Chapman, Pearlman join ACMI board
The Australian Centre for the Moving Image has announced the reappointment of John Thwaites for a second term as president, as well as the addition of Jan Chapman, Joel Pearlman, Michael Wachtel and Peter Lewinsky to the board.
According to Thwaites, the new appointments will help ACMI engage more strategically with the corporate sector.Thwaites also spoke of ACMI’s “growing reputation” as an element that has helped the institution attract such “well respected and influential figures” to the board:
- Jan Chapman is the producer of Bright Star, Lantana and The Piano, among others. Her films have won the Palme d’Or at Cannes, three Academy Awards, Camera d’Or at Cannes and more than 35 AFI Awards.
- Joel Pearlman is the managing director of Roadshow Films, a division of Village Roadshow. He is also in charge of the company’s local production division, and sits on the board of the Melbourne International Film Festival and the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia.
- Michael Wachtel is Asia Pacific chairman of Ernst & Young, a global leader in assurance, tax, transactions and advisory services. He is also a member of the Ernst & Young Global Board.
- Peter Lewinski has conducted an advisory practice over the last 20 years, providing strategic, financial and governance advice to a wide range of public and private companies and government. He is an experienced Government, not-for-profit and private sector company director and has chaired a number of Audit Committees. Prior to commencing his practice, Peter, a qualified Chartered Accountant, worked for investment banks and stockbroking firms in Australia and overseas.
The addition of Chapman, Pearlman, Wachtel and Lewinski follows the departure of board members Annette Blonksi, Peter Doughty, Natalie Miller OAM, and Dan Pearce, whose membership ended on June 30.
Other current ACMI board members are Dion Appel (director, Lifelounge), Rhonda O’Donnell (CEO Rhonda O’Donnell Global Solutions), Sue Rowley (emeritus professor at the University of
Technology, Sydney), Bill Shannon (chair of the Shannon’s Way Group) and Ricci Swart (CEO Ricci Swart Multimedia).
