
The IHOS National Advisory Board (INAB) assists the artistic director of IHOS – Constantine Koukias – with creative partnerships that support program development, both nationally and internationally.
Timothy Gibbons is a senior executive with international experience and a strong record in fund development, project management, and healthcare services. Timothy has assisted a range of not-for-profit organisations including mental health and homeless services, the Palliative Care Association of NSW, Heart Foundation of Australia, Faith House, and the Uniting Church of Australia.
He has created web-based ‘online donation programs’, and he established a public benevolent institution and deductible gift recipient tax status for charitable gifts with the Australian Taxation Office.
Timothy is a founding member of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, and is currently the Director of International Management Services and Business Development for GreenCarePlus+.
Christopher has enjoyed a multi-faceted musical career. For seven years he played violin for the Australian Chamber Orchestra. He founded and directed the Eclective Collective, to present programs that blend music and other art forms.
In 1998 he joined Boosey and Hawkes Australia as a music editor with responsibility for almost all the established Australian composers, plus published composers in other countries. John has programmed concert series for the Vale of Glamorgan Festival (UK) and Adelaide Festival (2002). Currently he is artistic director of the Four Winds festival (Bermagui), and the Australian Festival of Chamber Music (Townsville).
In 2005 he was music director for the Prelude concerts at Anzac Cove (Gallipoli). John has published two volumes of poetry, and a Survival Guide for Freelance Artists. Currently he is working on a publication that will define the correlations between colour and sound.
As Program Manager at Lighthouse Business Innovation Ltd, a virtual business incubator, Su is responsible for delivery of its Brilliant Idea business development program and management of the ACT Government Women’s Microcredit Program.
Su joined the Board of Capital Arts Patrons Organisation (CAPO) in 2011. CAPO is a volunteer non-profit organisation that has supported the ACT region’s artists for 28 years.
Since establishment in 1983, CAPO has disbursed over $1.7 million dollars as arts fellowships and awards with support from the Canberra arts and business communities.
She was the Director of Canberra Arts Marketing from 2005 – 2008, delivering collaborative and integrated marketing and audience development services for its consortium of arts and cultural organisations including the national institutions.
As an audience development specialist, Su worked with Arts Tasmania from 1999 to 2004.
In 1990 she established Su Hodge Enterprises, and her clients have included local, state and national governments, Aboriginal and arts organisations, and private creative businesses.
Su has broad experience in strategic development for business and marketing, skills development, publishing and events.
She has been published extensively on arts marketing and audience development, export, sponsorship, enterprise development and Indigenous marketing, including “miles ahead: arts marketing that works in regional Australia” and “Getting Art There: an artist’s marketing manual”.
John has held positions with both state and national arts companies, and has served on numerous state and national boards.
In 1989 John joined the Queensland Performing Arts Centre, undertaking various creative and directing roles including: Australia Remembers (national celebration of fifty years’ peace in the Pacific), Energex Brisbane Festival and STAGE X Festival, plus productions by both local and national companies.
John also led the team that developed the internationally-recognised Out of the Box festival, which has been acclaimed by children’s educators and parents for the creativity it weaves into early childhood. John’s credentials as an artistic director are of international standing.
He is a passionate advocate of cultural diversity and social justice, evidenced by his close relationships with the Indigenous arts community.
Mark is a filmmaker with significant credits to his name.
His collaboration with world-renowned writer and director Paul Cox includes (as producer) the highly-acclaimed feature film Innocence (2000), and Human Touch (2004) which was selected for the Toronto, Montreal and Melbourne film festivals; plus (as executive producer) The Remarkable Mr Kaye (2005), Kalaupapa Haven and Salvation (both in production).
He is also developing the feature film, Mindless Ferocity of Sharks, with director Jonathan Teplitzky. Mark’s other credits include executive producer of government documentaries for the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) and writer/director/producer for corporate and independent documentaries.
He established the production company Co-Media to specialise in social issue documentary, and he has worked in Aboriginal communities making documentaries and teaching filmmaking skills.
Currently Mark is chairman of the United Film Group, which formed in 2003.
Nicholas is recognised for his significant contribution to the complex languages of cultural theory as well as the critical, experimental and conceptual frameworks of contemporary art in Australia.
He has a national and international reputation for his contribution to the promotion and curation of contemporary Australian art, via major events including Australian Perspecta, Biennale of Sydney, Sao Paolo Biennale, and ARCO International Contemporary Visual Arts in Madrid.
Nicholas has enjoyed a long association with the Australia Council’s Multicultural Arts Committee, and he has taught at several Australian universities including Sydney College of the Arts and Queensland College of the Arts. From 1994 to 2005 Nicholas as director of Artspace (Sydney).
His most recent publications include Knowledge + Dialogue + Exchange: Remapping Cultural Globalisms from the South and Globalisation, Art and Cultural Difference: On the Edge of Change. Nicholas began his career in filmmaking and theatre, and he is an advocate for experimental and interdisciplinary art-forms.
Craig is a Producer and Principal of Roar Film, an established television and multimedia production house. He has extensive production credits across a range of media and is currently producing several nationally broadcast television documentary series in addition to developing overseas markets for Roar’s productions. His background in export sales and marketing across a range of industry sectors gives him a strong understanding of contractual negotiations and distribution.