Board of Trustees
The Arts and Culture Trust Board consists of nine members appointed by the Minister as a Board member. There is currently one vacancy on the Board.
The Arts and Culture Trust Act 2021 requires the appointment of Board members with skills and experience relating to the Trust's functions such as commerce, law, financial management, infrastructure planning and management, and culture and the arts industry experience.
Morgan Solomon, Chair
(Appointed 1 July 2022)
Founding Director at Perth law firm Solomon Hollett Lawyers, Morgan Solomon is a nationally recognised and awarded lawyer who specialises in all forms of succession law.
As one of the state's leading legal practitioners in his field Morgan is recognised by Doyles Guide as a pre-eminent Wills and Estates Succession Planning lawyer and as a leading Wills and Estates Litigation lawyer. He is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.
A third generation Western Australian lawyer, Morgan also takes an active role in the State's cultural community having obtained an honours degree in fine art before his studies in law. Morgan is also a Founding Member of the WA Chamber of Culture and the Arts, former Chair of Law Australasia and former Chair of the Perth Theatre Trust.
Zoë Atkinson
Zoë Atkinson is one of Australia's most established designers of live performance, with a career of nearly 30 years creating across Australia and internationally in theatre, opera, dance, puppetry, devised work and large scale events. She has been the recipient of numerous awards for her work, including Helpmann, Green Room, and Equity.
Zoë studied under the highly acclaimed designers Petr Matásek and Josef Svoboda at The Prague Academy of Performing Arts and the International Institute of Figurative Theatre in the Czech Republic, and since moving back to Australia in the late 1990s has based her national practice in Perth. She has been a member of many advisory panels and boards to the arts, including formative roles held early in her career helping shape inaugural Young People and the Arts policy and funding. She has held several teaching positions and is currently a non-executive director of Black Swan State Theatre Company.
Zoë brings significant and current experience at the ground level of the sector- as a freelance artist- combined with adjunct contribution through advisory into policy, funding and governance. She is the mother of two school-aged boys, and is as passionate about the natural and built environments of Western Australia as she is about its cultural ones.
Shane Colquhoun AM
Following a career as a professional dancer overseas and in Australia, Shane’s arts management career includes positions within the Western Australian Government and in the arts sector including General Manager roles with West Australian Ballet (1992-96) and Black Swan State Theatre Company (2009-14).
From 2000-09, Shane worked at the WA Department of Culture and the Arts in a range of senior roles including Director Arts Funding and Development. For 16 months in the lead up to the 2005 State General Election, he was seconded to the Minister for Culture and the Arts as Policy Advisor.
In 2014, Shane re-established his arts management consultancy Colquhoun Arts Management working for a diverse range of government and sector clients. He has held various board appointments over many years including Ausdance National (President), Country Arts WA (Deputy Chair), The Blue Room Theatre (Chair), WA Chamber of Arts & Culture and Seesaw Magazine (Inaugural Chair). In January 2020, Shane was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant services to performing and cultural arts administration.
Recently retired, Shane continues a close involvement in the arts sector through board memberships, mentoring arts leaders and philanthropy.
Nadia van Dommelen
Nadia van Dommelen is a professional engineer with over 25 years of industry experience in project direction of social and economic infrastructure projects. Through her independent consultancy she provides infrastructure advisory and project management services for clients with complex and large-scale infrastructure asset portfolios and needs.
During her career Nadia has had the privilege of undertaking key roles on some of Perth’s most complex and transformative infrastructure projects. Together with her enthusiasm and personal passion for culture and the arts, she brings her knowledge of asset planning, development and management to the Arts and Culture Trust portfolio.
Nadia was appointed to the Board of the Perth Theatre Trust in January 2018 and is thrilled to continue to support and strengthen the sector as a member of the Arts and Culture Trust.
Michelle Tremain
Michelle Tremain is PwC Perth's Market Managing Partner and also leads the firm's national Indirect Tax team.
Michelle is widely recognised for her innovative thinking and insight in providing specialised indirect tax consultancy services to a wide range of clients throughout Western Australia.
With over 25 years’ experience in the local market, Michelle is highly respected across the business community and she has led the PwC Perth GST team for the last 16 years.
Melvin Yeo
Melvin Yeo is a company director and corporate lawyer with more than 25 years’ experience. He has a global client base, and has also co-founded various international mineral exploration projects. Melvin’s experience incudes governance, strategic planning, legal affairs, capital raising, operational oversight and transaction negotiations.
Melvin is a supporter of the arts and keen collector of contempoary works by Australian artists. He is a non-executive director of Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA) and has previously served on the Murdoch University Art Collection board.
Robert Taylor
CEO of the Western Australian Indigenous Tourism Operators Council (WAITOC), Robert Taylor is of Nhanda, Yamaji heritage and has over 25 years’ experience in the hospitality industry. In this time, he has owned run and managed businesses in the hospitality tourism, mining and construction industries.
In his role as CEO at WAITOC, Robert has successfully delivered the Aboriginal Tourism Development Program, growing 39 new Aboriginal businesses across Western Australia and contributing significantly to the Jina Aboriginal Tourism Action Plan, which aims to further promote and develop Indigenous tourism experiences in WA.
Mr Taylor secured the World Indigenous Tourism Summit for Perth and continues to create new partnerships with prospective stakeholders to improve cultural understanding, respect and positive social outcomes for First Nations people.