Sydney New Year’s Eve Team
Aneurin Coffey / Producer
Aneurin was appointed Sydney New Year's Eve Producer in 2011, having held the position of Production Manager since 2006, and has been associated with the event in various roles since 1998.
Reg Mombassa / Creative Ambassador
Reg Mombassa is a founding member of pop-rock bands Mental as Anything and Dog Trumpet, and a distinctive artist, popularly known for his T-shirt and poster designs for Mambo. Reg has joined the Sydney New Year’s Eve team to help Sydney Shine even brighter as Creative Ambassador for 2013 Sydney New Year’s Eve.
Fortunato Foti / Fireworks Director
Fortunato is a seventh generation pyrotechnician and has been Fireworks Director for Sydney New Year's Eve for over 10 years. Fireworks have been a Foti family tradition since 1793 and 'Forch' has created award-winning fireworks displays around the world. He was chief pyrotechnics designer for the 2000 Summer Olympics opening and closing ceremonies in Sydney.
Catherine Flanagan
Associate Producer
Janet Eades
Production Manager
Kirsten McLeod
Business Operations Manager
Heath Campanaro
Director Imagination pty ltd
Kate Anderson
Senior Producer Imagination pty ltd
Lisa Taylor
Design Director Imagination pty ltd
Adrian Goldthorp
Creative Director Imagination pty ltd
Troy Graham
Senior Copywriter Imagination pty ltd
Davide Carbone
Musical Director Imagination pty ltd
Josh Abrahams
Musical Director Imagination pty ltd
Production
Production Services
- Chris Karstens
- Production Coordinator
Technical Services
Harbour Services
Operations and Logistics
Event Stage Management
Broadcast
Entertainment
Lord Mayor’s Party
Lord Mayor’s Picnic
Dawes Point Viewing Area
Scenic Art
Creative team – Imagination Australia
- Dein Perry
- Performance Director
- Mark Hammer
- Lighting Director
- Lars Wijers
- 3D Designer
- Kimmi Ko
- 3D Designer
- Nick Wright
- 2D Designer
- Raj Kumar
- Artworker
- Ben Weir
- Script Writer
- Louise Ryan
- Design Manager
- Belinda Aucott
- PR Manager
Business, Operations and Administration
- Penny Murden
- Operations Officer
- Dee Jones
- Administration Officer
City of Sydney
- Clover Moore
- Lord Mayor of Sydney
- Monica Barone
- Chief Executive Officer
- Ann Hoban
- Director City Life
- Alex Bowen
- Manager Culture and Creativity Programs
Business Administration
- Sayan Paranthaman
- Business Support Manager
- Margaret-Anne Otton
- Business Support Coordinator
- Irene Charitou
- Business Support Coordinator
- Christine Jackson
- Business Support Coordinator
- Linda Tunnicliff
- Project Officer
Business Development
- Joann di Gesu
- Business Development and Sponsorship Manager
Marketing
- Kate Deacon
- Marketing, Advertising and Design Manager
- Katrina de Jersey
- Global City Marketing Manager
- Karl Herger
- Digital Marketing Specialist
- Emily Newman
- Marketing Campaign Manager
- Manja Hausdorf
- Marketing Campaign Manager
Media and Communications
- Martin Wallace
- Media and Communications Manager
- Jodie Minus
- Senior Media Adviser
- Keely Irvin
- Events Media Adviser
Web Team
- Tim Ettle
- Digital Producer
- Carlo Silva
- Website Designer, Front-end and Back-end Developer
- David Skelton
- Front-end and Back-end Developer
- Denis Nerezov
- Front-end and Back-end Developer
- Shizhen Wang
- Back-end Developer
- Kristof Kowalski
- Systems Administrator