Committee
Peter Lamell - President
Peter Lamell is President of Lorne Sculpture 2011. He is CEO of Silcar (a Siemens/Thiess Joint Venture) and has
worked in senior executive roles in the U.K., U.S., Canada, Asia and Australia. He worked for Shell for over 25 years and
was a Board member of Shell Australia. His work experience has primarily been in sales, marketing, strategy plus
Mergers and Acquisition work. In the last few years, he has specialised in business turnarounds. He is married to Jane
and has two daughters, Sophie and Nicola, who are 21 and 18. His interests are aboriginal art, travel, wine and sport.
Graeme Wiilkie - Vice President
Graeme Wilkie has trained in ceramic studios around the world with over 40 years of working with clay. Wilkie’s passion
for the medium has evolved into the sculptural realm in concept and scale, challenging perceptions of expression in fired
clay. His ongoing pursuit of aesthetics led to him establishing Qdos Arts, a gallery and sculpture garden offering the
scope to bring a greater diversity of cultural events to Lorne. Of the 200 odd exhibitions mounted at Qdos over the past
24 years, numerous acclaimed artists, musicians and performers have been seen at Qdos. The three-acre setting in the
thick towering eucalypts features a decorative pond surrounded by works of our leading sculptors. Wilkie was a member
of the seminal team that established the Lorne Sculpture Exhibition.
Clayton Thompson - Treasurer
Clayton and his wife Laura are full time residents of Lorne, have 2 small children and are very active members of the
Lorne Community. Clayton is a keen ocean swimmer, is the Founder and General Manager of the Lorne Austswim Swim
School, is an Executive Committee Member ( head of Fund Raising ) for the Lorne Kindergarten and sits on the
development team responsible for the major refurbishment of the Lorne Public Pool and Recreational Park. Previously
Clayton and Laura founded the healthy fast food concept – “Spudbar” which operates 15 stores nationally and in New
Zealand. In his role as treasurer Clayton is thrilled to be involved in the Lorne Sculpture Exhibition.
Ian Macrae - Convener Artistic Sub-Committee
Ian Macrae has been a film director and photographer for over 30 years. His photographs are held in various private
collections in Australia and Europe. Ian trained at Prahran Art School in Melbourne majoring in Painting and
Photography. His principal career has been as a film director specialising in visual special effects. Ian has maintained his
interest in photography since art school and in recent years has held two exhibitions of his work. His website displaying
photographic work is refreshed on a regular basis. Recently Ian has started designing websites, with the aim of
providing an economic design to suit artists or anyone needing a small functioning web site.
Website • www.ianmacrae.net
Jenn Brown - Convener Marketing Sub-Committee
Jenn Brown has spent most of her career in Sales and Marketing. After completing her Honors degree in Commerce
and a brief stint as an accountant, Jenn joined Pacific Brands where her roles included marketing, sales and product
manager. For the past 5 years she has been working with her husband in their own consulting business. As a member
of the Lorne SLSC Jenn has been involved in the organization of the nib Lorne Pier to Pub Swim for over 15 years, and
regularly enjoys swimming the swim course herself. She currently lives in Lorne with her husband and 2 young children.
Her interests include swimming, running, art and design, and skiing.
Trish Brawn - Convener Education Sub-Committee
Trish Brawn has training and experience in education through various teaching roles and the first Children’s Museum in
Melbourne where she coordinated school’s tours and volunteers. Her focus has been in helping children and people with
a particular interest in how we live in communities. Trish directed this interest into fundraising for many charities
particularly in major donor development, relationship marketing and bequest areas. With her husband Graham, she has
a passion for Lorne and its surrounds. The idea of adding art and culture to the mix for the Lorne community and its
visitors is very compelling and her interest in Lorne Sculpture is education and community connections.
Peter Matthews
Peter completed Industrial Design at RMIT in 1960, worked for an exhibition design agency until he started a design
consultancy in 1969. Expo Hire Pty Ltd was formed in 1974 focusing on design, project management and infrastructure
for trade and consumer exhibitions, building over 300 exhibitions and events in 2008, the year he sold the company.
Over the years Mandy and Peter joined a number of Lorne organisations and as their involvement grew so did their
commitment to Lorne. Recently Peter joined the Lorne Sculpture and Friends of Lorne committees.
Matt Boland
Matt Boland has experience in agriculture, education, planning and government. His most recent positions were as
Director Corporate Affairs at RMIT University and Chief of Staff to the former Minister for Planning, Arts and Women's
Affairs. He now runs his own consultancy business. He has a long-term interest in Victoria's coast and is a keen ocean
swimmer, sailor and surf life saver.
Bob Sinclair
Bob Sinclair is an architect of 35 years experience in designing award winning civic buildings including the supreme and
county courts of Victoria and the recently completed Deakin University teaching, training and research building at
Geelong Hospital. Bob has also participated in a diverse range of professional activities including teaching at Melbourne
University and over recent years at Deakin University School of Architecture. Bob is a fellow of the Australian Institute of
Architects and has interests in music, drawing and painting.
Relevant and significant projects include:
. Bond University, Queensland
. Australian Chancery Complex, Saudi Arabia
. MLC junior school and kindergarten
. Canberra School of Art
. Belconnen College, Canberra
. Latrobe Rural Health School - clinical teaching and health science buildings.