Caroline Sharpen
Chief Executive Officer
Caroline Sharpen has worked as a senior executive in Australian and US cultural organisations for two decades, and in 2019 became Chief Executive Officer of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Caroline currently serves on the board of Symphony Services Australia and previously Creative Partnerships Australia, Gondwana Choirs, Tasmanian Youth Orchestra and Australian National Academy of Music.
Caroline remains Principal of her own Sharpen Creative Industries Consulting. She was a Fellow at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, holds a Master of Business Administration from the Macquarie Graduate School of Management and achieved her Bachelor of Music (Honours I) and Graduate Diploma of Music at the University of Tasmania.
In 2024, Caroline was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for leadership in arts.