AdYO Board

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AdYO Board meets at least seven times a year and plays an integral role to the sound governance, management and culture of the overall organisation.

The AdYO Board has four sub-committees which support the Board’s work:

• AdYO Artistic Sub-Committee (Chair: Dr Jula Szuster, Rosie Burn, Akira Nakayama, Mark Lloyd OAM, Ex-officio: Keith Crellin OAM, Christopher Wainwright)
• AdYO Finance Sub-Committee (Chair: Simon Hatcher, Rosie Burn, Akira Nakayama, Ex-officio: Samantha Taylor, Christopher Wainwright)
• AdYO Marketing Sub-Committee (Chair: Lowen Partridge, Members: Rosie Burn, Christine McCabe, Ex-officio: Christopher Wainwright)
• AdYO Policies & Procedures Sub-Committee (Chair: Rosie Burn, Dr Jula Szuster, Ex-officio: Samantha Taylor, Christopher Wainwright)

AdYO has a detailed Constitution which clearly states processes associated with our governance and membership.

Board Members

Ms Rosie Burn, Chair

• Assistant Director, Families & Working People Team, Families and Child Care Branch, Department of Human Services
• Past board member, Musica Viva and past president Musica Viva SA Committee
• Held roles in marketing and communications with Women’s & Children’s Hospital, Adelaide and City of Onkaparinga
• Former Marketing Manager, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

Dr Jula Szuster, Deputy Chair

• Retired public servant who worked within Arts SA and the Education Department’s Music Branch
• Visiting Research Fellow in Musicology at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, The University of Adelaide

Mr Simon Hatcher, Treasurer

• Managing Director, Acciona Agua Australia
• Former Finance Director, Acciona Agua Australia
• Former Finance Director and Company Secretary United Utilities Australia Pty Ltd, responsible for overseeing all of the financial, legal and commercial affairs of the company.
• Lead role for the procurement of finance, development of documentation and taxation structures on development projects.
• Treasurer, Richard Wagner Society of South Australia
• Lawyer and Finance Engineer

Mr Mark Lloyd OAM

• General Manager,  Coriole Vineyards McLaren Vale South Australia
• Producer Coriole Music Festival
• Past Chairman, McLaren Vale Winemakers

Ms Christine McCabe

• Freelance travel journalist
• Contributing travel editor, The Australian
• Director, Advertiser Sunday Mail Foundation
• Chair, AdYO Parents & Friends Committee

Mr Akira Nakayama

• Retired Managing Director of The Ishibashi Foundation, Tokyo, included The Bridgestone Museum of Art, Tokyo and The Ishibashi Museum of Art, Fukuoka Japan.
• Former Managing Director, BRISA Bridgestone Sabanci Co Ltd, Turkey
• Former General Manager, Corporate Communications & Advertisement, Bridgestone Corporation, Japan
• Former Executive Director & Vice President, Bridgestone Australia Limited

Ms Lowen Partridge

• Principal, Peartree Marketing
• Member of SA Executive Committee, Family Business Australia
• Former member of the Carrick Hill Trust and Urban Myth Theatre of Youth Board