Queensland Rail Board

David Marchant AM - Chair

Chair, Independent Non-Executive Director

Appointed 29 March 2019

Experience

David joined the Board of Queensland Rail on 7 October 2015, and was appointed as Chair on 29 March 2019.

David has extensive Board experience and has held a number of executive and non-executive roles across a range of sectors including rail, road, water, gas, electricity, logistics and supply chain management. David has comprehensive experience re-positioning and re-focusing business strategies and directions as well as capital and cost management.

David was appointed as the inaugural Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Rail Track Corporation Ltd in 1998 and held this role until 2011. David served on the Board of the Australasian Railways Association as a Director from 1998 to 2011, and as Chair from 2009 – 2011. David also served as a Director of the Rail Industry Safety and Standards Board from 2002 to 2010.

David has worked as Managing Director of Lend Lease Engineering and Managing Director of Lend Lease Infrastructure Services, and as a Director of the Hunter Valley Coal Chain Coordination Company Pty Ltd.

David was awarded the Order of Australia, General Division, in 2013 for significant service to the rail industry through national structural reform and infrastructure upgrades. David has been a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors since 2000.

Qualifications:

GAICD

Member of:

Audit and Risk Committee, People and Safety Committee, Major Projects and Procurement Committee

Other Directorships:

Director - Airservices Australia, Chair – Technology and Investment Committee, Member – Audit and Risk Committee, Member – Remuneration and Human Resources Committee, Member – Safety Committee

Stephen Cantwell

Independent Non-Executive Director

Appointed 1 October 2016

Experience

Stephen has more than 35 years’ experience in a broad range of strategic, functional and customer-facing roles within multi-billion dollar national and international business environments. He has extensive functional and operational experience backed by strong commercial acumen.

Most recently, Stephen has worked with Bradken, a publicly listed Australian-based company supplying differentiated consumable and capital products to global markets in the resources, freight rail and power generation sectors. During this time, he headed multi-million dollar businesses making and selling products across the globe. This work involved responsibility for operations in Australasia, Africa, China, India; as well as North and South America.
As Chief Operating Officer and later Interim Chief Executive Officer of Queensland Rail, Stephen led Australia’s largest transportation company through a period of major restructuring and change, delivering growth and innovation across a broad portfolio of Queensland Rail’s activities. He has established a reputation as a national leader in transport innovation and his work has extended well into the resources sector where he has led the commercial development of the supply chain and infrastructure components of a number of major projects in liquefied natural gas, alumina and coal, in Australia and overseas. He has built strong international and business credentials, working with a range of global corporations and governments to advise in the areas of transport, logistics and infrastructure.

Qualifications:

MBus, BBus, Grad Dip Transport & Logistics Management, FCILT, FCIEAM, GAICD

Member of:

People and Safety Committee (Chair), Major Projects and Procurement Committee

Other Directorships:

Director – Tasmanian Railways Pty Ltd (TasRail), Director – Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd

Renaye Peters

Independent Non-Executive Director

Appointed 1 October 2016

Experience

Renaye was appointed as the Vice President Campus, Infrastructure and Services at Monash University in October 2018.

Prior to this, Renaye was the Director for South East Queensland of AECOM, a Director at Conrad Gargett and has more than 25 years of infrastructure experience, including senior executive roles with Leighton Contractors, Brisbane Airport and Visionstream.

Experienced in building high performance teams to deliver results, Renaye has contributed to many significant infrastructure projects such as Eastern Busway and Inner Northern Busway.

Renaye has worked on many major precincts / projects and is known for her ability to offer innovative approaches to complex and sensitive tasks. An outspoken advocate for delivering more to communities when delivering infrastructure, Renaye highlights the importance of weaving infrastructure back into the urban fabric, creating added economic benefits and engagement with the community.

Renaye has contributed to the development of Queensland and Brisbane through board and committee roles such as the Queensland Government Precinct Advisory Committee (Chair), Brisbane City Council Infrastructure Committee, the Urban Land Development Authority and the University of Queensland Senate.

Renaye’s contributions are sought by government and industry to address key industry and state wide issues such as skill development, innovation and collaboration. Renaye has worked closely with CEOs, board members, Ministers and Directors General to establish shared understanding of industry macro and micro economic impacts.

Qualifications:

FAICD, B.Arch (Hons), B.App.Sci, Grad Dip Project Management, Registered Architect

Member of:

Major Projects and Procurement Committee (Chair), Audit and Risk Committee

Other Directorships:

Member – Brisbane City Council Infrastructure Committee, Division Councillor – Property Council Australia (QLD)

Heather Watson

Independent Non-Executive Director

Appointed 6 June 2018

Experience

Heather is a consultant and former partner with McCullough Robertson Lawyers. She brings more than 30 years’ experience as a private sector lawyer and partner in regional and metropolitan practice. For the last decade her specialist focus has been providing legal and governance strategic advice across charitable, non-profit and public sectors.

Her industry expertise covers aged care, health and community services, affordable housing and Indigenous communities.

Her governance experience, both as an advisor and director, includes organizations with large workforces, multiple locations, significant property interests, business model transitions, subsidiary structures and complex stakeholder interests.

Qualifications:

LLB, GradCertBus, MAICD

Member of:

Audit and Risk Committee (Chair), People and Safety Committee

Other Directorships:

Board Member - Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Chair - Uniting (NSW & ACT), Director - Uniting (Victoria & Tasmania) and Chair, Governance Committee, Director - Australian Regional and Remote Community Services Ltd, Director - Community Services Industry Alliance Ltd and Chair, Community Services Reform Council, Director - National Affordable Housing Consortium Ltd and Chair, Governance and Remuneration Committee, Chair - Epic Good Foundation, Director - SEFA Partnerships Ltd, Advisory Council Member - Queensland Family and Child Commission, Advisory Board Member - Australian Charities and Not for Profit Commission