Board of Directors

Chair

Appointed: 15 March 2021
Reappointed: 4 March 2024
Appointed Chair: 7 April 2025

Peter McMullin AM is Chairman and Director of McMullin Group. He is also President of the Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce & Industry Member, General Counsel ICC World Chambers Federation for South-East Asia & Oceania, Honorary Consul of Georgia in Victoria, Special Counsel at Cornwalls Lawyers, Founder and Chair of The Good Business Foundation, Member of Asialink Advisory Council, and Board Director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra.

Mr Andrew Apostola is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Portable, a purpose-led design and technology company based in Melbourne; a co-founder of digital platform Amica; an investor and advisor to technology start-ups; and a thought leader and author in creating positive social change through ethical and innovative design and technology. He holds an MBA from The University of Melbourne and a Post-Graduate Diploma in English Literature.

Deirdre Blythe is a Non-Executive Director with more than 35 years' experience as CEO, COO and CFO across the arts, health, financial services and government. As Chief Operating Officer of Arts Centre Melbourne from 2015 to 2023, she led functions including finance, IT, facilities, risk management and the food and beverage business, guided it through the COVID-19 closure and recovery, and contributed to the Reimagining Arts Centre Melbourne business case. Deirdre joined the Board in August 2026 after serving as an external member of the Audit and Risk Committee.

She is a Director of Innovation Victoria, Greater Western Water, Queen Victoria Market and Cell Therapies, and chairs the audit and risk committee of the Department of Premier and Cabinet. She is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Mark was formerly the Managing Director of the Australian Foundation Investment Company, Australia’s largest listed investment company, Djerriwarrh Investments Limited, Mirrabooka Investments Limited and AMCIL Limited.

He started his career as an investment analyst at JBWere in 1994 where he advised Australian Foundation Investment Company, Djerriwarrh Investments Limited, Mirrabooka Investments Limited and AMCIL Limited on their investment and dealing activities. He was admitted as a Partner of Goldman Sachs JB Were in 2001. In 2007 he joined the four investment companies the Chief Investment Officer and was appointed as Managing Director of the companies in 2018. Mark is a Director on the Mannix College Foundation Board.

A chartered accountant and a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Liz has held executive roles at Deloitte in London and in the Federal and Victorian public sectors. She is a former board member of Craft Victoria, Arena Theatre Company, VicScreen, and The Mission to Seafarers (Victoria) Inc, and is currently a director of Geografia, and the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission. She has also served as an external member on the Audit and Risk Committees of Victoria Police, the Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust, and Film Victoria, and currently serves in this capacity for Energy Safe Victoria. In addition, Liz has provided consultancy services to a wide range of public and not-for-profit organisations in the areas of strategy, governance, public sector funding, and financial management.

Monica is a sound artist and composer whose work spans installations, performance art, contemporary dance and new instrument-making. Monica is currently undertaking postgraduate research in the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, The University of Melbourne, in interactive composition. She is a co-founder of philanthropic organisation Project Eleven and serves on the boards of Liquid Architecture and the Substation.

A human rights lawyer, David is CEO and Principal Solicitor of Refugee Legal. He has sat on a range of boards, including the Refugee Council of Australia, the Human Rights Law Centre, and the Foundation House Ethics Committee. He currently sits on various national Government, NGO and international policy and advisory bodies, as well as local and community-based fora, including as a Core Member the UNHCR Global Refugee Forum Legal Community Group.

Susan Thacore is an experienced Board Chair and Non-Executive Director with over 30 years of governance leadership across arts, investment, education and philanthropic sectors. She is currently the Chair of Theatre Works and Chair of the Tyalla Capital Foundation and serves on the boards of Arts Project Australia, Restless Dance Theatre and Tyalla Private Credit. Susan previously served as Chair of the Australian National Memorial Theatre for a decade, leading significant organisational transformation and governance reform.

She brings extensive expertise in strategy, risk oversight, financial stewardship and stakeholder engagement, together with a deep commitment to supporting inclusive, vibrant and sustainable arts organisations.