Festival Staff
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Jenny Simpson
Chief Executive Officer
Jenny joined AWESOME in 2007, bringing to the role extensive experience as a business manager, festival director, performer and teacher. Jenny has previously…
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Ashlee Giblett
Administrator & Education Coordinator
Joining AWESOME at the start of 2010, Ashlee comes from a background in film, theatre and dance. Completing a degree…
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Tegan Thorogood
Communications & Marketing Manager
Tegan has a background in music, film and journalism and has a passion for all-things-arts. Tegan’s favourite things…
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James Savage
Production Manager
James is production manager to the stars! In recent years he has been production manager at the Fairbridge Festival, the Adelaide Fringe in addition t
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Eric Sankey
Finance Officer
Originally from Canada, Eric has been with AWESOME since 2005 and has worked for many arts organisations around Perth
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Minaxi May
2012 Creative Challenge Lead Artist
Known for her multidisciplinary process driven art practice, Minaxi explores digital and paper collage processes…
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Deborah-lee Ford
Community Cultural Development Manager
In her first year at AWESOME, Deborah has a background in visual arts, performing arts and arts education and has…
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Lex Randolph
Project Manager
Lex joins team AWESOME with excitement and pleasure, and a passion for Community Cultural Development (CCD), contemporary arts, and collaborating with…
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Jarrad Seng
Festival Photographer
Everything Jarrad knows about photography, he learned from playing Pokemon Snap on the Nintendo N64. True story!
Shooting everything from local fashion…
Board
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Chris Turner
Chris has a diverse background having graduated with an honours degree in Law , he then joined the Royal Navy as Warfare Officer. Following his 5 years…
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Elizabeth Sward
Liz joined the AWESOME Board in 2008 and brings over 15 years of experience in the Film and Television sector (chiefly ABC Television and ScreenWest) to…
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Steven Businovski
The son of an artist and a musician, with talented siblings in the same fields to match, Steven has instead wound up (mis)spending his days as an analyst…
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Alan Taylor
Currently Managing Director of Australia’s largest independent Advertising agency, 303, Alan has over 20 years experience in the media and marketing…
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Deborah Leighton
Deborah is a broadly experienced finance professional and Australian Chartered Accountant with over 15 years experience gained in Australia, the UK and…
