Australia Council announces new CEO

The Australia Council for the Arts has today welcomed the appointment of Adrian Collette AM as its incoming Chief Executive Officer.

12 Oct 2018

Richard Watts

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Currently employed as the Vice-Principal (Engagement) at the University of Melbourne, Adrian Collette AM was today (Friday 12 October) announced as the new CEO of the Australia Council for the Arts.

Collette, whose career to date also includes a 16 year stint as Opera Australia’s Chief Executive and 10 years in the publishing sector, will commence in his new role in January 2019.

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Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts