Management

Our management team

Adelaide Festival Centre is a statutory authority under the Adelaide Festival Centre Trust Act 1971, created by an Act of Parliament. 

Adelaide Festival Centre funds over 70% of its operating costs through earned revenue including box office, catering, ticketing (through Adelaide Festival Centre’s BASS), venue hire, meetings and conference business as well as scenery building and engineering workshops. The South Australian Government contributes approximately 30% of Adelaide Festival Centre’s revenue.

Adelaide Festival Centre Trustees

• Jim Hazel (Chair)
• Mitchell Butel
• Julia Knight
• Tony Smith
• Sandy Verschoor, Lord Mayor of Adelaide
• Steven Woolhouse
• Christine Zeitz (Deputy Chair)
• Maggie Zhou

Adelaide Festival Centre Management

CEO & Artistic Director	Douglas Gautier AM
Chief Operating & Financial Officer	Carlo D’Ortenzio
Director of Programming, Development & Venue Sales	Liz Hawkins
Director of Marketing, Sales & Audience Engagement	Kristen Eckhardt
Technical Manager	Moira Hay
Head of Public Affairs	Ruth Sibley
Creative Director, Cabaret & Commercial	Alex Sinclair
Manager, Ticketing	Natalie Adam
Manager, Philanthropy	Abbie Taylor
Manager, Venue Sales	Paul Drennan
Manager, Finance & Business Support	Christine Dunthorne
Manager, Human Resources	Claire George
Manager, Digital & Social	Julia George
Manager, WHS & Risk	Carolyn Laffin
Manager, Scenery & Engineering Workshop	Mike Price
Manager, Commercial Partnerships & Events	Teresa Whitehorn

Adelaide Festival Centre Produced Festivals