- Bama Services Board – Non-Executive Director
After 40-plus years of experience in the public, private and manufacturing sectors, Neil is now semi-retired and has shifted his focus to consultation and advising boards on all matters engineering, transport, leadership, and change management.
He is passionate about life-long learning, First Nations issues, and mentoring others and aims to continue to contribute in these areas.
Neil is also currently on the High-Speed Rail Authority as a board member. He is also currently the Deputy Chair of the Australian Road Research Board and a board member of the Tourism and Transport Forum, Police Citizens Youth Clubs (PCYC) Queensland and the Queensland Transport and Logistics Council. Before semi-retirement, Neil was Director-General of the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) Queensland for over a decade, where he proudly championed accessibility, safety, and domestic and family violence awareness. He was also the Government Champion for the Woorabinda Indigenous community – a role he was deeply passionate about.
Before moving to Australia, Neil was one of the United Kingdom’s most senior public transport executives. He was Chief Executive and Director-General of Merseytravel, the transport authority for Merseyside in the north of England.
