Our Board

Our Board

Q Theatre - Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith

Chair | Tiamana (Q Theatre Limited Board and the Q Theatre Trust Board)

After nearly 40 years working in the flat glass business in New Zealand, Andrew has been involved in governance roles with a number of not-for-profit organisations, including Outward Bound NZ, the Auckland Art Gallery Foundation, the Knox Home and Hospital, and the Mackelvie Trust Board. He has been a strong supporter of the arts and cultural sector for many years, with a particular focus on the visual arts. Andrew, with his wife, Jenny was a founding supporter of Q Theatre, and has been on the board of the Q Theatre Trust, and Q Theatre Ltd since 2016, and currently chairs both boards.

Sally Manuireva - Q Theatre Trustee

Sally Manuireva

Q Theatre Trustee | Kaitiaki (Q Theatre Trust Board)
Sally has worked in cultural organisations in Aotearoa and the UK for the majority of her career. With experience across museums, galleries, heritage organisations and performing arts, she is passionate about customer experience and participation, strategy and diversity. Sally has been part of the Q whānau since 2016, originally as a Board Director then Chair of Q Limited and now a Q Theatre Trustee. A proud resident of Tāmaki Makaurau, Sally is currently the Director Museum Experience at MOTAT and Chair of the National Museum of the Royal New Zealand Navy. Sally gained an MBA from University of Auckland and as such is committed to contributing to a sustainable and relevant arts sector.
Yang Square Lee - Q theatre

Yee Yang 'Square' Lee

Board Director | Kaitohu (Q Theatre Limited Board and the Q Theatre Trust Board)

Square is a Partner in Tāmaki Makaurau-based arts/artist management and creative producing firm SquareSums&Co, which specialises in crossover, cross-cultural and cross-genre works and talent. He is a polyglot of Hakka Chinese heritage, was born and bred in Malaysia and migrated to Aotearoa in 2005.

Square believes in the transcendent power of storytelling amplified with cultural capital, and that our young people have as much to teach us as they have to learn from us.

In addition to Q, Square is on the Boards of Governance New Zealand, Music Producers Guild NZ and Waterview Primary School, and is a former member of the Auckland Council Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Governance Institute, with a law degree from Cardiff University and an M.A. in Arts Management from Whitecliffe.

Justin Headshot - Q Theatre

Justin Lewis

Board Director | Kaitohu (Q Theatre Limited Board and the Q Theatre Trust Board)

Justin is an award winning producer, director and writer with Indian Ink Theatre Company which, with Jacob Rajan, created Krishnan's Dairy, The Candlestickmaker and The Pickle King. The trilogy of plays won two Fringe First Awards in Edinburgh and three Production of the Year Awards in New Zealand. Justin is regularly an artistic and strategic assessor for Creative New Zealand Toi Aotearoa. He is a founding member of the New Theatre Initiative and is a trustee of the Q Theatre Trust as well as Board Director for Q Theatre Limited.

Kylie Sealy - Q Theatre Bio

Kylie Sealy

Board Director | Kaitohu (Q Theatre Limited Board)

With over 25 years' experience in the arts, cultural and creative sector, Kylie is a skilled and experienced creative entrepreneur, project leader and strategic advisor, with a demonstrated history of designing and delivering major projects and initiatives. Holding a Bachelor of Spatial Design, Kylie is passionate about collaborative practice and the value of creativity in Aotearoa New Zealand. Alongside her governance roles with Q Theatre Limited and the New Zealand Comedy Trust, Kylie is currently the Capability Lead for Te Taumata Toi-a-Iwi and Executive Director for the World Choir Games 2024.

Vicki Caisley - Q Theatre

Vicki Caisley

Board Director | Kaitohu (Q Theatre Limited Board)

Vicki is a seasoned HR executive with 30+ years' experience, and specializes in operating model design, transformation, and guiding leadership teams through strategy and change.

Currently Chief People Officer at the AA, she previously held executive roles in health, finance, and non-profits, including 10 years as Chief People & Strategy Officer at Southern Cross Health Society.

With previous governance roles in the NZ Fire Service and a leading Auckland school, Vicki also holds an Executive MBA with distinction and was recognized on the Insurance Business Elite Women list in 2022.

Vicki is passionate about the performing arts and supporting the New Zealand not-for-profit sector, emphasising the importance of spaces like Q for both artistic and human well-being.

Penelope Barr-Sellers Square

Penelope Barr-Sellers

Board Director | Kaitohu (Q Theatre Limited Board)

Penelope is an enthusiastic supporter of performing arts, recognising through her own failed attempts at acting, the skill, passion, resilience and support needed to forge a career in the sector.

Her expertise lies in brand and communications strategy and execution as well as stakeholder management. She has over 25 years’ experience in leadership roles of public and private sector organisations, including a decade in the UK at Omnicom group agencies, working on some of the world’s top brands across the UK, Europe and SMEA. 

Penelope’s first career was in broadcasting, working as a broadcast meteorologist, presenter and journalist on One News as well as shows such as Made in New Zealand (business) and Body and Soul (health and well-being).

Penelope is a trustee of Global Women and Independent Schools of New Zealand.

Q is two separate entities. The Q Theatre Trust owns the bulk of the assets, being the building and facilities, and holds the lease of the theatre land from Auckland Council until 2046.  Q Theatre Limited operates the facilities through a sublease for the benefit of the Trust. The Q Group consolidates both entities for audit and reporting purposes. Some board members sit across both boards.

Q THEATRE TRUST

Q THEATRE LIMITED

Andrew Smith (Chair)                              

Andrew Smith (Chair)                              

Justin Lewis

Justin Lewis

Yee Yang 'Square' Lee

Yee Yang 'Square' Lee

Sally Manuireva

Kylie Sealy

 

Penelope Barr-Sellers

Vicki Caisley

 

 

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