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ITLS Board of Advice
Statement of Purpose
The purpose of the Board
of Advice is to support the continued development and utilization of the
ITLS as a centre of excellence adding value to the community. The academic
and commercial membership of the Board gives a broad network for the sharing
of expertise and experience. Particular contributions from the Board
Members are expected to include: high-level advice on issues identified by
the Board and the Staff for inclusion in the teaching and research programs
and assistance with integration of the faculty and student activities,
within the community of stakeholders.
Board of Advice Meetings
Board of Advice Members
Enquiries to:
Ruth
Steel, ITLS Board of Advice Secretariat
Board of Advice Meetings
Board of Advice Meeting,
August 2007
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Board of Advice Meeting,
May 2007
From left to right: David Walters, Louise Knowles, Warren Bennett,
Chandra Bhat, David Hensher, Stephen Rowe, Alastair Stone, Darryl Mellish,
Llew Russell, Scott Lennon, Peter Stopher, John King, Gillian Akers, and
Mark Rainbird
Board of Advice Meeting,
November
2006
From left to right: Llew Russell, Gillian Akers, Stephen Rowe,
John Stott, Darryl Mellish, John Stanley, Phil Potterton, Professor Peter
Stopher, Professor David Hensher, John King, and Professor Geoff Rose
Board of Advice Meeting, March
2006
From left to right:
Darryl Mellish, Professor Geoff Rose, Professor Peter Stopher, Stephen
Rowe, John Stott, Llew Russell, John King, Gillian Akers, Dr Alastair
Stone, Professor Sid Gray, and Professor David Hensher
Board of
Advice Members
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Dr Alastair Stone
(Chair)
Managing Director, Pacific
Infrastructure Corporation
Alastair has over thirty years experience in
banking, economics and engineering. He has successfully initiated,
implemented and participated in major projects and infrastructure deals. He
has also advised various international and domestic agencies and
governments; including the Asian Development Bank, World Bank, Jakarta
Municipal Government, Shanghai Municipal Government, and several Australian
State Governments, on private sector participation policies and strategies.
His career has covered all facets of urban affairs including senior
positions with the World Bank, Lend Lease and Merill Lynch. Alastair teaches
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Professor David Hensher
Director, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies
David Hensher is Professor
of Management, and Director of the Institute of Transport and Logistics
Studies: The Australian Key Centre of Teaching and Research in Transport
Management in The Faculty of Economics and Business at The University of
Sydney. David is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia,
Recipient of the 2006 Engineers Australia Transport Medal for lifelong
contribution to transportation, Past President of the International
Association of Travel Behaviour Research and a Vice-Chair of the
International Scientific Committee of the World Conference of Transport
Research. David is the Executive Chair and Co-Founder of The International
Conference in Competition and Ownership of Land Passenger Transport (the
Thredbo Series), now in its 18th year.
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Gillian Akers
Senior Associate, Strategic Design and Development Pty Ltd
Gillian Akers' has over twenty-eight years’
experience in traffic and transportation, road design, urban development,
and general civil engineering. She has extensive experience in public sector
management, demand forecasting and investment advice, the collection and
provision of travel and demographic information and related models, broad
knowledge and experience of transport planning models, economic, social and
environmental evaluation techniques and policy issues. She has participated
in several state government and national working groups and has been
frequently consulted on strategic transport planning matters by both public
and private sector infrastructure investors. |
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Dr Peter Barnard
General Manager,
International Markets and Economic Services for Meat and Livestock Australia
(MLA)
In this and previous roles
Peter has been involved in every major access issue that has confronted the
Australian meat industry over the past decade. The role also involves
delivering market information to the Australian beef and sheepmeat
industries and over sighting the planning of MLA programs. Dr Barnard
previously worked as a tutor, lecturer and research fellow at Adelaide and
Macquarie Universities. He was employed for five years as a research
scientist by the Australian Road Research Board. More recently Dr Barnard
was employed as the Director for Transport and Telecommunications for the
National Farmer's Federation. Dr Barnard has a PhD in Economics from
Adelaide University. Economic papers authored or co-authored by Dr Barnard
have appeared in a number of international journals. Dr Barnard continues
to serve on several academic, transport and agricultural industry bodies. |
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Warren
Bennett
Executive Director, Board
of Airline Representatives of Australia
Warren Bennett is an
Economist with over twenty five years experience in government and industry
associations. Work has focused on economic analysis, strategic planning and
formulation of economic and social policies for corporate and government
decision makers. Early career was in the Australian Government public
service as a research economist and project officer with the Trade Practices
Commission and the Bureau of Industry Economics. Left the public service to
join the Treasurer's Department of CSR Limited. Subsequently employed for
over six years as Principal Economist for the Australian Coal Association,
seven years as Deputy Director of the Australian Petroleum Exploration
Association and three years as Chief Executive Officer of the Australian
Nursing Homes and Extended Care Association. Joined Board of Airline
Representatives of Australia in October 1997. |
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Professor Chandra Bhat
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Professor Chandra Bhat has
contributed toward the development of advanced econometric techniques for
travel behavior analysis, including discrete choice models,
discrete-continuous econometric systems, and duration models. In recognition
of these contributions, he received the 2004 Walter L. Huber Award from the
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Dr Bhat is the Associate Editor
of Transportation Research-Part B. He also serves on the editorial board of
Transportation and on the editorial review board of the International
Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management. He is the Chairman of the
TRB Committee on Transportation Demand Forecasting (ADB40), and serves on
several other Transportation Research Board Committees. He is the vice-chair
of the International Association of Travel Behavior Research (IATBR). |
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Professor Edward
Blakely
Director, Planning Research Centre, University of Sydney
Professor Edward
Blakely is the Director of the
Planning Research Centre, University of Sydney. Professor Blakely has a long
and distinguished background in Urban and Regional Planning and an
international reputation in the fields of Urban and Regional Economic
Development. Before his Sydney appointment of Professor of Urban and
Regional Planning, Professor Blakely was Dean of the Robert J. Milano
Graduate School at the New School University in New York. He was also Dean
of Urban Planning at the University of Southern California in New York. For
the last 22 years, has been on the Faculty and Chair of Urban Planning at
the University of California at Berkeley. Professor Blakely is an author of
8 well known books and has received numerous international awards for
strategic planning. |
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Professor Axel
Börsch-Supan
Director, Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of
Aging, University of Mannheim, Germany
Professor Axel
Börsch-Supan is Director of the Mannheim Research Institute for the
Economics of Aging (MEA) and Professor for Macroeconomics and Public Policy
at the University of Mannheim, Germany. He received his PhD in economics
from the MIT and taught at Harvard and Dortmund before joining Mannheim. He
chairs the Council of Advisors to the German Economics Ministry and the
pension reform unit of the German Social Security Reform Commission. He is
research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), runs
the program project on behavioral economics at Mannheim, coordinates the
Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe and is member of the German
Academy of Sciences. |
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Professor Ken Button
Director, Transportation Policy, Operations and Logistics Centre, George
Mason University, USA
Dr Kenneth Button is Director of the
Transportation Policy, Operations and Logistics Center. He is Professor of
Transportation at George Mason University's School of Public Policy, where
he teaches transportation economics, transportation logistics, international
transportation, and managerial economics. Dr Button is a prolific author
whose books include Handbook of Transport Systems and Traffic Control, The
Future of International Air Transport Policy, and Transport and Public
Policy, and he has written more than 200 scholarly articles on economic and
transportation topics. He edits Transportation Research: Transportation and
Environment. Dr. Button has served as Special Advisor to the House of
Commons Transport Committee and as a full time advisor to the OECD. He
received his PhD in Economics from Loughborough University, the United
Kingdom. |
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Professor Paul Cousins
Professor of Operations Management and CIPS
Professor of Supply Chain Management, Manchester Business School, The
University of Manchester, UK
Paul is Professor of Operations Management and
CIPS Professor of Supply Chain Management at Manchester Business School, The
University of Manchester, and also Director of the Supply Chain Management
Research Group. His career to date has spanned a range of business sectors
from industry (Westland Helicopters & Sikorsky Aircraft), consulting (A.T.Kearney)
to academia (University of Bath, The University of Melbourne, Australia and
Queens University Belfast). It has led him to work in Europe, USA, and
Australia. He has obtained over £1.5m in research grants and has conducted
research and consultancy work for numerous firms across a range of
industrial sectors at national and international level. He has published in
a wide range of journals, including the Journal of Operations Management,
Production and Operations Management, British Journal of Management and the
International Journal of Production and Operations Management. He has also
co-authored several books and research reports. |
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Doug Dean
Managing Director, Collex-Onyx
Doug Dean is Managing Director of the Collex-Onyx.
He is responsible for overall strategic direction and performance of Collex.
Respected longest serving CEO in Australia's waste management and industrial
services sectors. Previously senior executive with a major Australian
transport group for 10 years. Accounting background with one of Australia's
top business service firms. Committee member on key industry groups.
Director of companies operating in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Europe and
South Africa in the areas of waste management, transport and water supply. |
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Paul Forward
Principal, Evans and Peck
Paul Forward is the Principal of Evans and Peck
Management Consultants. He holds graduate qualifications in economics and
town planning. He commenced his career as a lecturer in economics at the
University of NSW, lecturing in micro-economic policy, urban and regional
economics and public policy. In 1980 Paul joined the NSW Public Sector where
he held senior management positions in the Department of Industrial
Development and at the Sydney Water Board. In 1989 he joined Coopers and
Lybrand Consultants as an Associate Director, and conducted consulting
assignments in strategic planning and marketing for public and private
sector clients. In 1992 he was appointed Director, Corporate Planning at the
Water Board. Paul joined the RTA in February 1995 as Director Road Network
Infrastructure. From December 1999 until late 2005 he was the Chief
Executive of the Roads And Traffic Authority, NSW. In 2006 Paul took up his
current position as Principal of Evans and Peck. Paul is a past Chairman of Austroads. |
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Jim Glasson
Director General, NSW Ministry of Transport
Jim Glasson was appointed Director General of
the Ministry of Transport in June 2006 after acting in the role from
November 2005. Before that time he was Deputy Director General. Before
joining the MoT Jim Glasson was acting CEO of the Port Kembla Port
Corporation, responsible for the provision of Port Management for the Port
of Port Kembla, including shipping management. Jim has an Honors degree in
Urban and Regional Planning. Since becoming Director General Jim Glasson has
been committed to building partnership with key stakeholders. The MoT has
approximately 250 staff located in the Sydney CBD, Parramatta, Newcastle and
Wollongong. The MoT is organized into 2 operating groups each reporting to
the Director General, the Policy and Strategic Coordination Group and the
Transport Services Group. The MoT recurrent appropriation funding is over
$3.4bn pa. |
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Professor Phil Goodwin
Professor of Transport Policy, Centre for Transport and Society, Faculty
of the Built Environment, University of the West of England, UK
Phil joined CTS in January 2005 as Professor of
Transport Policy, after a career at University College London (student
mostly 1962-1969 ; research associate 1969-1974); at the Greater London
Council (transport planner, 1974-1979); head of the Transport Studies Unit
at Oxford University (1979-1995) and UCL again (Professor of Transport
Policy, 1996-2004). From 1994 to 2004 he was Director of TSU as the ESRC's
designated research centre in the field of transport. He is associated with
the precepts of the 'New Realism' in transport policy, developed in a
programme initiated by the Rees Jeffreys Road fund 1989-1991, and with the
move from equilibrium to dynamic methods of travel demand analysis. He has
been active in advisory work for public, private, voluntary and overseas
agencies in the field of transport, notably as chair of the panel of
advisers helping the Deputy Prime Minister write the 1998 White Paper on
transport, and previously as a long term member of the Standing Advisory
Committee of Trunk Road Assessment, and co-author of its reports on
environmental appraisal (1992), induced traffic (1994) and economic impacts
(1999). He was a non-executive director of Dover Harbour from 1989 to 2005,
and chair of its remuneration committee. He was founding editor of the
journal Transport Policy, and is editor-in-chief of the international
journal Transportation Research, Policy and Practice. |
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Nicholas Hann
Managing Director, Infrastructure, Macquarie Bank, Australia / Canada
Nicholas Hann is Managing Director,
Infrastructure, Macquarie Bank. Nicholas joined Macquarie Bank in Sydney in
January 1998, with 10 years of international infrastructure finance
experience. In 2002 Nicholas relocated to Vancouver to head Macquarie’s
infrastructure team in Western Canada. As a senior executive of Macquarie
Bank, Nicholas has been involved in all aspects of Macquarie’s
infrastructure and public private partnership businesses. His expertise
covers the social infrastructure, energy, water, urban planning, rail,
tollroad, port and airport sectors with a recent focus on transportation.
Nicholas also has extensive experience in the structuring and financing of
major infrastructure projects which span a wide range of countries in both
public and private se sector roles. |
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Len Harper
Executive Director, The Chartered Institute of
Logistics and Transport in Australia
Len Harper is the Executive Director and
Immediate Past National Chairman of The Chartered Institute of Logistics and
Transport in Australia. He is also the Vice-President and Chairman of the
Management Board of CILT International. In the period 1997-1999 Len Harper
was Managing Director of Kilpatrick Green Facility Management Pty Ltd
responsible for developing a new business in asset management. Len Harper
was Chief Executive Officer of the State Rail Authority in the period
1995-1997. In that role he was responsible for the effective restructure of
the rail industry in New South Wales and for the overall development of the
passenger rail business in New South Wales. In 1993-1995 Len Harper was
Chief Executive Officer of State Transit Authority responsible for turning
that group into a commercial operation. In 1990—1993 Len Harper was the
Chief Executive of Brisbane Transport responsible for the significant
reduction of costs and setting the scene for the corporatisation of the
group. Between 1989 and 1990, Len Harper was the Managing Director of Health
and Life Care Pty Ltd. The company owned and managed 22 private hospitals in
Australia. At the time of appointment, the Company was on the verge of
receivership. In a period of 16 months, Len Harper turned the Company from a
loss of $1.1 million a month to a monthly result of $150,000 profit. In the
period 1983-1989 Len Harper was General Manager, Passenger Services of the
Victorian State Transport Authority (V/Line). In this role he was
responsible for developing the public transport services in inter-urban and
country Victoria and interstate. Len Harper has a Masters Degree in
Economics, a Bachelors Degree in Accounting and is a Graduate of the
Transport Administration Diploma Course. He is a Fellow of the Chartered
Institute of Logistics and Transport and a Fellow of the Australian
Certified Practising Accountants. |
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Professor Trevor Heaver
Centre for Transportation Studies, Operations and Logistics Division, Sauder
School of Business, University of British Columbia, Canada
Professor Trevor Heaver has wide experience in
transport economics and logistics studies. Head of these teaching and
research programmes for many years at the University of British Columbia, he
developed particular interests in railway economics and policy (rail is to
Canada what shipping is to Australia) and in international shipping and
logistics. His international orientation is reflected in terms as Chairman,
World Conference on Transport Research, President, International Association
of Maritime Economists and election as Fellow of the Chartered Institute of
Logistics and Transport. Since taking early retirement, he has undertaken
teaching and research assignments in Australia, South Africa and Europe. |
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Stuart Hicks
Chair, National Transport Commission, Chair, Planning and Transport Research
Centre and Chair, John Curtin Institute of Public Policy
Stuart Hicks is a West Australian, educated at
Monash University and the University of NSW, with career-long engagement in
highest level transport administration, policy and research. Among other
appointments he currently serves as Chairman of the National Transport
Commission, Chairman of the Planning and Transport Research Centre (PATREC),
and Chairman of the John Curtin Institute of Public Policy. He is an Adjunct
Professor of the Curtin Business School. Earlier appointments include
positions as Chairman and CEO of Transperth, Chairman of the Coastal
Shipping Commission, Executive Director of Marine and Harbours, and Director
General of the Department of Transport in Western Australia. |
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John King
Managing Director, Aviation
and Tourism Management Pty Ltd
John King is Managing Director of Aviation and
Tourism Management Pty Ltd, has had extensive experience as a consultant in
Asia and the Pacific, having worked in Thailand, Indonesia, Brunei, the
Philippines, India, throughout the Pacific and the Caribbean as well as
Australia. He is an expert in Aviation issues in the South Pacific and is
the co-author of two major reports on South Pacific airline issues. He also
extended his sphere of interest by participating in a World Bank mission to
Ethiopia and the Caribbean. John King has a degree in law from Australian
National University and has studied Business Administration and Political
Science at the University of Melbourne. He also holds a Masters Degree in
Transport Management from the University of Sydney. He is a member of the
adjunct staff of the Institute of Transport Studies at University of Sydney
and in 1999 taught a Masters level course in Aviation and Tourism
Management. He is a member of Chartered Institute of Transport and a Fellow
of Royal Geographic Society. |
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Louise Knowles
Doctoral Program, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies
Prior to commencing a PhD in July 2004, Louise
worked with Professor David Hensher in his role as Associate Dean
(Postgraduate Coursework Programs) on a range of strategic initiatives in
the Faculty of Economics and Business. Her diverse background includes
market research analysis and defence logistics. Current research interests
include uncertainty, contracting, bus industry reform and choice modelling.
Her thesis title: ‘In Search of the Perfect Contract: A global perspective
on bus service provision’. Her thesis supervisors are Professor David
Hensher and Dr John Rose. |
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Scott Lennon
Partner - Economics,
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Scott leads the PwC
Economic Group in Sydney which has strong skills in economic assessments,
social and economic cost benefit analysis, regulatory impact statements,
cost effectiveness and benchmarking evaluations, economic impact assessments
and demand analysis.
Since joining PwC in
1999, Scott has specialised in providing advice to infrastructure and
government clients with a focus on the impacts of pricing on demand, project
investment appraisals using triple bottom line basis and developing
regulatory frameworks for 3rd party access to monopoly assets.
Having worked for a
number of years at an economic regulator, and for a rail company, he brings
an extensive knowledge of both the commercial and policy issues related to
infrastructure businesses. He advises a range of clients across the rail,
roads, ports, bus and airports sectors. Scott has also completed a
significant range of infrastructure advisory projects across the
Asia-Pacific Region. |
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Stephen Lucas
Chair, Bus Industry Confederation, President, Bus Association Victoria
Stephen Lucas is the Chair of the Bus Industry
Confederation. After joining the family Bus Company, Stephen assisted in the
takeover of the other Bus Operator in the area. Since that time the Company
has grown by a mixture of strategic purchases and improved quality of
service. Stephen is actively involved in Industry matters and is a past
President of Bus Association Victoria and is the Chair of the Bus Industry
Confederation. The BIC acts as the peak Industry body for both suppliers and
operators. On a local level Stephen is an active member of a wide range of
committees encompassing transport, aviation, sustainability and business
support. |
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Professor Alan McKinnon
Director of the Logistics Research Centre, Heriot-Watt University,
Edinburgh, UK
Professor Alan McKinnon is Director of the
Logistics Research Centre at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. He has been
researching and teaching in transport and logistics for almost thirty years
and has published widely on these subjects. Alan has undertaken research and
consultancy studies for numerous public and private sector organisations and
been an adviser to several UK government departments, UK parliamentary
committees, the European Commission and European Conference of Ministers of
Transport. In 2003 he was awarded the Sir Robert Lawrence Award, the highest
distinction of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport for making
a ‘major contribution to transport and logistics over a sustained period’. |
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Darryl Mellish
Executive Director, Bus and Coach Association NSW
Darryl Mellish has been the Executive Director
of the Bus and Coach Association (NSW) [BCA] since mid 1999. Before joining
the Bus Industry he held Company Director positions in the pharmaceutical
industry (12 years) and as a Business Development Manager for CSIRO (16
years). His management and business skills have included the formation of
new companies, mergers, acquisitions, capital raisings and shareholder
relations. Darryl has Commerce training and many years administrative and
management experience, heading finance and operations departments before
becoming a Director. He is also a member of the Chartered Institute of
Company Secretaries. Since joining the Bus Industry he has been particularly
committed to forming quality partnerships, looking at ways of developing
sustainable land transport systems, marketing and education programs and
building relationships with key stakeholders. The BCA represents 800
companies employing 15,000 people and 6,500 vehicles. Darryl Mellish is the
NSW Bus Industry leader and industry spokesman for Bus Reform in NSW; he is
also Shadow Board Member for the NSW Integrated Ticketing Project and
Advisory Board Member to the NSW Transport and Logistics Centre. |
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Max Moore-Wilton
Executive Chairman and Chief Executive, Sydney Airport Corporation
Max Moore-Wilton is Executive Chairman and
Chief Executive of the Sydney Airport Corporation. He is a Board Member of
the Airport Council International (ACI) Pacific Region and a Member of the
Capital City Airports Group. His challenge at Sydney Airport is to bring a
greater commercial focus to Australia’s premier airport, while delivering
sustainable returns to shareholders in a challenging trading environment. He
has held a number of positions as either Chairman or Board member of a
number of major Commonwealth and State business enterprises, and has
extensive experience in the transport sector. Prior to his appointment at
Sydney Airport, Mr Moore-Wilton was Secretary to the Department of Prime
Minister and Cabinet from May 1996 where he oversaw fundamental reform to
the Commonwealth Public Service. Mr Moore-Wilton was appointed a Companion
in the General Division of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day
Honours List 2001 Secretary to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet
(1996-2002) National Director, Policy Co-ordination and Priorities Review,
AustraliaStock Exchange (1995-96), Chief Executive of the NSW Roads and
Traffic Authority (1994-95), Director General of the NSW Department of
Transport (1991-94), Chief Executive of the Maritime Services Board of NSW
(1989-91), Managing Director of Australian National Line (1984-89),
Director, Australian Airlines Limited (1986-92). |
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Hal Morris
Chief Executive, Australian Logistics Council
Hal Morris Hal Morris
started work as the Executive Director of the Australian Logistics Council
in January 2005. The Council is a partnership between all Australian
Governments and senior industry leaders aimed at improving the ‘efficiency
in delivery’ of Freight Logistics. The Council’s top priorities are: i)
getting investment in the right infrastructure; ii) ensuring we have capable
people in the sector; iii) streamlining rules and regulations; and iv)
getting a better understanding of the future of T&L. Before the ALC, Hal has
had experience in: i) strategy and government affairs in Queensland Rail;
ii) in the National Transport Secretariat working for the Council of
Transport Ministers; iii) as an Executive Director in the Queensland
Department of Premier and Cabinet; and iv) as a Regional Director in the
Queensland Transport Department. Earlier Hal served in the Australian
Regular Army where, after graduating from the Royal Military College,
Duntroon, he flew helicopters in Army Aviation. Hal holds an honours degree
from the University of New South Wales and post graduate qualifications in
Business Studies from New England University. |
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Professor
Marcus O'Connor
Pro-Dean and Professor of
Business Information Systems, Faculty of Economics and Business, University
of Sydney
Professor O’Connor started
at the University of Sydney in 2002. He has a distinguished record of
intellectual and administrative leadership. His scholarly expertise covers
forecasting, decision making and computer based decision support systems.
His research program has made outstanding and innovative contributions to
the DSS literature. His research interests are: judgemental forecasting,
using IT in decision making and judgement, information sharing. His work is
widely published in top international journals and has been supported
extensively by competitive ARC Grants. He is the Associate Editor of the
International Journal of Forecasting. He is currently the Pro-Dean and
Professor of Business Information Systems at the Faculty of Economics and
Business, University of Sydney. Professor O’Connor holds a PhD from the
University of NSW. |
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Professor Juan de Dios
Ortúzar
Department of Transport Engineering and Logistics, Pontificia Universidad
Catolica de Chile, Chile
Professor Juan de Dios Ortúzar has over 30
years experience as an academic and advisor on transport modelling and
social project evaluation. He has fostered the development of discrete
choice models and its application to determining willingness-to-pay for
reducing transport externalities. He has written more that 60 papers in
archival journals and is co-author of Modelling Transport, a major book
published by Wiley reflecting the state of the art. He has two other books
in Spanish and is editor of three books dealing with travel demand modelling.
Finally he is in the Area Editor of Transport Reviews and member of the
Editorial Board of the journals Transportation, Transportation Research B,
Transport Policy, International Planning Studies, and Transportes. |
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Professor Tae Oum
UPS Foundation Chair in Transport and Logistics, Sauder School of Business,
University of British Columbia, Canada
Professor Tae Oum is the UPS Foundation Chair
in Transport and Logistics at Sauder School of Business, The University of
British Columbia, Canada. He is currently a visiting professor at Faculty of
Economics, Tokyo University. He is also the president of the Air Transport
Research Society, and the past President of the American Economics
Association’s Transportation and Public Utilities Group. Editor, Journal of
Transport Economics and Policy, Co-editor of Ashgate Aviation Series (UK),
and serves on the Editorial Boards of Journal of Air Transport Management,
Transport Policy: The Official Journal of the WCTR Society, Transportation
Research E, Maritime Economics and Logistics, Journal of Air Transportation,
and International Journal of Transportation and Trade. He was the Acting
chairman of the International Scientific Committee for the 9th Triennial
WCTR Conference (2001), and has been a member of the Steering Committee of
the World Conference on Transportation Research Society since 1995. |
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Phil Potterton
Executive Director, Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics, Department
of Transport and Regional Services
Phil has been Executive Director of the Bureau
of Transport and Regional Economics, the research and analysis unit in the
Australian Government Department of Transport and Regional Services, since
July 2004. Phil joined the Bureau in 2001 as Deputy Executive Director,
Transport Research following two years with the Northern Territory Treasury,
where he was involved in government business reform issues. From 1993 to
2000, Phil held senior management positions in program evaluation and policy
in Canberra in the Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs and
its forerunners. Phil’s previous career was with the Department of Finance,
AusAid and predecessor agencies of the Department of Transport and Regional
Services. Phil holds an Honours degree in history and masters degrees in
international relations and public policy. |
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Professor John Pucher
Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy,
Rutgers University, USA
Professor John Pucher is a professor in the
Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University (New
Brunswick, New Jersey). Since earning a PhD at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology in 1978, Pucher has conducted research on a wide range of
topics in transport economics and finance, including numerous projects for
the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Canadian government, and various
European ministries of transport. For over two decades, he has examined
differences in travel behavior, transport systems, and transport policies in
Europe, Canada, and the USA. Currently, Pucher's research focuses on walking
and bicycling, and in particular, how American cities could learn from
European policies to improve the safety, convenience, and feasibility of
these non-motorized modes in the United States. Most recently, he has
focused on the need for Americans to increase their walking and cycling for
daily transportation as the best way to ensure adequate levels of physical
exercise and enhance overall public health. From 2005 to 2006, Pucher will
be a visiting professor at the University of Sydney's Institute of Transport
Studies directing a research project that examines differences between
Canada, Australia, and the USA in their travel behavior, transport systems
and policies, and the impacts of transport on public health. |
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Mark Rainbird
Managing Director, AWA
Originally with a background of law, for over
15 years Mark has held senior executive positions in a number of technology
related companies, including AWA Limited, Plessey Asia Pacific and Austral
Refrigeration. Mark is currently Managing Director of AWA. In recent years
he has worked closely with Professor David Walters in the area of value
chain management, culminating in the recent publication of "Strategic
Operations Management: A Value Chain Approach". |
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Professor Geoff Rose
Director, Institute of Transport Studies, Monash University
Professor Geoff Rose is an Associate Professor
of Civil Engineering and the Director of the Institute of Transport Studies
at Monash University. He joined Monash in 1994 having previously worked in
academia, government and private practice. Geoff holds a Bachelor of Civil
Engineering Degree from Queensland Institute of Technology along with
Masters and PhD degrees from Northwestern University in the USA. Geoff’s
research interests cover transport modelling, applications of advanced
technology, travel behaviour change and non-motorised transport. At Monash,
Geoff teaches transport planning, traffic engineering and intelligent
transport systems in the undergraduate and postgraduate programs as well as
in continuing education workshops and specialist transport industry
education programs. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Traffic
Planning and Management, the Institute of Transportation Engineers and the
Institution of Engineers, Australia. |
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Stephen Rowe
Director, Busways Group
Stephen Rowe is Director and part owner of the
Busways Group of companies. Stephen joined Busways in 1984 and, with his
brother Richard, is instrumental in shaping the Group’s direction and
growth. Prior to 1984 he worked in quality assurance and research in the
food industry. Stephen completed the Masters of Transport Management at The
University of Sydney in 1993. He has been actively involved on the Bus and
Coach Association’s Executive and Industrial Sub Committees for many years
and is Metropolitan Chairperson/Vice President on the BCA Board. He is also
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Llew Russell
Chief Executive, Shipping Australia Ltd
Llew Russell is Chief Executive of Shipping
Australia Ltd, a company which represents thirty-seven member shipping lines
and shipping agencies, which carry a substantial proportion of Australia’s
international trade and represents all types of shipping, from liner, bulk,
cruise, breakbulk, and so on. In addition there are a similar number of
corporate associate members. Llew has a bachelor of economics degree from
the University of Queensland and a Master of Business Administration Degree
from Heriot-Watt University of Edinburgh. He is a Fellow of the Institute of
Logistics and Transport and a member of a number of relevant professional
Associations. He is also an immediate past President of the State Chamber of
Commerce (NSW), Chairman of the Sea Freight Council of NSW 1999-2004, a
Director of Sydney Pilot Service Pty Ltd, and a member of the Australian
Logistics Council and a member of its Security Steering Group. Llew is also
a member of the Maritime Industry Security Forum. |
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Tony
Sheldon
State Secretary of the NSW
Branch of the Transport Worker’s Union
Tony is the currently the
State Secretary of the NSW Branch of the Transport Worker’s Union, a
position he has held since 1998 and the National Leader of the Transport
Workers Union of Australia. He has been with the TWU for the past 14 years
holding positions from Industrial Officer to Organiser, and most recently
Assistant State Secretary. He has spent a period working the transport
industry, prior to which he worked as an industrial officer for the
Queensland Branch of the Liquor Trades Union. Tony is married to his wife
Sarah and the proud father of two children, Liam and Lily. Tony is also a
member of the Administrative Committee of the Australian Labour Party and
has served on numerous policy committees. He first joined the ALP at just 15
years of age and has been a member ever since. He is a currently a member of
the Workcover Advisory Council and the NSW Labour Council Executive. Tony is
also a graduate of the Harvard University Trade Union program and has
completed post graduate studies in Industrial Law at the University of NSW. |
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John Stanley
Executive Director, Bus Association Victoria
John Stanley is Executive Director of Bus
Association Victoria, a position he has held for five years. His role
focuses on the development of more sustainable transport systems. Prior to
this, John was Deputy Chairman of the National Road Transport Commission (8
years) and chaired the Victorian Recycling and Resource Recovery Council (10
years). John has first class honours and masters degrees in economics and
had his own consulting practice for twenty years, specialising in
economic/policy work in transport, regional economic development and in
environmental fields. He is also a Board member of Metlink, the public
transport system marketing company for Melbourne, and of the Victorian
Alpine Resorts Co-ordination Council. He was awarded a Centenary Medal for
services to public transport and conservation. |
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Professor Peter Stopher
Deputy Director, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies
Professor Stopher is Professor of Transport
Planning at the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies at the
University of Sydney, a position he has held since the beginning of 2001. He
was educated at the University of London, where he received both his BSc
(Eng.) in Civil Engineering and Ph.D. in Traffic Studies. He has been a
professor at Northwestern University, Cornell University, McMaster
University, and Louisiana State University, where he held the endowed chair
of the Louisiana Land and Exploration Company. He spent 11 years from 1980
through 1990 as a full-time transport planning consultant in private
industry. Prof. Stopher has 40 years of professional experience in transport
planning, travel forecasting, travel-behaviour modelling, and associated
areas. He has an international reputation in travel-demand modelling, and
the development of new procedures for travel forecasting. He was one of the
pioneers of the development of disaggregate travel-demand models and was the
first to use and apply the logit model in the 1960s. He has been in the
forefront of work to assess the shortcomings of conventional
travel-forecasting models with respect to the demands of clean air
legislation and goals. He was selected by the US Federal Highway
Administration to develop one of four concept papers on a new paradigm for
travel forecasting. He was a founding member of the Transportation Research
Board’s Committee on Traveler Behavior and Values, serving as its first
Chairman from 1971-1977, and again from 1995-1997 and was awarded Emeritus
Membership of the Committee in 2002; he also founded the series of
International Conferences on Traveller Behaviour that began in 1973 and
which will hold its next meeting in Kyoto, Japan in 2006. |
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Professor Wayne Talley
Executive Director, International Maritime, Ports and Logistics
Management Institute, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Professor Wayne Talley is Professor of
Economics at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.A., where he is
the Executive Director of the International Maritime, Ports and Logistics
Management Institute and holds the designations of Eminent Scholar and the
Frederick W. Beazley Professor of Economics. He is an internationally
recognized maritime transportation economist. He has held visiting domestic
positions at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, U.S. Department of
Transportation, the Interstate Commerce Commission and the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration and international positions at Oxford
University (England), the University of Sydney (Australia), University of
Wollongong (Australia), University of Antwerp (Belgium) and City University
(England). He is the Editor-in-Chief of Transportation Research E: Logistics
and Transportation Review. |
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Professor Kenneth Train
Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, Vice President,
National Economic Research Associates, USA
Professor Kenneth Train teaches econometrics,
regulation, and industrial organization at the University of California,
Berkeley. He also serves as Vice President of National Economic Research
Associates. Author of the books Discrete Choice with Simulation (2003),
Optimal Regulation (1991), and Qualitative Choice Analysis (1986), he has
also written over 50 articles on economic methods and issues. He chaired the
Centre for Regulatory Policy from 1993 to 2000 and has testified as an
expert witness in regulatory proceedings and court cases. He has received
numerous awards for his teaching and research, including most recently the
Richard Stone Prize in Applied Econometrics. |
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Professor Peter
Wolnizer
Dean, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Sydney
Peter Wolnizer is Dean of the Faculty of
Economics and Business and a Professor of Accounting in The University of
Sydney, Australia. Prior to taking up his current position in 1999, he was
the Foundation Professor of Accounting and Finance (1989-99) and Dean of the
Faculty of Business and Law (1991-99) in Deakin University. He had
previously held lecturing positions in the University of New South Wales and
The University of Sydney, and a Readership in the University of Tasmania. He
has been appointed to visiting professorial and research positions in the
University of Utah, University of Kansas, University of Glasgow, Czech
Management Center, University of Canterbury, and Korea University. Professor
Wolnizer serves on the Board of Directors of the Association to Advance
Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International) and the Council of the
Association of Asia Pacific Business Schools. He chairs the Professional
Education Board of CPA Australia, and represents the Australian accounting
profession on the International Accounting Education Standards Board. He is
the immediate past President of the Australian Business Deans Council; and
has served as a member of the Council of The Scots College (Sydney), Council
of Scotch College (Melbourne), Research and Publications Committee of CEDA,
Education Policy Committee of the International Association of Financial
Executives Institutes (IAFEI), and Australia’s Corporations and Securities
Panel. Professor Wolnizer holds a BEc from the University of Tasmania; and
MEc and PhD degrees from The University of Sydney. He is a Fellow of both
CPA Australia and The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. His
fields of expertise are financial accounting, auditing and corporate
governance. He is the author of Auditing as Independent Authentication
(Sydney University Press, 1987); editor of Walter P. Schuetze, Mark to
Market Accounting: ‘True North’ in Financial Reporting (Routledge, London,
2004); and co-editor of four books published by Arno Press and Garland
Publishing Inc., New York. His articles have been widely published in
scholarly and professional journals internationally. |
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