Sid Myer AM joined the National Portrait Gallery Board in August 2013 and was appointed to the position of Chairman of the Portrait Gallery Foundation on 12 March 2015. Among other directorships, Mr Myer is Chairman of Myer Family Investments Pty Ltd and Chairman of the Estate of Sidney Myer.
Hayley Baillie and her husband James co-founded the striking Baillie Lodges in 2003, developing luxury Southern Ocean Lodge on Kangaroo Island, Longitude 131 at Uluru Kata Tjuta and Capella Lodge on Lord Howe Island. Hayley is currently also a Foundation Board member of The Australian Ballet and Barker College, has been a Board member of Tourism Australia and was a Founding Patron of the Australian Red Cross Society of Women Leaders. Hayley is a champion of First Nations art and culture.
Tim Bednall is a Partner of law firm King & Wood Mallesons, based in Sydney. Tim practices in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and corporate governance. He was the Chair of the Australian partnership of KWM from January 2010 to December 2012. He was also Managing Partner of M&A and Tax for KWM Australia from 2013 to 2014, and Managing Partner of KWM Europe and Middle East from 2016 to 2017, based in London. Tim is a Non-Executive Director of Cooper Energy Limited. He and his wife Vanessa also own Calabash Lodge Equestrian, an equestrian agistment business.
Jillian Broadbent AC has had extensive experience as an executive in the banking industry and as a director of public companies including Woodside Petroleum Limited and Woolworths Limited. Jillian is a member of the National Portrait Gallery Foundation and served as a Non-Executive Director of the Board from 2013 to 2021. She is currently a Director of Macquarie Group Limited, the Seaborn Broughton & Walford Foundation and the Lowy Institute. She was a Board member of the Reserve Bank of Australia from 1998 to 2013 and the inaugural Chair of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (2012–17). In 2020 she completed an 11-year term as Chancellor of the University of Wollongong. She has also served on the boards of ASX Limited, Coca-Cola Amatil, Qantas, SBS and Westfield. Jillian maintains an active interest in the arts, is a director of the Sydney Dance Company and has been a member of the boards of the Sydney Theatre Company, NIDA, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and the Art Gallery of NSW. She is a major donor to the NPGA and through her financial contributions has enabled the acquisition of important works for the collection. In 2019 Jillian was made a Companion of the Order of Australia for her contribution to corporate, financial, clean energy and cultural organisations, to higher education, and to women in business. She was awarded Doctor of Laws at the University of Wollongong in 2020.
Patrick Corrigan AM is an Australian businessman, art collector, jazz enthusiast and philanthropist. Mr Corrigan was appointed to the Board of the National Portrait Gallery of Australia in February 2015. Mr Corrigan has donated or contributed to the acquisition of around 180 works for the National Portrait Collection, as well as funding the Patrick Corrigan portrait commission series of Australian Rugby greats, which commenced in 2014. Mr Corrigan has also served on numerous governing boards, both commercial and in the art sector. In 2000, he was made a Member of the Order of Australia for services to the visual arts, particularly as a philanthropist to state and regional galleries, and libraries, and through a grant scheme for artists managed by N.A.V.A. Mr Corrigan is a Director of Flagship Investment Ltd and Global Masters Fund Ltd. He is also the Director and co-owner of Better Read Than Dead Books in Newtown, Sydney.
Marilyn Darling AC is Chair of the Gordon Darling Foundation, Australia. Marilyn is a Founding Patron of the National Portrait Gallery and was Chair of the Board of the Gallery from 2000 to 2008. Under her leadership the Gallery grew from a small space in Old Parliament House to a significant Federal institution in its own building in Canberra. In 2009 Marilyn was awarded a Companion of the Order of Australia for service to the development, advancement and growth of visual arts in Australia and internationally, particularly through the National Portrait Gallery, and to the community through a range of philanthropic endeavours. In 2023 Marilyn was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Monash University.
Tim Fairfax AC is a company director, pastoralist and philanthropist. Tim is Chair of the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal and the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation. He is also the Director of the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation, Australian and Philanthropic Services, and Ningana Giving Pty Ltd. He is the President of the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation, a member of the National Portrait Gallery Foundation, the National Gallery of Australia Foundation and Australian Schools Plus. Tim is Patron of the AMAQ Foundation, the University of the Sunshine Coast Foundation, the Flying Arts Alliance Incorporated the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation and Actors’ & Entertainers’ Benevolent Fund (Qld) Inc. Tim takes an active leadership role in promoting philanthropy in Australia. He is passionate about supporting rural, remote and regional communities, particularly students from low socioeconomic backgrounds. He has a range of business interests and operates nine rural properties in Queensland and New South Wales involving beef cattle, fine wool and grain.
Sam Meers AO is co-founder and Chair of the Nelson Meers Foundation, a not-for-profit philanthropic foundation. Ms Meers has extensive experience in the arts and philanthropy sectors and was made an Officer for the Order of Australia in 2018. She is currently chairman of the Brett Whiteley Foundation and a director of Environmental Leadership Australia. Her board appointments have included chair of Belvoir St Theatre; chair of Documentary Australia; deputy chair of the Federal Government Creative Partnerships Australia; deputy chair of Philanthropy Australia a trustee of the Arts Gallery of NSW; and board member of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the State Library of NSW Foundation. Ms Meers began her career as a commercial lawyer, and holds degrees in Law and Arts and a Master of Letters from the University of Sydney. She is a member of Chief Executive Women, and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Royal Society of NSW.
John Liangis is a Director of Liangis Investments Pty Ltd and a lifelong resident of Canberra. He was educated at Canberra Grammar and is a graduate of the Canberra School of Art (BA (VA), Painting). For several years after completing his studies he pursued a full-time career in painting and exhibited with the Canberra Contemporary Art Space and Gallery Constantinople. John has an in-depth knowledge of and passion for classical architecture, painting, portraiture, photography, music and cinema. The Liangis family supports various philanthropic causes and charitable organisations within the Canberra region. They are Founding Benefactors of the National Portrait Gallery.
Dr Helen Nugent AC has had extensive involvement in the arts. From 2012 to 2021, she was the Chairman of the National Portrait Gallery of Australia and has also been Chairman of the Federal Government’s National Opera Review and the Major Performing Arts Inquiry. She has also been Chairman of the Major Performing Arts Board; Deputy Chairman of both the Australia Council and Opera Australia; and a Non-Executive Director of Playbox Theatre. In 2013, Helen was awarded the Creative Partnerships Australia Richard Pratt Business Arts Leadership Award. Helen gives back to the community in other areas. In education, she previously served as Chancellor of Bond University and President of Cranbrook School. She has also served on the Bradley Review into tertiary education and was a member of Council at Monash University. In disability and health, she was Chairman of the National Disability Insurance Agency and is currently a Director of the Garvan Institute for Medical Research. She is also on the Board of the Australian Olympic Foundation, following a history of involvement with the Olympic movement for over 25 years. Helen is currently the Chairman of Ausgrid; Senior Independent Director of TPG Telecom; and a Non-Executive Director of Insurance Australia Group as well as Chairman of the Order of Australia Association Foundation. She was previously Chairman of Australian Rail Track Corporation, Veda Group, Swiss Re Life & Health (Australia), and Funds SA, and a Non-Executive Director of Origin Energy and Macquarie Group. Helen was made a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2022 for her eminent service to people with disability through leadership of social and economic policy reform and implementation, to business, to the arts and to the community. She is also a recipient of a Centenary Medal. She has been awarded Honorary Doctorates from both the University of Queensland and Bond University as well as receiving the Order of Merit for her services to the Olympic movement from the Australian Olympic Committee in 2021. Helen joined the Gallery Foundation in 2014 and has played a pivotal role in its growth and development. As Board Chairman until 2022, she led representations to seek government support for the Gallery to become a statutory authority, successfully achieved in July 2013 resulting in important governance changes for the Gallery, including the establishment of the Gallery Foundation. Helen has shown a deep commitment to the growth and development of the Gallery. She has contributed to the evolution of the National Portrait Collection through her financial support of important works. She actively seeks and promotes philanthropic and corporate partnerships.
Nigel Satterley AM is the Chief Executive of Satterley Property Group. He founded the Satterley Property Group in 1980 and has more than 40 years’ experience in home building, real estate and property development. In 2006, he received an Order of Australia for his contribution to land development, urban renewal programs and to charity, medical research and sport. In 2015, he was honoured with a Doctor of Business from the Edith Cowan University for his contribution to the West Australian housing industry and his philanthropic activities within the community. Nigel and his wife, Denise Satterley, are well-known philanthropists and patrons of the arts. Nigel is a life member and former No 1 ticket holder of the West Coast Eagles Football Club.
Susan Armitage joined the National Portrait Gallery Foundation in May 2024. Her background is in financial markets, having worked for JBWere and Macquarie Equities for over thirty years. Susan was a member of the Board of the Art Gallery of South Australia from 2015 to 2023, during which time she chaired both the Board Funds Management and Acquisitions Committee of the Gallery. She was also a member of the Art Gallery of SA Foundation for 12 years. Susan was a member of the National Gallery of Australia Foundation for six years and was a member of the Venice Biennale Commissioner’s Council, during the period when Simon Mordant AO and Naomi Milgrom AC chaired the Council.
