With extensive experience across various arts sectors—including performance, screen, festivals, museums, commissioning, and administration—Sedgwick is set to bring valuable insights to the role.
In 2020 she received an Order of Australia Medal for Services to Film, Theatre, and Visual Arts Administration.
Sedgwick is currently the Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Melbourne Arts Precinct Corporation, and has previously held these positions at the Adelaide Film Festival and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI).
In addition, Sedgwick has held board positions at Back to Back Theatre, the Australian Children’s Television Foundation, Chunky Move, Art Gallery of South Australia, and the Australian Film Television and Radio School, and was the Head of Arts at the ABC between 2012 and 2015.
Sedgwick’s skills and experience will support the ABC to continue to deliver on its Charter to provide programs that contribute to a sense of national identity and inform and entertain, and reflect the cultural diversity of the Australian community, as well as to encourage and promote the musical, dramatic and other performing arts in Australia.
Her appointment follows a nomination by the Nomination Panel as part of the ABC’s merit-based appointment process. Sedgwick will officially begin her term on 2 October 2024, succeeding Peter Lewis, whose term ends on 1 October 2024.
The Government has expressed its gratitude to Lewis for his significant contributions during his two terms on the Board.
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Minister for Communications, the Hon Michelle Rowland MP, acknowledged Lewis’ service in a media release, saying, “I thank Peter Lewis for his service on the ABC Board, during which time he made a valuable contribution to supporting the ABC’s continuing success in keeping Australians informed and entertained, and I congratulate Katrina Sedgwick on her appointment.”
Rowland also highlighted Sedgwick’s expertise, stating, “Ms Sedgwick brings a strong creative boost to the Board alongside relevant executive and board-level experience, and increases the geographic diversity of the board with resident Victorian representation.”
“I look forward to working with the Board and Ms Sedgwick into the future.”
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