John R Kirby

Mr Kirby is a Chairman of Village Roadshow Corporation Pty Ltd. He has held a number of executive positions in cinema exhibition, film distribution, radio, theme parks, construction and strategy over his 50 years. He is Currently Chairman of the Victoria University Confucius Institute, Director Asia Pacific Screen Academy and Queensland College of Arts. Previously Chairman, Austereo Limited. He was Chairman of The Salvation Army Advisory Board and Red Shield Appeal and Sony Foundation Australia, Deputy Chairman of The Conversation Media Group, former Director of IMNIS and former Director of Jigsaw Foundation at the Royal Children's Hospital, Surf Life Saving Australia Foundation, Griffith University Advisory for CILECT Congress. He is a Former Chairman of Sponsors Appeal Committee of the Victorian College of the Arts, and former Deputy Chairman of the Interim Council of the National Film and Sound Archive. He is also a Former Member of the Victorian Premier's Multi Media Task Force, Victorian Advisory Council of the Australian Opera, and Progressive Business Victoria and former advisor, Commando Welfare Trust.