The Advisory Committee contributes to the vision articulated in The National Cultural Policy: REVIVE by exploring impact investing as an effective tool in building a more sustainable arts and cultural sector. It will do so by drawing on the skills and experience of its members in capability building, business models and investment structures, social impact measurement and investment fund development. 

Committee members 

Rosemary Addis AM, Mondiale Impact (Chair)  

Rosemary Addis AM has been at the forefront of impact, purpose and innovation in organisations, policy and markets for over two decades. She pioneered ecosystem development for impact from various roles – currently as Managing Partner of Mondiale Impact, Enterprise Professor in Impact, Sustainability & Innovation at University of Melbourne, Industry Professor in Finance & Investment at University College London and selected Chair and Board roles.   

Her contributions include leading Australia’s public good impact market builder, Impact Investing Australia as Founding Chair, representing Australia at the G8 Impact Investment Taskforce and contributing to shaping the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment as Executive Board Member, Trustee and now Ambassador from its inception with the original G7 + Australia in 2014 to over 40 countries with more coming on board, advising the United Nations Development Programme on SDG Impact and serving as Social Innovation Strategist in the Australian Government. These roles built on a global legal career and leading major federal social and economic reforms to boost productivity and inclusion through the Council of Australian Governments.   

Ingrid Albert, Executive Director, Alberts and The Tony Foundation   

Ingrid is an executive director and member of the 5th generation at Alberts. She is actively involved in the impact ventures team investing in early-stage impact start-ups across four theme areas: vibrant culture, equality, healthy minds and sustainable environments.   

She also manages Alberts philanthropic arm, The Tony Foundation, which supports organisations using music to create improved life outcomes for young people. Ingrid leads marketing at Alberts, with a current focus on leadership and advocacy. Prior to Alberts, she built her strategy and marketing career working locally and internationally in Switzerland and Dubai for FMCG company CPW (a joint venture between Nestle and General Mills).  

Leah Armstrong, Chair, First Australia's Capital   

Leah Armstrong, a Torres Strait Islander, is a senior professional with over 25 years’ business and not-for-profit experience. Leah is leading First Australians Capital in innovating an ambitious Indigenous-led impact-first investment fund to grow the pipeline of Indigenous businesses. Leah was the CEO for Reconciliation Australia between 2010-2014.  

Leah has board and committee roles including ex-officio member of the BCA Indigenous Taskforce Foundations for Young Australians, and a Trustee of The Nature Conservancy (Australia) and held previous positions as a member of the Prime Minister’s Indigenous Advisory Council, the University of Sydney Senate and Chairperson of Supply Nation.  

Cathy Hunt AM, Of One Mind  

Cathy is a successful cultural sector consultant and business woman with over 30 years’ experience providing advice to governments, architects, planners, and arts and cultural organisations in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong, as the co-founder of Positive Solutions.   

Throughout her career Cathy has also focused on researching and implementing new models for additional funding and financing into the cultural economy, from an early engagement with the ‘Banking on Culture’ initiative in Europe (1990s) to creating the QuickstART, interest free loan program for artists (2000s) as a member of the New Models New Money team (2008-2012) an advisor to the $1 million Arts Business Innovation Fund (ABIF), (2015-17) as well as regularly writing on the topic.  

Formerly a festival producer in the UK, Cathy returned to that role in 2014, bringing the WOW (Women of the World) Festival movement to Australia. As Executive Director of non-profit company Of One Mind, Cathy has been the Executive Producer of WOW in Australia for the last seven years and is a global advisor to the WOW Foundation in London.   

Cathy is a Director of Screen Queensland, a member Carolus and the Impact Club and in 2023 became a Member of the Order of Australia for her services to the arts, culture and women.  

Danielle Logue, UNSW Director, Centre for Social Impact  

Professor Danielle Logue is Director of the Centre for Social Impact UNSW (CSI UNSW) and Professor of Innovation & Impact at UNSW Business School. Danielle's research portfolio draws on a broad base of organisation and management theory to examine how enterprises and markets engage in processes of social innovation. Recent projects investigate new forms of organising, governing and financing to address social and environmental problems including impact investing, civic crowdfunding platforms, social stock exchanges, social impact bonds and social enterprises.  

In recent years, Danielle has led major external research contracts including for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Department of Social Services and the Wayside Chapel. She was awarded an ARC DECRA and is currently Chief Investigator on an ARC Discovery Project examining impact investing markets and gender equality. Previous leadership positions include Director of the Centre for Business & Sustainable Development, Deputy Head (Engagement), at the UTS Business School. Danielle has held visiting positions at Judge Business School Cambridge University, Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship University of Oxford, IAE Business School Argentina and Stanford University. She completed a Doctorate of Philosophy and Master of Science at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.  

Prior professional experience includes industry and innovation policy, business and international development for organisations such as the World Bank and Australian federal and state departments of industry.  

Sally McCutchan, CEO, Breakthrough Victoria  

Sally is the Executive Director of Portfolio Management at Breakthrough Victoria. She was a founding partner and the inaugural CEO of Bridges Australia, an affiliate of a global leader in impact investing, Bridges Fund Management. She has extensive experience in finance, funds management and strategy, and has spent many years working in and understanding Asia Pacific markets. She has held senior roles with Accenture, JP Morgan Investment Management and SBC Warburg (now UBS).  

Sally is a non-executive director of: E&P Financial Group (ASX:EP1), Titan Securities (a NAB securitisation company), Impact Investing Australia, a member of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG) and Oxfam Australia, where she also Chairs the Finance, Risk and Audit Committee. She is a member of the QBE Committee of Social and Environmental Impact, the wisdom circle of First Australians Capital and the Technical Advisory Group for DFAT’s Emerging Markets Impact Investing Fund. She was a member of the expert panel of the Australian Social Impact Investing Taskforce in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative Working Group for mobilising capital.   

Sally is a Certified Practising Accountant and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and was recognised in 2020 with an Order of Australia award for her work in ethical investment. She holds a Graduate Diploma in Accounting and Finance and a Bachelor of Economics from Monash University.  

Rajiv Viswanathan, Managing Director, Adamantem Capital   

Rajiv Viswanathan is a Managing Director of Adamantem Capital with a focus on investment in environmental opportunities, including decarbonisation and natural capital. He has worked across the private, public and social impact sectors in Sydney, New York and London.  

From 2016 to 2020, Rajiv was Chief Executive Officer of Indigenous Business Australia (IBA), a commercially focused statutory corporation with $1.7 billion in assets, and from 2012-2016 ran IBA’s investment portfolio, which comprised over $400 million invested across diversified funds and direct investments in real assets, renewable energy, tourism, agribusiness and other sectors. From 2004 to 2012, Rajiv worked at Macquarie Group in New York and Sydney, and prior to that worked for several years as a corporate lawyer with Slaughter & May in London and Allens in Sydney.  

Rajiv sits on the boards of Evnex, Pac Trading, Edgezero and he also sits on the boards of Life Without Barriers and First Nations Foundation. He has a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Technology, Sydney.