Neil Scales

Neil Scales
OBE
Director-General of the Department of Transport and Main Roads
Assumed office
March 2013
Chief Executive Officer of TransLink
In office
March 2012 – March 2013
Chief Executive and Director General of Merseytravel
In office
1999–2012
Personal details
Occupation Public servant

Neil Scales OBE is a senior Australian public servant. He is currently Director-General of the Department of Transport and Main Roads, having assumed the office in 2013.

Life and career

Between 1999 and 2012, Scales was Chief Executive Officer and Director-General of Merseytravel.[1]

Scales resigned from Merseytravel in December 2011, to take up an appointment in the Queensland Public Sector.[2][3] He joined Translink, the public transport authority in Brisbane, Australia, in March 2012 as Chief Executive Officer.[4]

In March 2013, Scales was appointed Director-General of the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads.[5]

Awards

Scales was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to transport.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Goeldner, David (15 December 2011). "TransLink CEO Found". Australasian Bus and Coach. Bauer Trader Media. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Merseytravel chief executive Neil Scales leaves for new transport job in Australia". Liverpool Echo. Trinity Mirror Merseyside. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 2 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Neil Scales to leave Merseytravel for TransLink, Australia". Global Rail News. Rail Media. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 2 August 2015.
  4. ↑ Department of Transport and Main Roads, Director-General, Queensland Government, archived from the original on 17 March 2015
  5. 1 2 Emerson, Scott (1 March 2013). "Neil Scales appointed TMR Director-General" (Press release). Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 2 August 2015.
Government offices
Preceded by
Michael Caltabiano
Director-General of the Department of Transport and Main Roads
2013 –
Incumbent


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