Dr Gene Sherman AM is Chairman and Executive Director of Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation. She was formerly Director and Proprietor of Sherman Galleries, representing major artists across Australia and the Asia-Pacific region (1986–2007). She is Adjunct Professor, UNSW Art & Design (formerly COFA); inaugural patron of the Designers Circle for the MAAS Centre for Fashion; and a board member of The Australian Institute of Art History (since 2013) and Sydney Contemporary (since 2014). Dr Sherman is Co-Chair of the Tate Asia-Pacific Acquisitions Committee and a member of the Tate International Council; a member of the International Association of Art Critics; and an Asialink Asia Literacy Ambassador. The Foundation is a member of CIMAM, the International Committee of ICOM for Museums and Collections of Modern Art. Dr Sherman’s awards include the B’nai B’rith award (2014), Member of the Order of Australia in 2010 for her cultural philanthropy and her support of emerging and established artists, and a Doctorate of Letters honoris causa by the University of Sydney (2008). The French Government has acknowledged Dr Sherman with two awards: the Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2016), and the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.