Premium Content Subscriber only After more than a decade at the helm of the Lismore Regional Gallery, director Brett Adlington will be leaving to take up a highly respected new role. Through a competitive and exhaustive recruitment process, he has been appointed chief executive of Museums & Galleries NSW. He said the decision to leave the Lismore gallery was made with âmixed emotionsâ. âItâs been 11 years for me in this role, and itâs time for fresh energy,â Mr Adlington said. âThe team I have had the pleasure to work with here are truly inspirational and leaving them is what makes this decision so hard.