Sandra Yates is now retired. lShe is a former President of CEW, and was Chair of Saatchi & Saatchi Australia from 1996 to 2004. She was publisher of Time magazine from 1990 – 1994, Chair of the NSW TAFE Commission Board from 1997 to 2007, Chair of Sydney Writers’ Festival from 2000 to 2011, and Chair of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music from 2014 to 2022. She was a founding board member of the newly independent National Art School.