TransLink Transit Authority - Board

[ozbob]

From http://www.translink.com.au/qt/translin.nsf/index/media_transitauthority_jan08

The TransLink Transit Authority Board includes seven members.

Unlike an Advisory Board, the TransLink Transit Authority Board will be a Management Board with the capacity to make decisions for the Authority, and the CEO will be accountable to the Board. Members of the Board will also be involved in the recruitment process for the TTA's CEO.

The board will include:

      Chairperson - Mr Geoff Harley

      Mr Harley has practised law for over 35 years, most recently as Partner-in-Charge of Clayton Utz. He has previously served as Chairperson of Ergon Energy as well as various other Director and Chairperson roles.

      Board member - Bruce Wilson

      Bruce Wilson is the Director-General of Queensland Transport. Bruce is the current longest-service DG in the Queensland Government.

      Board member - Jude Munro

      Ms Munro has been CEO for the Brisbane City Council for over seven years, and has also served as the CEO of the City of Adelaide, CEO of the new City of Moreland in Victoria and CEO of the former City of St Kilda.

      Board member - Richard Mathews

      Most recently, Mr Mathews has served as CEO of Mincom Limited.

      Board member - Chris Freeman

      Mr Freeman has held senior roles in the property development industry including a period as Executive Director of the Sunland Group Ltd and is currently Queensland Chief Executive of the Mirvac Group.

      Board member - Helen Gluer

      Ms Gluer's 25 years experience in the banking, finance and infrastructure sectors have contributed to her current role as CEO of the Tarong Energy Corporation, a position she took up after nearly seven years as Chief Financial Officer for the Brisbane City Council.

      Board member - Brett Godfrey

      Mr Godfrey is currently the CEO of Virgin Blue.

Mr Harley has stated he is a regular commuter on the Ferny Grove line.  Wonder how many other board members are regular users of public transport on the Translink network?

[mufreight]

Having a legal eagle in charge of the new board is a master stroke he will be well qualified to oversea the litigation that must eventually arise from the inadequacies of the Translink system, Mr Wilson and Mr Godfrey would appear to be the only members of the board with hands on experience in the transport system, the board would have in all probability done better to have had a person from the management of one of the major bus companies and from the senior operational management of QR city train such as Mr Taylor together with an average man in the street commuter representative.

But that would be logic that might arrive at some realistc and practical solutions to the basket case that is public transport in South East Queensland today.

[Derwan]

There's no one from QR.   

[curator49]

Even QR is getting, as much as possible, their senior management from non-rail backgrounds. So Translink Board is just following suit. An airline CEO should know a great deal about running suburban transport.

QR is trying to dilute or completely disperse the "railway culture"