Board

As per the Constitution, ARA members elect a Board to lead the strategic direction of the organisation. The ARA Board is comprised as follows:

General Directors of ARA’s Board:

Danny Broad, Chair
Australasian Railway Association (ARA)

 https://ara.net.au/

Caroline Wilkie, Chief Executive Officer
Australasian Railway Association (ARA)

 https://ara.net.au/

Howard Collins OBE, Chief Operations Officer - Greater Sydney
Transport for NSW

John Fullerton, Chief Executive Officer 
Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC)

 https://www.artc.com.au/

Leah Waymark, Chief Executive Officer
Metro Trains Australia

 http://www.metrotrains.com.au/

Murray Cook, Chief Executive Officer
Arc Infrastructure

 http://www.arcinfra.com/

Louise Collins, Chief of Operational Planning
Pacific National

   https://pacificnational.com.au/

Anna Squire, Australasia Rail Business Leader
Arup

Steve Butcher, Executive General Manager - Rail
John Holland Group

   https://www.downergroup.com/rail

Michael Miller, Group Head - Government and Defence,
Downer Group

 https://www.downergroup.com/rail

David Franks, Chief Executive Officer
Keolis Downer

  
Industry Sector Directors:

Representing the Rail Industry Group (RIG): 
Michael McLellan, Managing Director
Knorr-Bremse

Representing the Rail Contractors Group (RCG): 
Julian Sharp, Project Director
CPB Contractors (AGM–LXRP Caulfield to Dandenong)

 http://www.cpbcon.com.au/

Representing the Rail Freight and Ports Group (RFPG): 
Caryn Anderson,  Executive General Manager
Port of Melbourne

  

Representing the Passenger Transport Group (PTG):
Nick Easy, Chief Executive Officer
Queensland Rail

 https://www.queenslandrail.com.au/

Constitution

At a Special General Meeting of members on 2 June 2016, ARA members ratified a new Constitution to establish the ARA as a Company Limited by Guarantee under the Corporations Act 2001. This came into effect 1 July 2016.

To view the ARA Constitution, click here.