Nathan Bennett - Executive Director, Perth Festival

Nathan has worked in senior leadership roles with leading arts companies in Australia and overseas for nearly 25 years and has been Executive Director of Perth Festival since February 2017.

Prior to joining the Festival, Nathan was Head of Development and Deputy Executive Director at Sydney’s famed Belvoir St Theatre. His other previous roles include General Manager of Sydney's Griffin Theatre Company and Company Manager at Bell Shakespeare, Australia's National Touring Company. He has also spent time in the United States with Philadelphia’s Pig Iron Theatre Company as Director of Development. Nathan is a Board director of Australian Dance Theatre and a former board member of PACT Centre for Emerging Artists.

Vivienne ‘Binyarn’ Hansen - Perth Festival

Vivienne is a Balladong Wadjuk yorga from the Bibbulmun Nation, or Noongar people, of the south-west of Western Australia. After a childhood of learning about traditional medicine, Vivienne undertook formal training at the Marr Mooditj Foundation and completed Certificate IV in Bush and Western Herbal Medicine. She was also the first Indigenous member of the National Herbalist Association of Australia, and presented at the 7th International Conference on Herbal Medicine in 2010. Vivienne is passionate about Noongar language & culture and engages in select opportunities to share her knowledge.