New CEO for Rail CRC
Published on 13 July, 2007
The Board of the new Rail CRC has appointed ONTRACK (New Zealand) Chief Executive David George as its inaugural Chief Executive Officer, replacing CQU Adjunct Professor Dudley Roach.
The original Rail CRC has been headquartered at CQU Rockhampton.
Mr George has been Chief Executive with New Zealand rail infrastructure company ONTRACK for the past 3 years, and has a total of more than 30 years' experience in the rail industry, including 14 years in Australia with QR.
Mr George has also had several years' experience in the UK with British Rail. His specialist areas include marketing, sales, business development, coal/rail supply chain management, strategic planning, change management, customer service, bulk and container freight transportation and railway infrastructure management.
Mr George will relocate to Australia, and begin his role as CEO of the new Rail CRC in August 2007.