Festival Staff

  • Jenny Simpson

    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…

  • Ashlee Giblett

    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…

  • Tegan Thorogood

    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…

  • James Savage

    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

  • Eric Sankey

    Eric Sankey

    Finance Officer

    Originally from Canada, Eric has been with AWESOME since 2005 and has worked for many arts organisations around Perth

  • Minaxi May

    Minaxi May

    2012 Creative Challenge Lead Artist

    Known for her multidisciplinary process driven art practice, Minaxi explores digital and paper collage processes…

  • Deborah-lee Ford

    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…

  • Lex Randolph

    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…

  • Jarrad Seng

    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

  • Chris Turner

    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…

  • Elizabeth Sward

    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…

  • Steven Businovski

    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…

  • Alan Taylor

    Alan Taylor

    Currently Managing Director of Australia’s largest independent Advertising agency, 303, Alan has over 20 years experience in the media and marketing…

  • Deborah Leighton

    Deborah Leighton

    Deborah is a broadly experienced finance professional and Australian Chartered Accountant with over 15 years experience gained in Australia, the UK and…