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Aug 25, 2023

Foundation renews transport and logistics leadership

New executive leaders for the transport and logistics portfolios of a

New executive leaders for the transport and logistics portfolios of a Victoria-based research foundation have emerged.

The National Transport Research Organisation (NTRO) has announced three senior appointments across its road, rail, ports and airports divisions.

NTRO has appointed Jeff Doyle (Roads), Rob Moffat (Rail) and Jason Sprott (Ports and Airports) as its Executive Directors in charge of each of the relevant portfolios.

Doyle has been a senior executive across four different industry sectors for over two decades. He has been the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB)'s Executive Director, Infrastructure Measurement, since July 2021.

Doyle is the former CEO of Altus Traffic and the Adecco Group (Australia and NZ). He had led Altus Traffic for six years before coming to ARRB, and previously led recruitment giant Adecco as CEO of its Australia and NZ operations. He also held senior leadership roles at Adecco before his elevation to CEO, and office supplies company Corporate Express.

Moffat's management and leadership skills have been deployed across the full life cycle of the rail sector from concept, funding, construction, day of operations, maintenance through to cessation. He is currently CEO and Executive Director of the Australasian Centre for Rail Innovation, Vice-Chair of the International Railway Research Board and a board member of Infrastructure Australia.

Moffat is a Fellow of Engineers Australia and holds a Bachelor of Electronic & Electrical Engineering with Honours from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.

NTRO acquired ACRI in July 2022, and Moffat has been leading the integration of ACRI within the organisation for the past six months.

Sprott is an environmental planning, sustainability and major projects professional with nearly 30 years’ experience – 21 years in the ports industry.

He is Brisbane-based, and comes to NTRO from his own environmental planning consultancy firm Sprott Planning & Environment, which has been involved in writing national guidelines, master planning, major projects, sustainability and policy tasks.

Sprott holds both a Bachelor of Urban & Regional Planning and a Master of Science (Environmental Management). He has also recently completed Executive Education with Cambridge University in Business Sustainability.

The three roles will report to NTRO CEO Michael Caltabiano.

In December last year, more than 250 people attended the official launch of the NTRO in Melbourne.

The NTRO said in a statement it would create the new knowledge that will be used to provide world's best practice across all modes of transport – road, rail, ports and airports – for Australia and New Zealand.

The Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) underpins the NTRO entity, and will continue to lead the way in road research.

The official transition to the NTRO signals an evolution from a roads-focused entity to one encompassing Australia's entire transport network.

Leaders from around the transport industry, including Victorian Department of Transport secretary, Paul Younis, and Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) CEO, Matt Pinnegar, were among the guest speakers at the launch function at the National Transport Research Centre in Fishermans Bend, Melbourne.

"State road agencies have been transitioning into transport agencies, and we’ve planning this shift since 2017," said Caltabiano.

"NTRO will truly be the one source of truth for Australia and New Zealand Governments and the private sector, delivering solutions to the transport challenges of tomorrow and genuinely shaping our transport future.

"NTRO's vision is to enable transport agencies to give effect to that change, by providing that central portal for innovation in Australia and New Zealand."

As well as Melbourne, the NTRO also has offices in Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide, and Perth – making it truly national and reflective of a mode-agnostic road, rail, ports and airports organisation.

The Australasian Centre for Rail Innovation (ACRI) formally became part of ARRB in mid-2022, and will lead the NTRO's rail focus.

NTRO Ports and NTRO Airports have also been established for those disciplines.

In other news, a survey probing CEO expectations found skills shortages, inflation and supply chain disruption topped the list.

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