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From harbour to spire: Arts Centre Melbourne’s new CEO

After 11 years at Sydney Opera House, Claire Spencer is getting her head around a new set of budgets, venues, programs and issues.

29 Oct 2014 12:00

Richard Watts

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Claire Spencer’s cardinal rule, when she officially starts in her new role as Chief Executive of Arts Centre Melbourne on 10 November, is to not compare procedures at her new workplace with Sydney Opera House, where she’s worked for the past 11 years.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts