Steven Skala

Mr Steven Skala AO joined the Board in January 2016 and was appointed Chairman. Mr Skala is a banker and company director, and previously practiced law for many years. He is Vice Chairman, Australia of Deutsche Bank AG, Chairman of BlueChilli Technologies Pty. Ltd., Deputy Chairman of the General Sir John Monash Foundation and a Director of the Centre for independent Studies. A former Chairman of both the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) and Film Australia, Mr Skala also has been a Director of the Australian Ballet, the Australian Exhibitions Touring Agency and the Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, and retired in 2015 from the Board of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation where he served for 10 years. A Member of the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York since 2003, Mr Skala was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for his service to the arts, education, business and commerce in 2010.