
The NFSA Board is responsible for the overall performance of the organisation, including setting the strategic direction and establishing goals for management.
Members of the NFSA Board are:
Lucinda Brogden (Deputy Chair)
Hon. Master of Fine Arts (National Institute of Dramatic Art)
Annette Shun Wah is a writer, actor, producer and artistic director whose career ranges across radio, television, film, publishing and the performing arts.
She has championed cultural diversity on stage and screen as Executive Producer and Artistic Director of Contemporary Asian Australian Performance (CAAP) 2012 to 2022 and as Artistic Director of Adelaide Festival Centre’s OzAsia Festival 2020 to 2023.
She currently serves on the board of the Sydney Theatre Company and is a member of the Asian Producers Platform.
Mrs Brogden has more than 30 years’ commercial experience with companies including Macquarie Group and Ernst & Young. She is currently Chair and Commissioner of the National Mental Health Commission, and Chair of the Mentally Healthy Workplace Alliance.
Mrs Brogden has a Masters in Organisational Psychology (Macquarie University), a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) (UNSW), an AICD – Company Directors Course qualification, and a Silver Medallion – Surf Lifesaving New South Wales. Lucy is also currently a Governor of Queenwood School for Girls and Director of Be Kind Sydney.
Mrs Kylie Bracknell is an accomplished Noongar writer, director and actor and brings a variety of experience across the theatre, film and television industries.
Recent acting credits include Amiya in the award-winning Australian feature film I Met a Girl, and Piper in the television miniseries Irreverent for Peacock TV (US) and Netflix (AUS/NZ).
Mrs Bracknell is a strong advocate for the preservation and celebration of Indigenous languages and frequently consults on Indigenous arts projects in Australia. She is highly respected for her award-winning stage adaptation, co-translation, and direction of Hecate – a reimagining of Shakespeare’s Macbeth in the Noongar language.
Mrs Bracknell has previously held the position of Program Manager, Indigenous at the Australian Film Television and Radio School.
Karina Carvalho is an Australian television news anchor with 20 years experience in journalism. She is a presenter with Seven News Melbourne.
Previously, she spent 17 years at the ABC, presenting the news from Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. Karina has also worked at the BBC in London.
Born in Sri Lanka, businesses owned by Karina’s family were burned down during the 1983 Colombo riots, prompting her family to begin a new life in Perth. These experiences have profoundly shaped Karina as a journalist.
Mr Sachin Job (professional screen/stage name: Sachin Joab) has 20 years of Australian and international professional experience as a film and television actor.
His impressive career includes roles in landmark Australian television programs such as Safe Home, Irreverent, Jack Irish and Neighbours as well as films of international acclaim including Lion and the Australian-Indian-American co-production Hotel Mumbai.
Ms Jaclyn Lee-Joe has more than 20 years’ experience working in marketing and digital transformation roles across the media and entertainment, financial services, telecommunications, technology and aviation sectors.
She is currently Deputy Chair of the Board of Directors of Football Australia, Co-Chair of the Local Operating Entity Women’s Asia Cup 2026, Board Director of Hayes Theatre Co, and an External Member of the University of Sydney’s Risk and Performance Senate Committee.
Prior to this, Ms Lee-Joe has worked as an advisor and manager at multiple media and communications companies including Netflix, BBC, Canva, Skype, K-Box Global and Virgin Mobile.
Ms Carol Lilley has over 25 years’ experience in governance roles with a focus on finance, assurance, project and risk management, mostly in the Government sector. Her other current Board roles are in the utilities and social research sector and previously in the government and start-up sectors.
She also has significant experience as a member of Commonwealth Audit and Risk Committees, including currently for the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Industry, Science and Resources and the Aged Care Quality Safety Commission; and previously for the National Library of Australia, Services Australia and the Department of Home Affairs.
Ms Lilley is a Chartered Accountant (Fellow) with a Bachelor of Commerce (UWA) and a graduate of the AICD – Company Directors Course.
Mr Thorp has extensive experience as a CEO and company director in both the private and public sectors in Australia and internationally across a broad range of industries spanning high-tech commercialisation, foodservice equipment, HVAC, mining services and energy.
Mr Thorp serves as Chair of the State Theatre Company South Australia, Board Member of Anglican Funds Management, Trustee of the Leigh Trust, Trustee of the Order of St Lazarus Australia Foundation, Director of Anglican Representative (NRS) Limited, Member of AnglicareSA Governance and Nominations Committee, and was formerly Chair of Governors of St Peter’s College and Chair of Guide Dogs SA/NT.
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