Meet Create NSW team

Liza has joined Create NSW as Acting Chief Executive from her role as Executive Director of the Innovation branch at Investment NSW. Before joining Investment NSW, she had senior leadership roles across industry, research and the public sector with roles at the Greater Cities Commission, the CSIRO, Springboard Enterprises Australia and Alcatel-Lucent.

Liza has also served on the Boards of the Sydney School of Entrepreneurship, the Australian Chamber of Commerce Singapore, the Canberra Innovation Network and was a member of the Gender Advisory panel for Accelerating Asia.

Liza is passionate about innovation as a driver for economic prosperity and the value of technology, creativity and entrepreneurship to solve key problems for our society and planet.

With over twenty-five years’ experience within the Australian arts environment, Karen is driven to develop and support the arts and cultural sector. 

Providing direction to deliver on strategic outcomes and to shape policy agenda, as Manager Multiyear Investment with the Australia Council for the Arts, Karen successfully championed priorities for investment decisions that directly impacted industry engagement and outcomes. 

Karen has a successful history developing, delivering and supporting Australian work with previous roles including, Executive Director at Griffin Theatre Company, Producer for the Seymour Centre at the University of Sydney, founding General Manager for the dance theatre company Force Majeure, Associate Producer for Performing Lines and Special Projects Manager for the Olympic Arts Festivals. 

Mark is passionate about the public service, focused on contributing to the common good and influencing outcomes that build and drive exceptional outcomes for community. He has occupied executive leadership roles for government and cultural institutions across three states and territories, holds a PhD in Critical and Cultural Theory from Monash University and is an alumnus of the Cranlana Centre for Ethical Leadership and the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Mark has worked across Australia in government (state and local), in creative industries business development, the performing and visual arts (as theatre producer & major regional arts centre director), major festivals, and cultural institutions and precincts (theatres, museums and galleries in particular), with a focus on multi-arts precincts, arts and cultural strategy and policy, First Nations engagement and agency, and major cultural infrastructure strategy and project delivery.

As Portfolio Director, Create NSW, Mark leads the whole-of-government policy development for the NSW Arts, Culture and Creative Industries Policy, oversees the NSW cultural infrastructure pipeline development, and project directs multiple teams.

Since joining Create infrastructure in 2018, Roslyn’s focus has been on the delivery of Sydney Modern and the Walsh Bay Arts Precinct Redevelopment. Her previous experience as a commercial and intellectual property lawyer at Holding Redlich and Banki Haddock Fiora provides solid grounding for major project delivery.

Before her legal career, Roslyn enjoyed over 10 years at the Australia Council for the Arts primarily in literature, visual arts and international market development delivering cultural projects such as the Australian participation at the Venice Biennale and Australian focus years in Madrid and New York.

Roslyn also wrote and delivered the Cultural Property, Law and Ethics course as part of the Masters of Art Administration at the University of NSW and those topics remain central to her interests and her work.

Since joining the Arts and Justice Services Division as Executive Officer in 2016, David has held a number of roles across the arts, screen and culture portfolio.

During his time at Create NSW his work as Senior Manager, Research & Evaluation has been integral to the organisation's success.

David led an analysis of the cultural sector that is critical to shaping the development of programs, policies and initiatives to drive viability and vibrancy of the arts, screen and cultural sectors in NSW.

Before his time at Create NSW, David led policy and strategy teams within other NSW government agencies.

Patrick joined Create Infrastructure in 2018 where he played an integral role in delivering the Walsh Bay Arts Precinct Redevelopment and managing the occupation of these new facilities with the resident arts organisations.

His extensive experience in delivering large-scale and complex events, ability to facilitate local and international performances in national arts and cultural venues, and his operational expertise have place him well to support the cultural infrastructure needs of NSW.

With a passion for regional centres, performance excellence and audience experience he is committed to supporting and representing the needs of the cultural sector across NSW and nationally.

Simon has a passion for supporting and promoting the work of the arts, screen and cultural talent across our state.

Joining Create NSW in 2021, Simon brings with him over 10 years’ experience managing high-performing communications, stakeholder relations and media teams across the public and private sectors.