The ARA is pleased to announce that leading transport executive Samantha Abeydeera, Divisional Manager, Transport for Brisbane, Brisbane City Council, will be guest speaker at the upcoming ARA Qld Women in Rail Networking Lunch on March 12. 

Samantha is responsible for one of Australia’s largest public transport providers with more than 3,000 employees facilitating close to 50 million annual customer journeys across bus, ferry and e-mobility.  

Prior to joining the Council, Samantha was the Executive Director of Strategic Operations at Transport for NSW. This unique role was responsible for driving end-to-end multimodal strategy and continuous improvement in mass transport for up to 700 million annual customer journeys. Samantha previously held senior roles in the private sector, including Managing Director of Transport and the group’s Chief Operating Officer for Maritime at the NRMA Group. 

In 2018, Samantha was recognised as one of the Top 50 Women in NSW Government for her transformational leadership as Director of Train Crewing at Sydney Trains where she led more than 1000 Drivers and Guards who delivered in excess of 400 million customer journeys annually.  

Samantha holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Laws from Macquarie University and has also undertaken executive education in Boston at Harvard Business School. 

Register here.