There are three committees of the Board.

audit committee

The Audit Committee oversees audit activity and the adequacy of internal controls. The Audit Committee charter outlines the role and responsibilities of the committee and its members and is available at the following link: https://www.portrait.gov.au/content/policies. Further details on the functions of the Audit Committee is also provided at page 47.

Member of the Audit Committee include:

• Ms Yasmin Allen (Chair)
• Ms Jillian Broadbent AC
• Mr Sidney Myer AM
• Mr Stuart Wood AM QC

In addition, the Board Chairman attends meeting as an observer.

Details on member’s attendance at committee meetings during the financial year can be found in the table below.

work health and safety committee

The Work Health and Safety Committee assists the Board to discharge its responsibilities by monitoring and advising on the Gallery’s duties under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011.

Members of the Work Health and Safety Committee include:

• Ms Jillian Broadbent AC (Chair)
• Ms Yasmin Allen
• Mr Sidney Myer AM
• Mr Stuart Wood AM QC
• Dr Helen Nugent AO

Details on member’s attendance at committee meetings during the financial year can be found in the table below.

In addition to the seven meetings of the full Board, the Audit Committee met four times and the Work Health and Safety Committee met four times during the reporting period.

Board and Committee meetings

Foundation

The Gallery Foundation, which is also a Board Committee, met four times during the year.

It consists of the following members:

Mr Sid Myer AM (Chairman)

Dr Helen Nugent AO

Mrs Marilyn Darling AC

Marilyn Darling AC is Chair of the Gordon Darling Foundation, Australia.

Marilyn Darling 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 Darling was awarded an AC (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’.

Mr Tim Fairfax ac

Mr Tim Fairfax AC is a Company Director, Pastoralist and Philanthropist.

Tim is Chairman of the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal and the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation, Director of the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation, Cambooya Pty Ltd, Australian Philanthropic Services and Principal of Rawbelle Management Pty Ltd.

He is President of the Queensland Art Gallery| Gallery of Modern Art Foundation, Director of the RNA Foundation, a member of the National Portrait Gallery Foundation, 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 and the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation.

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 socio-economic backgrounds.

Tim has a range of business interests. He is the Principal of TVF Pastoral Company and JH Fairfax & Son. He operates nine rural properties in Queensland and New South Wales involving beef cattle, fine wool and grain.

Mr Ross Adler AC

Ross Adler has held various leadership roles with both public companies and major institutions, including as Managing Director and CEO of Santos Ltd for nearly 20 years and Chairman of the Australian Trade Commission from 2000-06.

He was the International President of CEO Inc in 2013-14, a Director of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1991-2004 and a Director of Telstra Corporation Ltd 1996-2001. In 2007, Ross received the Award of the Companion of the Order of Australia for service to business, the development of international trade and the arts. He was awarded a Centenary Medal in 2003 and was appointed Doctor of the University, University of Adelaide in 2011.

Ross Adler is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Amtrade International Pty Ltd, a private company engaged in the manufacturing, importing and distribution of chemicals and plastic raw materials throughout Australia and New Zealand, with offices in New York and Qingdao, China. He is also the Deputy Chairman of Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Limited.

Ross has an interest in education and is a patron of the arts. He was a member of the University of Adelaide Council and Chair of the Finance Committee for a considerable number of years and Deputy Chancellor 2007-2009. Ross has held positions with Melbourne Grammar School, including being Deputy Chair, and Chair of the Foundation and Chair Finance Committee. He was a member of the Board of the State Theatre Company of South Australia, Chair Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Festival of the Arts and Deputy Chair of the Adelaide Entertainment Centre. He was also Deputy Chairman of the Adelaide Formula One Grand Prix Board for a number of years.

He was a member of Board of Governors, The Institute of International Trade, University of Adelaide.

Mr John Liangis

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.

Mr Tim Bednall

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.

Tim was the Chairman 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.

Tim and his wife Vanessa also own Calabash Lodge Equestrian Pty Ltd, an equestrian agistment business.

Mr Nigel Satterley AM

Nigel Satterley is the Chief Executive and founder of Satterley with more than 40 years’ experience in homebuilding, real estate and property development.

Satterley is the largest private residential land developer in Australia with an annual sales turnover of around au$1.2 billion. It has been involved in 170 individual residential communities, sold more than 70,000 lots and won over 100 international, national and state industry awards.

Controlling a land bank with an end-value of some au$12 billion, Satterley operates in three Australian states: Western Australia, Victoria and Queensland.

Satterley has six large-scale residential joint ventures with local and state government including City of Melville, Tamala Park Regional Council, Department of Communities and Development WA.

Mr Satterley is a sought-after industry expert on Australian residential housing markets and cycles, taking on advisory roles to the Australian Federal Government and working with all levels of government to improve housing affordability.

In 2006, Mr Satterley received membership of the 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 the contribution to the WA housing industry and his philanthropic activities in the community.

He is Patron of Telethon Speech and Hearing, former Chairman of the Residential Council of Australia from 2009-17 representing the seven largest Australian residential developers, Life Member of the West Coast Eagles and former number one ticket holder.