Lisa Havilah

CEO of Sydney’s Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS) and former CEO of Carriageworks. As CEO of Carriageworks, Lisa oversaw an increase in overall attendances from 110,000 in 2011 to 1.32 million in 2017. Lisa has oversaw significant expansion of the Carriageworks multi-arts hub in Redfern. Previously she built her career in Western Sydney as Director of Campbelltown Arts Centre, and as Deputy Director at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre.

Lisa has been a champion for Western Sydney arts and a successful collaborator with the NSW Coalition government, which has often praised Carriageworks’ success with audience engagement at relatively small cost to taxpayers.