General Board Directors
Lucio Di Bartolomeo
Chair
- Australasian Railway Association
Caroline Wilkie
Chief Executive Officer
- Australasian Railway Association (ARA)
Steve Butcher
Executive General Manager & Managing Director Rail & Transport
- John Holland Group
Howard Collins OBE
Coordinator General
- Transport for NSW
Pascal Dupond
Managing Director - Australia and New Zealand
- Alstom
Raphaelle Guerineau
CEO - Australia and New Zealand
- Siemens Mobility
Wayne Johnson
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
- ARTC
Peter Reidy
Chief Executive Officer
- KiwiRail
Julian Sharp
Project Director
- CPB Contractors
Kat Stapleton
Chief Executive Officer
- Queensland Rail
Rebecca Want
Market Leader Transport for Sydney
- GHD
Daniel Williams
Chief Executive Officer
- Metro Trains Sydney
Industry Sector Directors
Mark Carling
Managing Director - Asia Pacific
- Unipart Group
Rail Industry Executive Committee (RIEC) chair
Richard Cohen
Managing Director Port, Rail & Core Services - Iron Ore
- Rio Tinto
Heavy Haul Executive Committee (HHEC) chair
Peter Lensink
Chief Operating Officer
- Transdev Australasia
Passenger Operators Executive Committee (POEC) chair
John McArthur
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
- One Rail Australia Holdings Ltd
Rail Freight Executive Committee (RFEC) chair
David Robotham
General Manager - Rail, Clients & Markets
- Laing O’Rourke
Rail Infrastructure Contractors Executive Committee (RICEC) chair
Our constitution
The Board is guided by the ARA’s Constitution, which is available here.