NFSA Board

Ms Gabrielle Trainor

Ms Trainor is a non-executive director and advisor whose experience covers over 20 years on boards in the public and private sectors ranging from infrastructure, urban development, public transport, tourism, hospitality, sports, arts and culture and Indigenous advancement and welfare.
She is Chair of the National Film and Sound Archive and Barnardo's Australia. She co-chaired a Federal Government review of the Australia Council for the Arts and is a former member of the board of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
She is the chair of the Barangaroo Arts and Culture Panel.
Ms Trainor is a member of the board of Infrastructure Australia, a former member of the advisory board of Leighton Contractors and she has been a member of the Barangaroo Delivery Authority since 2009. She is member of the Central Sydney Planning Committee, a member of the board of trustees of the University of Western Sydney, a trustee of the Charlie Perkins Education Trust, a director of the GWS Giants AFL club, Business Events Sydney and agenda-setting Indigenous organisation, Cape York Partnership.
Her background is as a lawyer, newspaper journalist, public sector executive and consultant in issues management, public policy and corporate affairs.
Ms Trainor has more than 20 years’ experience as a director of state and federal government entities, including the NSW State Rail Authority, Rail Access Corporation, State Transit Authority, VicUrban and the Australian Sports Drug Agency and the Melbourne World Swimming Championships; public and private companies including as Chair of Best Western Australia and as a director of infrastructure company, Power Facilities, and of Infrastructure Partners Investment Fund.
She is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and an Honorary Associate in the Graduate School of Government at the University of Sydney. She is a pre-qualified independent chair and member of audit committees under the NSW government scheme.

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Ms Toni Cody

As a marketing and business consultant with more than 20 years of industry expertise Toni has a respected reputation in the corporate sector for working with some of Australia’s leading brands within the arts, manufacturing, retail and property sectors, helping to guide many businesses through key periods of change and growth.

As a consultant, Toni has advised a range of established and emerging companies as well as not-for-profit organisations, predominantly on strategic business planning, branding, funding initiatives, cultural change and sustainable business practices.

During her career, Toni has held several company directorships and has recently completed her tenure as Deputy Chair of Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, Chair of its Marketing Communications Committee and a member of its Nominations and Remuneration Sub-Committee.

In addition she is currently a Director of The Sydney Theatre Company, a member of its Finance Committee and STC 50 Committee. She was a Director of The Australian Ballet from 1999 until 2010 and Chair of The Australian Ballet Audit Committee and Chair of its Future Education Fund Committee. She is a past Director and Vice Chair of the Kambala Girls’ School Foundation and also a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

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Ms Fiona Scott

Ms Fiona Scott grew up visiting Disney and ABC film sets with her grandfather. Film and television was part of their family life, including providing props for films and running Western Sydney’s Dungowan and Avon Cinemas.  

Ms Scott was the Federal Member for Lindsay between 2013 and 2016. She now provides strategic marketing and communications advice to the infrastructure, FMCG and agricultural sectors and is a political commentator on Sky News. She holds several government, private sector and charity board positions.

Prior to politics, Ms Scott was a strategic marketing and communications specialist working with ASX listed companies including Westfield, GPT, Auto One and Wattyl Paints. She was also the NSW representative on Auto One’s National Members Advisory Council.  

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Ms Caroline Elliot

Ms Elliot is a Chartered Accountant and has extensive experience in corporate consultancy, including strategic, governance and financial advisory roles. She has sat on the boards of the Public Transport Ombudsman, Cell Therapies Pty Ltd, and the Peter McCallum Cancer Centre. She is currently serving on the St John’s Ambulance Victoria Board. Ms Elliot was also a finalist in the 2000 Telstra Business Women’s Awards.

Ms Elliott has a BEc from the University of Monash and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.

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Mr Paul Neville

Mr Paul Neville has a keen interest in Australian cinema and experience in the governance of a collecting institution.

Mr Neville was the Federal Member for Hinkler from 1993 to 2013.

He is on the board of Hinkler House Memorial Museum and Research Centre.

He was a former manager for Birch Carroll and Coyle, a subsidiary of Greater Union Theatres, and a freelance television cameraman.

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