Bourby Webster

Bourby Webster is a rule breaker, game changer, advocate for women and passionate supporter of the arts. She is also an experienced CEO, concert promoter, creative director, professional musician, entrepreneur, speaker, mentor and consultant. Bourby is best-known for founding the ground-breaking Perth Symphony Orchestra (PSO) one of WA’s largest arts companies. She has worked in elite sport, accounting, television, engineering, consulting, and the arts prior to starting the orchestra. Since departing PSO at the end of 2022, Bourby has launched a major creative production company, focused on exporting Australian-produced orchestral productions across the globe and bringing world-class experiences to Australia. She is passionate about community and the power of music and arts to connect people in extraordinary ways on a huge scale. She is an in-demand mentor and works with several creatives helping them to excel in their careers. An inspirational speaker, Bourby is in demand as a keynote and motivational speaker and panellist. Bourby has an MBA from UWA, an MA in music from Oxford University, and is a graduate of the Royal College of Music. In 2022 she was named in Business News’ Power 500 list and has been a winner of a Business News 40 Under 40 award for Entrepreneurs and a finalist in the Telstra Businesswoman of the Year Awards (WA). In 2019 she was named Western Australian of the Year (Arts & Culture). She was a founding member of the UK-based electric string quartet ‘bond’ signed to Decca Records. She is a medal-winning, international-level coxswain and was the first female coxswain in 106 years of the WA Kings Cup State Rowing Crew in 2002 and is the current cox of the Black Swans rowing crew comprised of former world championship and Oympic medallists.