Melbourne Recital Centre has announced that Sandra Willis will be its new Chief Executive Officer. She takes over the position from Euan Murdoch from early April.

Willis has played a major role in the shaping of some of Australia’s leading arts organisations, including Opera Queensland (of which she was Executive Director until November 2020), Opera Australia (Executive Producer, and a driving force behind OA’s multi award-winning production, The Rabbits), Arena Theatre Company, Oz Opera and Bell Shakespeare.

She comes to the Recital Centre from a General Manager role of a Melbourne-based organisation for professional women in business, law, education, community service and the arts.

Sandra Willis, incoming CEO of Melbourne Recital Centre. Photo © Kristoffer Paulsen

Andrea Hull, Chair of the Melbourne Recital Centre Board said: “The last three years have been a challenging time for the arts community. However, it has also reinforced the vitality of creative escapism and the enrichment community, music and performance. I am confident Sandra will lead Melbourne Recital Centre with renewed purpose and cultivate a thriving hive of activity for visitors, artists and the wider industry sector.”

Willis’s aim is to “create wonder for everyone in and...