Thought Leadership
Amplifying transport best practice and optimal outcomes
PTAANZ collaborates with our members to fulfill our purpose to inspire curious minds, cultivate relationships and champion the future of sustainable mobility in Australia and New Zealand.
Through our events and strategic initiatives, PTAANZ gives our members and the broader transport industry opportunities to combine their expertise to amplify best practice and envisage the best possible transport outcomes for the region.
Connected Choices Strategic Plan
Through Connected Choices, PTAANZ will engage the sector and develop content to inform the achievement of the best possible transport outcomes in Australia and New Zealand.
The PTAANZ Board of Directors identified Customer Experience, Mode Shift and Decarbonisation as the top three industry priorities that our members, who represent different transport modes and a variety of professional disciplines, can collectively champion.
Insights from our Connected Choices strategy will inform how PTAANZ curates events and engages with its members and industry stakeholders.
Three Industry Priorities
Vision: Australia and New Zealand to have world-leading public transport systems that deliver optimal economic, social and environmental benefits. Transport will be sustainable, efficient, reliable and provide an excellent customer experience.
“Connected Choices” means transport users will have a range of appealing and viable options to travel sustainably when and where they need to go, using a combination of traditional mass transit services as well as active and new mobility options.
Mission: Amplify good practice, success stories and collective expertise (local and global) on public transport CX, Mode Shift and Decarbonisation.
To result in uplift across the sector:
- curious minds become even more capable practitioners
- new relationships deliver novel outcomes that work
- the future we are championing influences policy and investment.
Connected Choices Committees
PTAANZ has established three committees of subject matter experts from our Premier and Gold members, to harness their collective expertise to deliver optimal CX, Mode Shift and Decarbonisation outcomes in transport.
Connected Choices committee members at the 2024 PTAANZ Conference
Customer Experience Committee
Name | Job Title | Organisation |
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Katie Cooper (Co-Chair) | CEO | Metro Tasmania |
Jon Whelan (Co-Chair) | Chief Executive | Dept for Infrastructure and Transport, South Australia |
Michelle Batsas | Executive Director Government and Stakeholder Relations | Yarra Trams |
David Boyd | Manager Customer Experience | Metlink | Greater Wellington Regional Council |
Claire Chow | Director, Design for Customers & Place | Transport for NSW |
Charlotte Hayes | Executive Director, Customer Strategy and Communications | Public Transport Authority Western Australia |
Kathryn Illingworth | Advisor, Customer Advocacy | Translink | Dept Transport and Main Roads, Queensland |
John Langford-Ely | CEO | netBI and Bridj |
Peta Gamon | Executive Director, Strategy, Insights & Customer Experience | Transport for NSW |
Anthony Leung | Team Leader, Public Transport | New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi |
Jim McConnell | Senior Vice President - Global Strategic Director, Architecture | HDR |
Yvette Mihelic | Director Customer Experience | John Holland |
Candice Quigley | Head of Customer Experience, KD Adelaide | Keolis Downer |
Ian Shore | Director - Strategy and Innovation | Alstom |
Scott Suine | Director and Co-Founder | Osmodal |
Kaye Tuddenham | Head of Marketing and Digital | Metro Trains Melbourne |
Zachary Wong | Digital Products Lead | Auckland Transport |
Mode Shift Committee
Name | Job Title | Organisation |
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Julien Dehornoy (Co-Chair) | CEO | Keolis Downer |
Stacey van der Putten (Co-Chair) | Director Public Transport and Active Modes | Auckland Transport |
Athanasios Athanasopoulos | Program Director, National Rail Integration | National Transport Commission |
Ishra Baksh | Executive Director (Strategic Insights and Transformation), Office of the Director-General | Dept Transport and Main Roads, Queensland |
Anna Bradley | Executive Director, Active Transport & Vibrancy | Transport for NSW |
Aline Frantzen | Chief Operating Officer | Metro Trains Melbourne |
Julie Gee | Executive Director, Transport Strategy | Transport for NSW |
Clement Hamart | Project Manager - New Mobility & Technologies | Transdev |
Julie Hardy | Associate Transport Planner | WSP |
Ian Hopkins | Head, Network Planning and Development | Yarra Trams |
Stuart Johns | Executive Director, Modal Planning | Dept Transport and Planning, Victoria |
Chris Loader | Director, Public Transport Planning Analytics | Dept Transport and Planning, Victoria |
Andy Meyer | Executive Director (Service Planning and Infrastructure) | Dept Transport and Main Roads, Queensland |
Pete Moth | Head of PT Network, Planning & Development | Auckland Transport |
Yolan Pillay | Team Leader (QLD) – Transport, Analytics and Planning ; Senior Principal - Transport (CPEng) | Stantec |
Natasha Santha | Partner | L.E.K. Consulting |
Decarbonisation Committee
Name | Job Title | Organisation |
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Mark Streeting (Co-Chair) | Senior Partner | L.E.K. Consulting |
Judith Sturman (Co-Chair) | Executive Group Manager, Transport Canberra | Transport Canberra and City Services |
Lauren Allen | Executive Director, Sydney Technical Services | Transport for NSW |
Jonathan Anderson | Sustainable Mobility Manager | Keolis Downer |
Telma Cordeiro | National Head of Fleet & Government Relations | Custom Denning |
Mark Gazy | Civic Principal | HDR |
Benjamin Haddock | Future Mobility Lead | Arup |
Karl Hain | General Manager Engineering and Asset Management | Transport for Brisbane |
Roger Jeffries | Future Mobility & Transport Decarbonisation Leader, ANZ Region | AECOM |
Kym Kolar | Principal Analyst – Insights | National Transport Commission |
Darek Koper | Project Director | UGL |
Jack Kotlyar | Head of Green Transport | Energy Australia |
Simon Meiers | Director of Network Planning and Optimisation | SYSTRA ANZ |
Caitlin Mowatt | Decarbonisation Specialist | Auckland Transport |
Todd Newett | Manager Passenger Transport Policy | Dept State Growth, Tasmania |
Christopher Royal | Director Sustainability | Transport for NSW |
Eleanor Short | Senior Technical Director - Transport Decarbonisation | GHD |
Edward Wright | Infrastructure and Fleet Specification Manager | Auckland Transport |
Get Involved
If you work for a PTAANZ Premier or Gold member and would like to join one of our Connected Choices Committees, please contact [email protected]
PTAANZ welcomes proposals from all our members who would like to share relevant expertise and thought leadership through our content and events including reports, webinars and podcasts.
PTAANZ Reports
PTAANZ partners with our members and industry stakeholders to publish reports that capture and analyse key transport challenges and developments.

PTAANZ Webinars
PTAANZ webinars connect our members with local and international experts who discuss hot transport topics for ANZ. Click the links below to register for upcoming webinars or to watch past webinars.
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