Padmini is Director, Engagement and Partnerships, collaborating with cross-sector and multi-disciplinary partners to collectively address place-based challenges and opportunities that benefit our communities. She is part of a global network advancing engagement and partnership practice.
Padmini’s career spans working in higher education, museums, and the performing arts with a focus on building inclusive partnerships that enable joined-up actions that make a tangible difference to society.
She was involved in establishing and leading the Immigration Museum in Melbourne. She contributes to not-for profit Boards and organisations and is involved in the Melbourne Awards, Arts House and Australian Print Workshop.
Padmini is a 2000 Churchill Fellow and was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for services to multiculturalism and the community.