 In February 2013 he left the SA Public Sector and from September 2013 to August 2014 served as CEO with Sydney-based not-for-profit network, Place Leaders Asia-Pacific Ltd.He has served as a member of the board of Volunteering SA&NT and of Soundstream New Music Collective, was Chairman of the board of Festival Fleurieu (a biennial arts festival in the district of Yankalilla) and from July 2015, as Chairman of the board of Adelaide Festival of Ideas Association Inc.In June 2014 he was appointed a member of the Australia Council for the Arts' Major Performing Arts Panel.