Lendlease Arts Advisory Panel
Simon Mordant AM, Panel Chair, MCA and Australian Commissioner 2015 Venice Biennale and Arts
Philanthropist
Simon Mordant specialises in advising local and multinational companies and Government on their capital
markets strategy and merger and acquisitions. Simon has been a practising corporate adviser in Australia
since 1984 and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Simon is Executive Co Chairman and founder of Luminis Partners in association with Evercore. He previously
co-founded Caliburn Partnership which was sold to Greenhill in 2010 and prior to that was Head of Corporate
Finance at BZW Australia and ABN AMRO.
Simon is a passionate collector of contemporary art with a long history of benefaction to the Arts. In 2007 he
was appointed Chairman of the Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation which was re-established to raise
funds for the $53 million capital campaign for its redevelopment. In 2010 Simon was appointed Chairman of
the Board of the MCA Australia.
In addition to the above, Simon is a director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, a director of MOMA
PS1 in New York, is Australian Commissioner for the 2015 Venice Biennale, is a member of the International
Leadership Council of the New Museum and a member of the International Council of The Museum of Modern
Art in New York, a member of the Executive Committee of the Tate International Council, a director of the
Garvan Research Foundation, a member of the Wharton Executive Board for Asia, a member of the Advisory
Board of Venetian Heritage in Italy, and is Chair of Lend Lease’s Art Advisory Panel for Barangaroo. He was
also Deputy President of Takeover Panel 2000-2010.
Simon was awarded an AM being made a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia for Services
to the Arts and to the cultural environment of Australia through philanthropic and executive roles, and to the
community. In 2010 Simon and his wife Catriona were awarded the Australia Business Arts Foundation’s
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Leadership Award.
Nicholas Baume, Director and Chief Curator Public Art Fund, New York
Nicholas Baume joined the Public Art Fund, New York, as Director and Chief Curator in 2009. A native of
Australia, his curatorial career began there with Kaldor Public Art Projects and later the Museum of
Contemporary Art, Sydney. He was Contemporary Curator at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford,
Connecticut, before moving to Boston to join the Institute of Contemporary Art as Chief Curator.
Baume has curated more than fifty exhibitions with a wide range of significant international artists at different
stages of their careers. Author of several major exhibition catalogues, he is a frequent public speaker on
contemporary art, and has contributed essays and interviews to numerous publications.
Ivan Harbour, Partner, Rogers Stirk Harbour, UK
Ivan began his career on Lloyd’s of London and subsequently led the design of the European Court of Human
Rights and Bordeaux Law Courts.
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Two of Ivan’s projects - Maggie’s Centre, London (2009) and Terminal 4 Barajas Airport Madrid (2006) have
won the most prestigious architectural award in the UK, the Stirling Prize. Projects designed and led by Ivan
include: Barangaroo Masterplan, Sydney, Australia; 300 New Jersey Avenue offices, Washington DC, USA;
Oxley Woods, sustainable and affordable housing in Milton Keynes, UK; National Assembly for Wales in
Cardiff, Wales; Law Courts in Antwerp; and Minami Yamashiro School, Kyoto, Japan.
Significantly, these projects have all been recognised by either national, European or international awards.
Simon Hardy, Executive Director, Design and Infrastructure, Barangaroo South, Lendlease
Simon joined Barangaroo South in March 2010 and as Executive Director, Design and Infrastructure,
Barangaroo South, he is responsible for the Design and Infrastructure of the project, contributing and
formulating all major design decisions, including overseeing the arduous process of Remediation on the site
Throughout his career with Lend Lease, Simon has worked in various project roles including Construction
Manager and Project Manager. Simon has also assisted in key strategic initiatives, looking at growth and
diversity of the future business before shifting into a line management role in late 1999.
Prior to Barangaroo South, Simon was General Manager of Lend Lease Design, where he was responsible for
the design business unit within Lend Lease, accountable for both day to day management and setting its
strategic direction. This included developing new capabilities to support the work profile within Lend Lease.
Barbara Flynn, Barangaroo Site Wide Curatorial Advisor
Barbara Flynn works with the Barangaroo Delivery Authority and Lendlease to help define a direction for art,
propose artists for discussion, and guide the artist selection and implementation process.
As Curatorial Advisor to the City of Sydney for the City Centre (2013-16), Barbara has articulated the role art
can play in the transformation of Sydney. She drafted the City Centre Public Art Plan that was unanimously
adopted by Council in June 2013 and was instrumental in attracting a large pool of the most exciting artists
working today to the City Centre project.
Barbara Flynn owned galleries in New York (1980-94) and was an executive with Gagosian Gallery, New York
(1994-98), before relocating to Sydney in 1996. Early jobs were in curatorial roles in museums in Germany, the
Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, and Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, with funding from a Yale University
Murray Fellowship. She studied art history at Yale University (BA cum laude 1975) and New York University’s
Institute of Fine Arts.
Barbara has worked with artists, architects and the Australian property development sector to realise works of
public art for new office tower developments in the Sydney central city at 1 Bligh Street, 8 Chifley Square, and
161 Castlereagh Street. She is art advisor to Frasers Property Australia and Sekisui House for Central Park and
to AMP Capital for Quay Quarter Sydney.
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Alison Page, Aboriginal Designer and Artist
Alison Page is an award-winning creative at the forefront of contemporary Australian Aboriginal design and
storytelling. As a descendant of the Walbanga and Wadi Wadi people of the Yuin nation, and as a leading force
in the Australian design scene, she champions the contemporary creative expression of Aboriginal identity.
Page’s creative practice explores links between cultural identity, art and the built environment. As one of
three associates of Merrima Design from 1995-1999, she worked with various Aboriginal communities in the
delivery of culturally appropriate architectural services. She founded her own interior design studio in 1999
and has since completed projects spanning interiors, public art, installations and film. The film-making comes
through a collaboration with cinematographer Nik Lachacjzak who has had over 20 years of experience in all
facets of production.
Until recently, Alison was the founding CEO of the Saltwater Freshwater Arts Alliance and Director of their
annual Saltwater Freshwater festival. She was the founder of the National Aboriginal Design Agency, and was
a member of the expert panel for the federal government’s Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous People.
She appeared for eight years as a regular panelist on the ABC TV show, The New Inventors.
Mark Major BA (Hons) Dip Arch RIBA FRIAS IALD RDI, Lighting Designer, Principal, Speirs and Major, UK
Mark Major trained and practised as an architect prior to focusing on the unique relationship between light
and architecture.
He has worked on a wide range of award-winning lighting projects including the Millennium Dome, 30 St.
Mary Axe, Beijing International Airport, the refurbishment of Royal Festival Hall and the re-lighting of the
interior of St. Paul’s Cathedral. He is a specialist in the field of urban lighting and was named as a key city
advisor by Monocle in 2013.
Mark acted as the Lighting Design Advisor to the Olympic Delivery Authority for London 2012 and was
appointed to the Mayor of London’s Special Assistance team for the Outer London Fund in the same year. He
is currently leading the lighting masterplan for the Barangaroo development in Sydney, Australia.
With an active interest in architectural and lighting education Mark has lectured extensively in the UK, Europe,
Scandinavia, U.S. and Australia. He was the co-creator of an educational project ‘Made of Light – the Art of
Light and Architecture’.
Mark is a corporate member of the Royal Institute of British Architects and the International Association of
Lighting Designers and a Fellow of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland. He was created a Royal
Designer for Industry in 2012.
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Suhanya Raffel, Director Collections, Art Gallery NSW
Suhanya Raffel joined the Gallery in 2013. Previously, she was at the Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of
Modern Art, Brisbane, where she held many senior curatorial positions since 1994, including deputy director
of curatorial and collection development from 2010 and acting director during 2012. She was instrumental in
building its contemporary Asia Pacific collection and led its Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (since
2002) as well as major curatorial projects such as the Andy Warhol exhibition (2007-08) and The China Project
(2009).
Ms Raffel was a member of the Asian Art Council at the Guggenheim Museum, New York (2009-14), and
serves on the boards of the Australia-China Council, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Canberra and
Griffith University Asia Institute, Brisbane.
Ms Raffel is responsible for all curatorial areas including Australian and international art as well as
conservation, registration, collection management, exhibition management, photography, the research library
and archives, and Brett Whiteley Studio.
Annie Tennant, Senior Development Manager, Public Domain and Public Art, Barangaroo South, Lendlease
Annie Tennant is an expert in public domain design; specifically the integration of public art and culture into
the design of public spaces. She has over 20 years of training and experience in property, construction, design
and development.
Annie joined Lendlease in 2006 and has worked on a broad range of high profile projects that include Rouse
Hill and since 2013, Barangaroo South. Previously, Annie worked for Hassell where she developed the vision,
strategy and high-level design for SHFA’s street and cultural activations in the Rocks.
Annie has a B.Arch from UNSW and started her career with the Government Architect’s office and worked on
the public domain design for the Homebush Olympic Site. After completing her Master of Urban Design
degree at the University of California, Berkeley, Annie worked for leading landscape architect and artist,
Walter Hood on leading projects including the de Young Museum in San Francisco.
From 2006-2008, Annie served as President of the National Association Women in Construction between
2006-2008. In 2007, Annie was appointed Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion for Lend Lease and
developed the company’s business case and first strategies in diversity and inclusion globally.
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