfax Media Limited and a Governor of the Taronga Foundation.
Mr Ian Kew
Ian Kew is the NT Chapter’s inaugural national councillor and chair of the AbaF NT Chapter since 2009.
Ian has been the Chief Executive Officer of Northern Territory Airports Pty Ltd for the last ten years. After graduating with an Economics Degree from Monash University, Ian joined Exxon for two years and then worked for Shell Australia for twenty years prior to joining NT Airports.
At Shell Australia, Ian worked in a variety of oil marketing, operations, change management, strategy and special project positions in Hobart, Sydney, Brisbane, Darwin and Melbourne.
Previously Ian was Chair of the Darwin Symphony Orchestra, and also the Charles Darwin University Foundation.
Currently Ian is a Non-Executive Director of the publicly listed company CSG Limited and also a Director of the Australian Airports Association (AAA). Ian has recently been appointed as a member of the Executive Committee of Tourism Top End and joined the Board of MAGNT (Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory).
Ms Julieanne Alroe
Julieanne has been an active AbaF Councillor since joining Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) in 2009 and became Chair of the Queensland Chapter of AbaF in 2012.
In addition to her role as CEO & Managing Director of BAC, Julieanne also holds board positions with Australia TradeCoast Limited, the International Grammar School in Sydney, Queensland Theatre Company and Tourism Queensland. Julieanne has also been appointed Deputy Chairperson of the Tourism Queensland Board in October 2011 until 31 October 2012.
Prior to her appointment with BAC, Julieanne developed extensive experience within the aviation industry after holding a number of roles at Sydney Airport Corporation.
BAC have been a member of AbaF’s national council since 2006 and are strong supporters of the arts in Queensland, including partnerships with the Brisbane Philharmonic Orchestra, Queensland Theatre Company, Brisbane Festival and the Queensland Music Festival.
Mr John Irving
John has been an active AbaF Councillor since 2005 and the chair of AbaF’s SA Chapter since 2009. He was appointed to the AbaF Board in 2011. After 28 years as a specialist insolvency practitioner, John works as an independent consultant specialising in business improvement, risk management and executive development.
John has undertaken a number of adviceBank assignments through AbaF providing business and strategic planning advice to Adelaide Baroque, Craft South, SALA (the South Australian Living Artists Festival) and others. John is Chair of the State Theatre Company of South Australia and a Board member of The Big Book Club and Martindale Holdings. John describes himself as having no artistic talent whatsoever, but he gets great energy and satisfaction from his interaction with the arts and the people who make it work.
Mr Peter Althaus
Peter Althaus has been an AbaF Councillor and Tasmanian Chapter Chair since 2004. An experienced viticulturalist and winemaker, Peter is the proprietor of Domaine A/Stoney Vineyard, in the Coal River Valley of Tasmania. Peter is on the Board of Ten Days on the Island and has been on the committee for Musica Viva in Tasmania.
The process Peter employs for making wines are based on the artisan principles of single vineyard production. Peter’s philosophy on wine carries through to his support of the arts. 'Art is an expression of society. It inspires us, teaches us and helps us to know better the way we want to live,' Peter says.
Domaine A/Stoney Vineyard has played host to many artists since Peter and his wife Ruth arrival in Tasmania. Peter's aim as the chair of AbaF in Tasmania is to help bring together the offerings of both artists and business to produce a resonance which rings through the broader community and our everyday lives.
Mr Robert Bazzini
Robert Bazzani was appointed chair of AbaF’s Victorian Chapter in 2009. Robert is a partner of KPMG Australia, Victorian Chairman and the National Head of the Mergers and Acquisitions Group. KPMG has been a national councillor since the inception of the AbaF Council. Robert is an active member of the KPMG Melbourne’s Arts Committee and on the board of the Melbourne International Film Festival.
Robert has undertaken a number of adviceBank assignments through AbaF providing strategic business planning and financial advice to Hobsons Bay Community Art Centre’s Substation, Strange Fruit and others.
Mr Sam Walsh AO
Sam Walsh has been the AbaF Councillor for Rio Tinto Iron Ore and the chair of the WA Chapter of AbaF since 2008. Sam is Chair of Black Swan State Theatre Company, the Rio Tinto WA Future Fund, and the Chamber of Arts and Culture WA (the first of its kind in Australia). He is also a Director of the West Australian Newspapers Holdings Limited, and patron of the State Library of Western Australia Foundation and a patron of the UWA Hackett Foundation.
Sam believes that operating a profitable, ethical business is the best community investment a business can make. As such, community investment programs and activities are an important part of Rio Tinto's approach to business. Now in its tenth year the Rio Tinto WA Future Fund, for example, has invested more than $35m over this time to build a stronger and more sustainable Western Australian community.