New director Esther Anatolitis comes to Regional Arts Victoria with a string of appointments behind her. She has been Melbourne Fringe Festival CEO since 2008, and before that she has led key Victorian arts organisations such as Craft Victoria, Express Media and the Emerging Writers’ Festival. A former Chair of the Arts Industry Council (Victoria), Esther Anatolitis has also co-curated the Architecture+Philosophy series since 2005 and has served on numerous literary and design juries. She fosters sector-wide arts networks and is regularly invited to consult with small-to-medium arts organisations on their programming and strategic development.