Director, Artsupport Australia, Australia Council for the Arts

 

Louise Walsh is Director of Artsupport Australia, an initiative of the Australia Council for the Arts that was launched by the Prime Minister in August 2003 to grow cultural philanthropy in Australia www.australiacouncil.gov.au/philanthropy

 

Originally a lawyer at Allens Arthur Robinson in Sydney, Louise went on a non-legal secondment to the Sydney Olympic Bid as Community Relations Manager in late 1992 becoming the first member of SOCOG’s successful Marketing and Sponsorship team in 1994. From early 1998, Louise was Director, Look of the City for the City of Sydney, with the General Manager of the City of Sydney, Greg Maddock and Wendy McCarthy AO. This followed with an appointment with the Sydney Symphony in 1999 as  Director of Development (or Fundraising). She is founding director of Artsupport Australia, which has facilitated over $35m for arts and culture to date.