Reece Waldock
Chief Executive Officer
Reece has 23 years experience in strategic management with particular expertise in organisational reform. He held a number of senior executive roles within the Department of Commerce and Trade and Department of Transport from the early 1990s through to the end of 2000. In December 2000, following the sale of the rail freight business of The Western Australian Government Railways Commission, Reece acted in the position of Commissioner of Railways until the Railways Commission was extinguished on 30 June 2003. With the creation of the Public Transport Authority on 1 July 2003, Reece acted in the position of Chief Executive Officer Public Transport Authority, to which he was appointed on 17 August 2004. Prior to his career with the public sector in Western Australia, Reece held a number of senior management roles with BHP.
Mark Burgess
Executive Director Transperth System, Regional and School Bus Services
Mark has gained extensive logistic, transport and people management skills through 21 years in the Army and ten years managing the Transperth system. He joined the PTA at its formation after six years with the Department of Transport and the Department for Planning and Infrastructure.
Mark is responsible for managing, coordinating and marketing the Transperth system, comprising commercial bus contractors, a commercial ferry contractor and the urban passenger rail services. He is also responsible for regional town bus services and school bus services throughout Western Australia.
His focus is on delivering quality, reliable public transport services through more than 925 transport service contracts across the State.
Kim Stone
General Manager, Transwa
Kim joined the PTA in August 2004 after two years’ secondment from the Department for Planning and Infrastructure as Director of School Bus Reform. He had previously been Director of Coastal and Facilities Management in the Department of Transport for four years. Kim has worked in both the State and Federal Government arenas in addition to a number of roles in the private sector, including running his own management consulting business. His background is in engineering and management.
Kim is responsible for managing Transwa’s regional rail and road coach network as well as implementing the strategic elements of PTA’s corporate plan which apply to Transwa. He is also responsible for the delivery of key performance indicators in the areas of customer service, maintenance and revenue building within Transwa.
Pat Italiano
General Manager, Transperth Train Operations
During his 34 year career in public transport, Pat has gained considerable experience in business management, audit and operational expertise within an integrated urban passenger transit environment.
Pat is responsible for promoting and managing the delivery of passenger rail services to high customer service standards and is committed to ensuring the successful integration and delivery of services on the Southern Suburbs Railway line.
Hugh Smith
General Manager, Network and Infrastructure
Hugh launched his engineering career at British Steel in the United Kingdom and joined the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) in 1972 as an Assistant Engineer at the Midland Workshops, where he subsequently held senior management positions in design and production. He was appointed General Manager of the Urban Passenger Division in 1994.
In this role he was responsible for developing strategies for customer focus, reliability of services and improved on-time running of trains. Following the sale of WAGR’s freight business in December 2000, Hugh was appointed General Manager, Network and Infrastructure in an organisation focused exclusively on passenger transport and customer service.
Peter King
Executive Director, Finance and Contracts
Peter is a Fellow of the CPA Australia and Chief Finance Officer of the PTA.
His professional interest is in the areas of strategic financial management, business performance, procurement and cost effective service delivery. He has 23 years’ senior management experience in financial policy and as Chief Finance Officer in the West Australian Public Sector including senior management roles in Treasury and Finance, Justice, and Health.
Peter joined PTA on secondment in September 2006 and was appointed to the Executive in June 2007.
Cliff Gillam
Executive Director, People and Organisational Development
Cliff is an industrial relations, human resources and organisational development professional with 17 years experience in The Western Australian Public Sector. He holds post-graduate qualifications in the arts, business, public policy and management, and is a Fellow of the Australian Human Resources Institute. High performance organisations achieve excellence through a genuine commitment to their people, sustained attention to their development and well formulated strategies to ensure effective leadership is underpinned by targeted recruitment aimed at long term sustainability in human capital. Along with his responsibility for strategic people management, Cliff oversees the delivery of functional human resource services for the PTA’s people.
He was appointed to the Executive in May 2004.
Sue McCarrey
Executive Director, Safety and Strategic Development
Sue joined the Western Australian Government Railways in June 2002 as the Director of Policy. A law degree and post-graduate qualifications in policy and administration provide Sue with expertise in government policy and administration, including legal frameworks and the mechanics of government.
Her role includes making the link between high level policy and operations within the agency and driving strategic change in safety, policy development and business management. Prior to joining the PTA, Sue worked in a number of government administration roles within the Department of Education and Training including policy development and review, strategic planning, Commonwealth-State relations, and she spent time as a school principal.
Richard Mann
Project Director, City Project, New MetroRail
Richard came to New MetroRail with more than 10 years’ experience in project and contract management at government and semi-government level. He joined the then Main Roads Department in 1988 after graduating in engineering, and spent the next 14 years predominantly in WA’s north-west. He returned to Perth as Manager of Term Contracts (Metro Region) where he was responsible for the maintenance of all of Main Roads’ metropolitan-area assets including the Northbridge tunnel. He was seconded to the PTA (then WAGR) in April 2002 to help the Perth City Rail Advisory Committee prepare its second report, including recommendations on the alignment of the Perth-Mandurah line through the city. When the report was finished and its recommended alignment adopted by Government, Richard stayed on to head the City Project.