Turmoil at Sydney Symphony over CEO’s future
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The Australian Financial Review reports serious divisions on the board of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra after two independent reviews into the performance of chief executive Emma Dunch.
One of the reports, by former London Philharmonic chief Tim Walker says the board ‘stepped away from the obvious action required to restore confidence in the organisation’.
Dunch was appointed in 2017.
Read the FR story here.
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Ms. Dunch’s on-line profile indicates that this is the first CEO position she has held with an orchestra. Previously she has done marketing and fundraising and ran her own consulting business in New York a number of years.
Boycott Australia. They are treating Aborigines like criminals, like dirt. Disgusting.
How rediculous, where is the other side of the story…. many other organisations have closed during this time period
The other side of the story is that Dunch has been scamming her resume as a fact. Her resume is a a fabrication. Yes she has never led an organisation and when she has claimed to fundraise she took the funds from the organization for a fee and did not revert with any donors. Just ask the LPO
Emma Dunch is a serial fabricator of her career and her achievements, so her inability to handle this job and approach colleagues with her customary rudeness is no surprise. Anyone who had the misfortune of ‘working” with her in the USA knows the breadth and depth of her ability to deliver and to lie her way through to the next appointment. How did she get the job in the first place is the question. She has NEVER managed an orchestra and she has NEVER managed an organisation. All comes to those who lie and cheat their way. The worst aspect of this appointment is how she has diminished the SSO’s name and how she has demoralised and bullied the team. If she was a male she would be convicted of work place bullying.