Chairperson: Martin FoleyChair of Alfred Health and Director of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and RISING Festival
MAP Co is overseeing the delivery of the Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation, Australia’s largest ever cultural infrastructure project, encompassing The Fox: NGV Contemporary, the major refurbishment of Arts Centre Melbourne’s Theatres Building, and the creation of a new 18,000sqm urban garden.
It also takes on the management and operations of Fed Square and is responsible for connecting a single continuous art, civic, and cultural precinct stretching from Fed Square through Southbank.
Once the transformation is complete, MAP Co will also manage and activate Laak Boorndap, the new 18,000 square metre urban garden that will connect the Melbourne Arts Precinct in a seamless and immersive cultural experience.
The Board
Deputy Chair: Christine WyattMs Wyatt is currently a non-Executive Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens Board Victoria. Ms Wyatt led the State’s Planning, Building and Heritage policy portfolio and regulatory systems, as Planning Deputy Secretary.
Cath BowtellMs Bowtell’s roles include being Chair of IFM Investors, Chair of the Jobs and Skills Australia Ministerial Advisory Board, Industry Fund Services. She is an experienced Board director and has held senior leadership positions across the superannuation sector and in industrial relations.
Aneetha de SilvaMs de Silva is a Director at North East Link State Tolling Corporation Board and Transport Australia. She has also previously held the Managing Director, Government position for Aurecon’s Australia and New Zealand business and was a member of the Board for Aurecon Group.
Belinda DuarteMs Duarte is the current CEO of Culture is Life, an organisation that supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth to connect with their culture, and Co-Chair of the Annamila First Nations Foundation. She holds a range of appointed and voluntary positions including Director at Reconciliation Australia, Honorary Director of the Western Bulldogs Football Club and Authority Member, Murray-Darling Basin Authority. Former roles include Deputy Chairperson of the Dja Dja Wurrung Aboriginal Corporation, Co-Chair of Reconciliation Victoria and Deputy Chair of Responsible Gambling Victoria.
Tony Ellwood AMMr Ellwood is a leading figure in the Australian arts sector and is Director of the National Gallery of Victoria. Mr Ellwood has served on many state and Commonwealth committees, including the Visions of Australia Committee, Museums Australia National Board, Victorian College of the Arts Board and Academic committee, the Art Exhibitions Australia Board and the Japan-Australia Foundation Board.
Ari SussMr Suss is Chief Executive Officer of Fox Special Projects Group in the Linfox Group of Companies, CEO at Avalon Airport Australia and a Director of Yarra Valley Water and Luna Park Melbourne. He previously served as a Director and Board member of Australia India Business Council (Vic Chapter), Carlton Football Club and Fed Square Pty Ltd.
Megan HaasMs Haas is a leading governance, technology and cyber risk expert, and former Chair of Development Victoria (2021-2024, having commenced as a Director in 2019). Her other non-executive governance roles include RMIT Council, and member of the Audit and Risk Committees of Victoria Police and Note Printing Australia.
The Team
Katrina SedgwickDirector & CEO
Michael O'LearyDeputy CEO & Project Director
Eveanne LiddleDirector, First Nations
Mary ParkerDirector, Corporate Communications
Michael ParryDirector, Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation
Lachlan TanDirector, Policy, Strategy & Governance
Sarah TuttonDirector, Programming & Interpretation