Ian Roberts

Ian Roberts is currently the Deputy Chair of the Annamila First Nations Foundation.

Ian is a novelist and freelance writer. His most recent work, The Celestials, was The Age and Sydney Morning Herald Fiction Pick of the Week in November 2023. 

Previously Ian served as CEO of the Harold Mitchell Foundation, General Manager of the Melbourne Festival, General Manager of the Geelong Performing Arts Centre, and as Interim CEO of Arts Centre Melbourne in 2014.

Ian’s board appointments have included terms as Chair of the Victorian Australia Day Committee, Deputy Chair of the Melbourne International Film Festival, and as Deputy Chair of the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art. Ian has also served as a Board Director of Arts Centre Melbourne and a member of the Major Performing Arts Board of the Australia Council for the Arts.