Neil Scales
Neil Scales | |
|---|---|
| Director-General of the Department of Transport & Main Roads | |
| In office March 2013 – June 2023 | |
| 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 former British-Australian public servant. He was the Director-General of the Department of Transport & Main Roads, in Queensland having assumed the office in 2013, and serving until June 2023.
Career and Life[edit]
Between 1999 and 2012, Scales was Chief Executive Officer and Director-General of Merseytravel in Liverpool.[1]
Scales resigned from Merseytravel in December 2011, to take up an appointment in the Queensland Public Sector.[2][3] He joined TransLink 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 & Main Roads. He retired in 2023. [5]
Awards[edit]
Scales was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to transport.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Goeldner, David (15 December 2011). "TransLink CEO Found". Australasian Bus & Coach. Bauer Trader Media. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Neil Scales to leave Merseytravel for TransLink, Australia". Global Rail News. Rail Media. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 2 August 2015.
- ^ Department of Transport and Main Roads, Director-General, Queensland Government, archived from the original on 17 March 2015
- ^ a b Emerson, Scott (1 March 2013). "Neil Scales appointed TMR Director-General" (Press release). Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 2 August 2015.
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