Liz Neilsen

Elizabeth Nielsen, along with her husband Ken Nielsen, Erin Helyard, Alison Johnston and Anna Cerneaz, was a founder of Pinchgut Opera. Liz had taught commercial law and established a mediation practice (good training for running an opera company!) before she realised she had retired from the law as Pinchgut Opera was far more fun and was taking all her time. For Pinchgut, Liz has done just about every administrative job from negotiating contracts and grant applications to making lunches and billeting musicians. Liz was Chair of the Board from 2002 until December 2016.