Dr Helen Nugent AC has had extensive experience across the arts, health and education. She was previously Chairman of the National Portrait Gallery, the National Opera Review and the Major Performing Arts Inquiry and Board. She has also been Deputy Chairman of the Australia Council and Opera Australia, and a Non-Executive Director of Playbox Theatre. Dr Nugent was Chairman of the National Disability Insurance Agency, Chancellor of Bond University and a member of Council at Monash University. She is currently Chairman of Ausgrid, a member of the Australian Olympic Foundation, a Non-Executive Director of Insurance Australia Group Limited, and a Director of TPG Telecom and the Garvan Institute.