Our Team

Lan Le was born in Da Nang, Vietnam, and arrived in Australia with her husband Hieu Van Le in 1977.

Lan attended the South Australian Institute of Technology and in 1985 graduated with a Bachelor of Social Work.  For 30 years, she worked as a Social Worker and Rehabilitation Consultant in various Commonwealth Government departments.

Within these positions, Lan have received several Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service National Awards for her outstanding and consistent contribution to client services and team leadership

Currently Lan is patron of St Andrew’s Hospital Foundation
Lan has been awarded Life Membership of Palliative Care SA and Cystic Fibrosis SA.

She is also an Honorary Member of Rose Society SA and Ambassador for Grandparents for Grandchildren, South Australian Women’s Memorial Playing Field Trust Inc. and The Memorial Hospital’s Centenary Celebration.
Lan is a recipient of Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary Foundation in 2021
Lan has a strong interest in arts and crafts, she enjoys cooking and gardening

Lan Le was born in Da Nang, Vietnam, and arrived in Australia with her husband Hieu Van Le in 1977.

Lan attended the South Australian Institute of Technology and in 1985 graduated with a Bachelor of Social Work.  For 30 years, she worked as a Social Worker and Rehabilitation Consultant in various Commonwealth Government departments.

Within these positions, Lan have received several Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service National Awards for her outstanding and consistent contribution to client services and team leadership

Currently Lan is patron of St Andrew’s Hospital Foundation
Lan has been awarded Life Membership of Palliative Care SA and Cystic Fibrosis SA.

She is also an Honorary Member of Rose Society SA and Ambassador for Grandparents for Grandchildren, South Australian Women’s Memorial Playing Field Trust Inc. and The Memorial Hospital’s Centenary Celebration.
Lan is a recipient of Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary Foundation in 2021
Lan has a strong interest in arts and crafts, she enjoys cooking and gardening

Mr Le was born in Central Vietnam in 1954, where he attended school before studying Economics at the Dalat University in the Highlands.

Mr Le, and his wife, Lan, arrived in Australia in 1977 and settled in Adelaide, starting with three months at the Pennington Migrant Hostel.

Mr Le returned to study at the University of Adelaide, where he earned a degree in Economics and Accounting.  In 2001, Mr Le’s further study earned him a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the same university.

Mr Le gained Certified Practising Accountant accreditation, and from 1991 worked at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, where he led many high-profile matters. Upon his retirement from the Commission in March 2009, he held the position of Senior Manager – Financial Services Regulation.

Mr Le has served on many community boards and committees, in particular those relating to cultural and linguistic diversity, the arts and education.

In 1995 Mr Le was appointed a member of the SA Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs Commission, and was appointed Deputy Chairman in 2001.  When Mr Le became Chairman in 2007, he was the first person of Asian background to be Chairman in South Australia.

In August 2007, Mr Le was sworn in as the Lieutenant Governor of South Australia.  Over the next seven years in this role, Mr Le served as the Patron or Honorary member of many organisations.

On 1 September 2014, Mr Le was sworn in as Governor of South Australia.  He concluded his term on 31 August 2021.

It is understood that Mr Le is the first Vietnamese-born person who has ever been appointed to a Vice-Regal position in the world.

Mr Le was awarded the Australia Day Medal in 1996 for outstanding service to Australian Securities and Investment Commission, and has been awarded the Centenary of Federation Medal for service to the advancement of multiculturalism.

In 2010 Mr Le was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for outstanding service to community, social inclusion and international engagements. In June 2016, Mr Le was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) for service to the community in South Australia.  He has also been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from both Adelaide University and Flinders University.

Mr Le is married to Mrs Lan Le, with whom he has two adult sons, Don and Kim.

Terri is a passionate and committed Arts administrator and producer with over 15 years’ experience across the planning, management and delivery of a broad cross section of programs, events and festivals. Her previous roles have been with WOMADelaide, the Commonwealth Games Performing Arts Program in Melbourne 2006, Adelaide Film Festival, Adelaide Fringe, Windmill Theatre, AAPPAC (Association of Asia Pacific Performing Arts Centers), Country Arts SA and the Adelaide Festival Centre across various programming/producing roles.

Terri has a strong commitment to promoting social cohesion and creating opportunities for arts and culture to genuinely reflect and represent diverse voices in our contemporary culture and society. Terri also has a deep connection with her own Italian cultural background.

Terri has been a long standing supporter of Nexus Arts, and acknowledges and values its vital role as a leader in culturally diverse and intercultural artistic practice. She equally shares Nexus Arts’ passion and advocacy for expanding the opportunities and platforms for culturally and linguistically diverse, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists.

Chris is an experienced Chartered Accountant and finance leader who has experience across a number of industries and is currently at an Energy Infrastructure and Asset Management organisation. Prior to his current role, Chris worked at the Adelaide Festival Centre for a number of years where he developed a connection to the Arts and the impact it has in our culturally and linguistically diverse society. Here he developed knowledge and expertise in financial arts administration of festivals, facility management, musicals, and the foundation.

There is a strong focus from Chris to ensure we create opportunities in the arts for all individuals which celebrate, reflect, and showcase our community’s diverse heritage and backgrounds.

Chris strongly supports Nexus Arts and is committed to ensuring the long-term financial stability to continue engaging and developing with both artists and audiences in contemporary intercultural creative practices.

Natali is a community and cultural development leader with fifteen years of experience working across the creative sector, not-for-profits and local government in Australia and internationally. Her work focuses on strengthening inclusion, community capacity, and resilience through interdisciplinary collaborations, policy development and place-based practice.

Her career includes cultural programming positions in Aotearoa New Zealand and Colombia where she collaborated with artists, communities, and cultural institutions to empower communities to lead change. Natali is committed to equity in the creative sector and has worked extensively alongside culturally diverse and First Nations communities to create opportunities for meaningful participation and representation.

Natali holds a Master in Social Sciences from Jyvaskyla University in Finland, is a member of Creative Australia’s Pool of Peers for Community Arts and Cultural Development, and is currently completing a Certificate IV in Leadership and Management.

She shares and strongly supports Nexus Arts’ commitment to diversity, intercultural dialogue, and creative inclusion. She brings a unique blend of strategic insight, cross-cultural awareness, and a deep belief in the role of creativity to drive social justice and lasting change.

Victoria Falconer (she/her) is a celebrated cross-disciplinary performance maker, music director, multi-instrumentalist, and creative mentor of Filipino-English heritage. She is co-Artistic Director of Hayes Theatre Co alongside Richard Carroll, and 2024 winner of the Arts and Culture category at the Asian-Australians Leadership Awards).

Notable recent work as a musical director includes Hedwig & The Angry Inch (Adelaide Festival), My Brilliant Career (Melbourne Theatre Company), In The Heights (Sydney Opera House), Ride The Cyclone (Hayes Theatre Co) and M’ap Boulé (Performing Lines). Recent commissions as cabaret artist include Smashed: The Nightcap (Sydney Festival 2024/Auckland Arts Festival 2025), The Sight (Dark Mofo 2023), and The Vali Myers Project (Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Frank Ford winner 2022).

Blythe Chandler leads the business development team for a national, non-profit, community mental health organisation, and specialises in governance processes and stakeholder management.

Prior to taking on this role, Blythe enjoyed a jigsaw puzzle career in the creative industries. She holds a PhD in Screen Studies (University of Melbourne) and has worked in senior arts management and academic positions locally and internationally, including as a member of Nexus Arts’ leadership team.

Blythe is passionate about art in all its forms, and about supporting artists, makers and audiences to explore who we are and who we could be. She has been involved with Nexus Arts since 2019 and a member of the Board since 2022. 

BA (Hons), MA, PhD, Dip Ed. Diana is currently Professor Emerita of Italian and formerly Dean of the School of Humanities and Creative Arts at Flinders University. A recipient of national teaching awards, she has published numerous scholarly works on Dante, migration and oral history.

She is an experienced leader in tertiary education and a recipient of national teaching awards. Diana is a Fellow of the Governor’s Leadership Foundation, Leaders Institute of SA, and has previously served on the Helpmann Academy Board of Governors, as Chair of the Fellowships Judging Panel for the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and as an assessor for Arts Industry Development Programs, Mid-Career Fellowships and Australia Council grants.

Diana strongly supports the dedicated advocacy by Nexus Arts for promoting culturally diverse representation, inclusivity and intercultural creative practices. Her own cultural background is Italian-Australian.