Simon Miller is the CEO of Anglicare Sydney, where he leads a large not-for-profit with more than 4000 staff serving people in need. He also has extensive not-for-profit Board and public sector executive experience. From these roles, he brings deep governance, strategy, finance and fundraising skills to Ensemble Offspring. Prior to Anglicare, Simon was a Senior Partner and Managing Director at Boston Consulting Group, leading the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence and Analytics business. At BCG, he advised executives at some of the world’s largest companies and governments on digital, strategy, M&A, innovation and organisation. He’s also a (very average) flute player and (enthusiastic) supporter of the arts!

Hannah Mason is the Director, Production & Events at the Sydney Opera House. She has more than 25 years’ experience across the arts, talent management, digital marketing, and production and stage management fields. From 2015 to 2021 Hannah was General Manager at Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and her earlier roles have included Group General Manager at talent management company, Artist & Entertainment Group, General Manager at web and digital marketing agency, The Web Showroom. Prior to emigrating to Australia, Hannah spent 10 years working in stage and technical production management roles in the UK, including London’s West End. Hannah was a non-executive director of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs from 2011 to 2015 and was a member of the Create NSW Artform Advisory board for Classical Music, Opera and Choral until 2022.

Wayne Smithson is an Associate Professor at the Universal Business School Sydney and brings his wealth of experience in accounting, teaching and business in a number of national and international companies over a commercial career spanning over forty years. His senior finance positions include National Finance Director for Ernst & Young and Finance Director for the Bank of New Zealand in Australia. Wayne has experience across many industries including manufacturing, services, logistics and teaching. Wayne is a qualified CPA, a Fellow of the Institute of Managers and Leaders and was a graduate member of the Australian Institutes of Company Directors.

Ciaran Frame is a composer and researcher based in Melbourne. His work is characterised by an innovative approach to music-making, an interest in collaboration, and a commitment to creating music that is both accessible and meaningful to a broad range of people. His work has featured around Australia and internationally, ranging from turning people into instruments to asking 10,000 people to play the kazoo. Outside his creative work, he consults as a data analyst, and is interested in how data can elevate the arts sector's impact and accessibility. Ciaran completed his honours at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and is currently undertaking a PhD at Monash University’s SensiLab.

Internationally acclaimed percussionist and Artistic Director/CEO of Ensemble Offspring, Claire Edwardes OAM has been described by the press as a 'sorceress of percussion'. Claire won the 1999 Young Performers Award and completed her Masters degree at the Rotterdam and Amsterdam Conservatories. She is the only Australian to win four APRA Art Music Luminary Awards and is the 2023 recipient of the Australian Women in Music Creative Leadership Award for her championing of female voices in music. Recent career highlights include the world premiere of Anne Cawrse's marimba concerto written for her and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and solo performances at Bleach Festival, MONA, AFCM and with AYO's Momentum Ensemble. Claire has been with Ensemble Offspring since its foundation in 1995.

Lamorna Nightingale is a freelance flautist, concert presenter, educator and publisher who is passionate about the future of art music in Australia. She has extensive experience working in the orchestral sector and is a core member Ensemble Offspring. Lamorna is the Artistic Director of ‘BackStage Music’, a concert series in Sydney which fosters a culture for living music. Lamorna has also created several pedagogical volumes of repertoire for young flute players through her publishing company ‘Fluteworthy’.

Marni Oaten is a leader of Deloitte's Emissions Solutions offering, a technology incubation program delivering large scale climate action. As an experienced Sustainability executive, Marni brings an energetic and pragmatic approach to developing and delivering Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategies to enable operations to move forward on their sustainability programs. As a power electrical engineer with over 20 years of experience in business and engineering roles, she is drawn towards cross-sector collaborations to drive industry defining solutions. Marni has a demonstrated history of working commercial and philanthropic partnerships. Marni holds Board roles with Pollinate Group, and the Global Institute of Intrapreneurs.

Sonya Holowell is a First Nations artist composing through voice and text. Her saltwater dreaming reflects a nexus of Dharawal and Inuit ancestral ties. Improvisation is central to her project of emancipation, sovereignty and right relations. Sonya is regularly consulted on judging panels and artistic committees. She loves the outlier, and counterhegemonic creative energies. Sonya lectures in voice and contemporary Indigenous artistic practice; and is undertaking a Master of Arts in Writing and Literature, and Indigenous Research. She finds balance through Dadirri, family, and lifting heavy objects. Sonya is honoured to be joining Ensemble Offspring’s Board of Directors; an extension of a valued and pivotal artistic collaboration over many years.

Louise Buckingham is the newly appointed CEO of the Arts Law Centre of Australia. She is a lawyer and academic who has specialised in intellectual property and human rights, working in commercial and in-house roles across the corporate and not-for-profit sectors in Sydney, London and California.