Queensland Rail Board

David Marchant AM

Chair, Independent Non-Executive Director

Appointed 7 October 2015

Experience

David joined the Board of Queensland Rail on 7 October 2015 and was appointed as Chair on 15 October 2018.

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 is a former Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Rail Track Corporation and Director and Chair of the Australasian Railway Association. David also served as a Director of the Rail Industry Safety and Standards Board.

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 appointed a Member of the General Division of the Order of Australia 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 Board and Committee Memberships:

Airservices Australia - Director; 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.

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.

Qualifications:

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

Member of:

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

Other Board and Committee Memberships:

Chair - Tasmanian Railway Pty Ltd; Chair - Safety, Health and Environment Committee; Member - Audit and Risk Committee; Member - Governance and Nomination Committee; Director - Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd; Member - Townsville Industrial Development Board

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 and 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:

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

Member of:

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

Other Board and Committee Memberships:

Division Councillor – Property Council Australia (Victorian Division Council)

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 organisations 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 Board and Committee Memberships:

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