Chief Executive of Sydney’s Anticipated Parramatta Powerhouse Museum Steps Down Two Months Before Grand Opening

Chief Executive of Sydney’s Forthcoming $915 M. Cultural Institution Steps Down Amid Ongoing Investigations, 10 Weeks Ahead of Its Opening

Lisa Havilah has been overseeing the $915 million build of Powerhouse Parramatta—the city's most significant cultural infrastructure project since the Sydney Opera House.

Powerhouse Parramatta was meant to reshape Sydney’s cultural map. Now its leadership is under scrutiny

The chief executive who has spent seven years overseeing one of Australia’s most ambitious cultural infrastructure projects has stepped aside, just ten weeks before it was due to open. Lisa Havilah was appointed chief executive of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, now known as Powerhouse, in 2019. She became inseparable from its transformation: defending its direction through parliamentary inquiries, delivering its Parramatta home, and ad…

Chief executive of Sydney’s anticipated Parramatta Powerhouse museum steps down two months before grand opening

Lisa Havilah had stood aside pending “investigations into governance and procurement”, according to New South Wales’ arts minister

Powerhouse Parramatta CEO steps aside weeks from grand opening

The decision was announced in a statement from the office of Minister for Arts John Graham on Thursday.

Powerhouse Parramatta chief Lisa Havilah departs just weeks from opening

After seven years leading the billion-dollar Powerhouse’s move to Parramatta, its chief executive is abruptly stepping down.

Powerhouse CEO stands aside; procurement investigation flagged

Lisa Havilah stands down just 10 weeks out from the opening of the $915 million Powerhouse Parramatta.