2011 Award Judges
State and National judges for the 2011 AbaF Awards
National Judges:
- Lesley Alway
Director, Arts Program
Asialink, VIC
- Tim Biggs
Managing Partner
Queensland Deloitte, QLD
- Terry Campbell AO
Senior Chairman
Goldman Sachs, VIC
- Saul Eslake
Program Director - Productivity Growth
Grattan Institute, VIC
- Stephen Found
Managing Director & Owner
Capitol Theatre, Sydney, NSW
- Lisa Harris
Manager Philanthropy and Special Events
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, TAS
- John Irving
Director
Dundee Bay Pty Ltd, SA
- Patria Jafferies
Executive Director
His Majesty’s Theatre Foundation, WA
- Mary Jung
Corporate Social Responsibility Manager
Wilson HTM Investment Group, QLD
- Hugo Leschen
Executive Director, Arts and Culture
Northern Territory Government, NT
- Nicholas Linke
Partner
Fisher Jeffries, SA
- Andrew Lu OAM
Senior Associate
Minter Ellison Lawyers, ACT
- Norm Mcilfatrick
Chief Executive/Secretary,
Dept of Infrastructure, Energy & Resources, TAS
- Kath Melbourne
Program Director, ArtStart,
Australia Council for the Arts, NSW
- Ross Nielson
Executive Director
Nielson Properties, QLD
- Winnie Pelz
SA
- Naseema Sparks
Non-Executive Director, NSW
- Simon Warrender
Founder and Executive Director
Melbourne Prize Trust, VIC
- Carol Whish-Wilson
WA
- Tristan Wills
Executive General Manager Corporate Sustainability
Commonwealth Bank of Australia, NSW
State Judges:
Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales
- James Beck
General Manager
Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales
- Catherine Oates Smith
National Business Development Director
Gadens Lawyers
- Donna Payne
Director, Business Development
Lowy Institute for International Policy
- Caroline Stacey
CEO/Artistic Director
The Street Theatre The Stagemaster Inc
Queensland
- Chetana Andary
Chief Executive Officer
artisan (Craft Queensland)
- Peter Bridgman
Director
Decisive Consultants
- Alison de Groot
Partner Assurance & Advisory Business Services
Ernst & Young
- Michael Rayner AM
Principal Director
Cox Rayner Architects
South Australia
- Steve Grieve
Director
Grieve Gillett
- John Irving
Director
Dundee Bay Pty Ltd
- Carolyn Mitchell
Consultant
Cowell Clarke
- Chris Russell
Business Editor
The Advertiser
Tasmania
- Peter Althaus
Proprietor
Domaine A / Stoney Vineyard
- Garry Bailey
Editor
The Mercury
- Louise Clark
Executive Officer
Launceston Chamber of Commerce
- Ron Layne
- Stephen Pender
Group Manager Marketing
MyState Financial
Victoria
- Robert Bazzani
National Head of Mergers & Acquisitions
KPMG
- Clive Scott
General Manager
Sofitel Melbourne on Collins
- Lisa Watts
Director
ArtsHub Australia
- Michelle Wild
Chief Executive Officer
Strange Fruit Productions Inc
Western Australia
- Michael Anderson
Director
Strategic Avenues
- Tania Hudson
Director
Words Communications Consultancy
- Keith Kessell
- Carol Whish-Wilson