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After six years as Chief Executive of the Wales Millennium Centre, Judith Isherwood is to return to Australia to become the new Chief Executive of the Melbourne Arts Centre.

Judith Isherwood joined the Wales Millennium Centre as it was being built in 2003, facing the challenges of it opening and the struggle to juggle its finances.

The Millennium Centre's board Chairman, Lord Rowe-Beddoe, said it had been a "stimulating" partnership adding "Judith returns to her home town to head up an exciting and challenging development project, as well as benefiting from being closer to her immediate family.

Announcing her intentions to return to Melbourne, Isherwood told the BBC that she had "very mixed emotions."

"I am as passionate and enthusiastic about Wales Millennium Centre now as I was on my first day. However, my desire to return now to Australia and explore new challenges is equally strong."

The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh and Prince of Wales, officially opened the £109 million performing arts centre in November 2004, as it became one of the most iconic buildings in Wales.

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