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
Between 1999 and 2012, Scales was chief executive officer and director-general of Merseytravel in Liverpool.
Scales resigned from Merseytravel in December 2011, to take up an appointment in the Queensland Public Sector. He joined TransLink in Brisbane, Australia, in March 2012 as chief executive officer.
In March 2013, Scales was appointed director-general of the Queensland Department of Transport & Main Roads. He retired in 2023.
Awards
Scales was appointed an officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to transport.
References
- ↑ 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. 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
- 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.
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