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NFSA Board
NFSA Board
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)
Annette Shun Wah
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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.
Annette currently serves on the board of the Sydney Theatre Company and is a member of the Asian Producers Platform.
Lucinda Brogden AM
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Bachelor Commerce (UNSW), Masters Organisational Psychology (Macquarie University), Honorary Doctorate Business (UNSW)
Ms Brogden has more than 30 years’ commercial experience with companies including Macquarie Group and EY. She is currently the chair of the Diabetes Research Foundation, a director of Australian Unity Limited, Sydney Community Foundation Good to Give, and Corporate Mental Health Alliance Australia.
Mrs Brogden is a founder and Patron of the Sydney Women’s Fund. She is an Alumni Leader of the University of New South Wales Business School. Mrs Brogden chairs the Advisory Boards of Macquarie University’s Lifespan Health & Wellbeing Centre and Smart Green Cities Research Centre. Lucinda is proud to be a great-niece of the late Ken G Hall AO. As a child, she used to play with Ken’s Oscar and Logie − both are now in the care of the NFSA.
Kylie Bracknell
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Mrs Bracknell is an accomplished writer, director, producer and actor and brings a variety of experience across the theatre, film and television industries.
She is currently writing for ABC’s Play School and her recent acting credits include Amiya in the award-winning Australian feature film I Met a Girl, and Piper in the television mini-series Irreverent for Peacock TV (USA) and Netflix (AUS/NZ).
Mrs Bracknell, a Noongar woman from the southwest of Western Australia, 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. She also co-produced, co-translated and directed Fist of Fury Noongar Daa, the first feature film ever to be fully dubbed in an Aboriginal Australian language.
Kylie has previously held the position of Program Manager, Indigenous at the Australian Film Television and Radio School. She is also Chair of the NFSA First Nations Engagement Committee.
Karina Carvalho
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Ms Carvalho is an Australian television news anchor with 20 years' experience in journalism. She is a presenter with 7News Melbourne.
Previously, she spent 17 years at the ABC, presenting the news from Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. Early in her career, Karina worked as a producer across multiple programs for the BBC in London.
Born in Sri Lanka, Karina experienced first-hand the ethnic cleansing campaign of Black July 1983, prompting her family to begin a new life in Perth.
Sachin Job
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Sachin Job (professional screen/stage name: Sachin Joab) has over 20 years' Australian and international professional experience as a film and television actor.
His impressive career includes roles in landmark television programs such as Stan’s Population 11, the Nine Network’s Human Error, SBS’s Safe Home, Netflix’s Irreverent, Peacock's All Her Fault, ABC’s Jack Irish and being a main cast member in the iconic Australian drama Neighbours.
He also appeared in the Oscar-nominated film Lion, and the internationally acclaimed Australian-American-Indian co-production Hotel Mumbai.
Over the last two decades Sachin has been a strong advocate for multicultural equality on Australian screens. He is also a member of the NFSA First Nations Engagement Committee.
Jaclyn Lee-Joe
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Ms 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 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.
Jackie has worked as an executive at a myriad of media, communications and tech companies, including the BBC, Netflix, Microsoft, Skype, Virgin Mobile and Afterpay. She is also an advisor to some of the leaders in the entrepreneur and innovation ecosystem, including Canva, Reejig, Constantinople, Really Clever, KOMMA and Nuggets.
Carol Lilley
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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.
Carol is a Chartered Accountant (Fellow) with a Bachelor of Commerce (UWA) and a graduate of the AICD – Company Directors Course.
Joe Thorp
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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.
Joe is a Fellow of the AICD, Graduate of the Company Directors Course and holds a Bachelor of Arts in History and Politics and an MBA from the University of Adelaide.
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