Sue Hackett - General Manager  

Sue joins the Australian Festival of Chamber Music as General Manager. 

Sue worked as a professional musician for many years, principally in Adelaide and in France. In 1988 she moved to arts administration and worked for ten years as Artists' Department Manager for Opera Australia. In 1999 she returned to Europe where she edited publications and managed press for Wexford Festival Opera for three years before moving to Bologna to set up Canvas Management an international agency managing directors and designers working in theatre and opera. In 2007 she returned to Sydney taking up the position of General Manager of Pacific Opera in 2009.

Amy Zaghini - Marketing & Events Administrator

Amy joins the Australian Festival of Chamber Music as Marketing and Events Administrator.

Amy graduated with Distinction from the Queensland University of Technology  with a Bachelor of Creative Industries - Interdisciplinary, majoring in Creative Industries Management, Music Studies and Performance Studies. Throughout her study, Amy worked closely with the Brisbane Festival, the 2High Festival, Vena Cava's Fusion Festival, as well as Youth Arts Queensland events. In 2009, Amy was appointed Events Coordinator for the Queensland Academy for Creative Industries, organising festivals and events for innovative Creative Industries students in years 10 - 12. Amy is very excited to be working on the Australian Festival of Chamber Music for the second time.

Amy loves to sing, dance, act and compose music. Future ambitions include travelling around Europe, coordinating her very own festival and writing a Broadway musical.

Jenny Sebba - Finance Officer

Jenny joins the Australian Festival of Chamber Music as Finance Officer.

Jenny moved from Melbourne to Townsville at the end of 2002 and brings her wide experience in bookkeeping to the Festival's administration. She was drawn north by the warm weather and relaxed lifestyle here and wonders why she didn't  do it earlier.

Her hobbies at the moment include Tai Chi which she took up last year after years of yoga. She is also trying her hand at pottery but is still very much in the learning phase and is convinced that the clay has a mind of its own.

Sheridan Helft - Development Manager

Sheridan joins the Australian Festival of Chamber Music as Development Manager.

We are delighted to welcome Sheridan Helft to the AFCM team. A local girl originally, Sheridan has spent the past 20 years in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane working in various sales and marketing roles within tourism, financial services and media.   Her most recent position was as Marketing Director for Fairfax Media in Sydney. Sheridan has returned to Townsville with her husband Peter and her two young daughters, to enjoy the laidback tropical lifestyle, and to spend time with her family.