Ensemble Offspring Management

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Administration

Paulien Gort - Administrator
Damien Ricketson - Artistic Director
Claire Edwardes - Artistic Director
Debbie McInnes - Promotion
Jane-Marie Talese - Administration intern

Board

Paul Armstrong - Partner, Gadens Lawyers
Catherine Oates-Smith - Business Development Director, Gadens Lawyers
Alan Watt - Philanthropy Manager, Sydney Symphony
David Roffey - Retired Management Consultant
Paulien Gort - Secretary
Damien Ricketson - Composer & Artistic Director, Ensemble Offspring
Claire Edwardes - Percussionist & Artistic Director, Ensemble Offspring

Board Member Bios

Paul Armstrong, Head of Banking and Finance, Gadens Lawyers

Paul is a partner of Gadens Lawyers a top ten national law firm and head of the Banking group. Gadens Lawyers is a longstanding supporter of the arts with a particular interest in experimental and modern interpretations. Paul studied the piano to concert level and is committed to the promotion and performance of contemporary live performance in Australia.

Catherine Oates-Smith, Business Development Director, Gadens Lawyers

Catherine Oates-Smith is Gadens Lawyers Business Development Director. Prior to this appointment, Catherine worked in the UK as a journalist interviewing personalities such as Margaret Thatcher and Salman Rushdie. Back in Australia, Catherine gained experience in the not-for-profit sector, working as an Executive Director with Frank Sartor and Lucy Turnbull, and led the Sydney Cancer Foundation at RPA Hospital. 

Alan Watt, Philanthropy Manager, Sydney Symphony

Alan studied Arts/Music at the University of Melbourne before working in orchestral management at the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and artist development at Symphony Australia. More recently he worked in sponsorship at the Sydney Symphony where he developed the music4health program which was awarded the Australian Business Arts Foundation National Toyota Community Award for 2007. Alan also sings casually with the Opera Australia chorus and he has been a tour leader for Renaissance Tours.

David Roffey, Retired Management Consultant

David Roffey was for 12 years a Partner in PA Consulting Group, and came to Australia in 1999 to manage their Telecoms and Media business in Australia and NZ, retiring in 2001. He is NSW State Chair of Oxfam Australia, and Managing Director of Webdiary Pty Ltd, an online publishing company.

Paulien Gort, Administrator, Ensemble Offspring

Paulien Gort is a passionate new music lover. She has studied Musicology and Arts Management in Utrecht and Amsterdam. For the past fifteen years she has worked in financial management eight of which were for the Ives Ensemble and the Nederlands Blazers Ensemble in Holland. She has also organised exhibitions, made radio programmes and was involved in the organisation of several arts festivals.

 

 

 

 

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