Annette Shun Wah appointed Chair of NFSA

Former SBS and ABC presenter Annette Shun Wah has been appointed as the next Chair of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Board.

Ms Shun Wah was appointed as the Deputy Chair of the NFSA Board in October 2023 and is currently the Programming Adviser of the Adelaide Festival Centre’s OzAsia Festival, where she was Artistic Director from 2020-2023, and also serves as Director of the Board of the Sydney Theatre Company.

Ms Shun Wah has had an extensive career across radio, television, publishing and theatre, including as an actor, host, producer and writer on a range of shows and feature films since 1982. In 1996, she was nominated for an Australian Film Industry award for her supporting role in Australia’s first foreign language feature film, Floating Life. Across ABC and SBS she presented The Noise, Eat Carpet, The Movie Show, Studio 22, Media Dimensions, and The Big Picture.

In 2018, she was inducted into the Adelaide Festival Centres Walk of Fame, and in 2023 was awarded an Honorary Master of Fine Arts from the National Institute of Dramatic Art.

She will commence as the Chair of the Board in December 2024.

Mrs Lucinda Brogden, a great-niece of the late Ken G Hall, has also been reappointed as a member of the NFSA Board.

Minister for the Arts, Tony Burke, said,“Both Annette and Lucinda have accomplished and varied careers in their respective fields, and both have a strong commitment to preserving Australia’s audiovisual legacy.

“We want to protect our beloved cultural institutions and part of that is ensuring you have experienced, knowledgeable and representative voices leading the way.

“I want to thank the current Chair of the Board, Caroline Elliott, whose term ends in December and who has guided the Archive in its commitment to implement the National Cultural Policy, Revive.”