Executive Leadership Team

Kat is a high-impact, agile, and driven leader with executive experience in finance, commercial and operational roles, both locally and internationally.

Passionate about customer experience, Kat is recognised for driving strategic change through large-scale transformation initiatives in highly complex and challenging environments across public and government organisations.

Prior to commencing at Queensland Rail in 2019 as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Kat held a number of executive roles with nbnCo and as CFO for Bahrain Telecommunications company.

Kat was appointed to the substantive role of CEO Queensland Rail on 14 April 2022.

Scott has over 30 years’ of experience in the oil and gas, transport and logistics industries for major producers and railway operators across the globe.

He has held senior management roles focused on operations, health, safety and environment, risk management, security and the community.

Scott is a highly experienced leader with an outstanding track record of implementing innovative strategies and initiatives that deliver safety outcomes in high-risk operating businesses.

As Head of Regional, Scott is responsible for Queensland Rail's Regional operating business including the valuable services we deliver to our Travel and Tourism and freight customers.

Neil is a seasoned executive with more than 30 years' of experience in strategic and operational leadership across the rail industry.

He has a proven track record of delivering commercial, operational and shareholder value through improved safety, customer service, operating discipline, asset utilisation and enterprise governance.

As Head of SEQ, Neil is responsible for the strategic and operational management of Queensland Rail’s SEQ network including the delivery of safe and reliable train services for the people of Queensland.

Rebecca is an adaptable and experienced executive with more than 20 years’ experience in management and senior roles, both globally and locally. She has worked across public, government and private organisations.

Rebecca is passionate, and results driven and is most effective in large, complex, challenging and diverse environments. She brings a broad range of external experience from multiple industries, including emergency services, mining and manufacturing.

As Group Executive People, Safety and Sustainability, she is responsible for people capability, employee relations, people services, workplace health and safety, environment and sustainability, and planning our future workforce and supporting engagement and well-being at Queensland Rail.

Renaye is an experienced executive with more than 25 years’ experience across the infrastructure, property and corporate sector.

Renaye specialises in building high-performance teams to deliver results and has contributed to many significant infrastructure projects including Brisbane’s Eastern Busway and Inner Northern Busway. Renaye is an outspoken advocate for delivering more for communities when delivering infrastructure and highlights the importance of weaving infrastructure back into the urban fabric, creating added economic benefits and engaging with the community.

As Group Executive Strategic Projects, Property and Portfolio, Renaye plays a key role in the development of commercial opportunities for Queensland Rail, unlocking incremental revenue streams for both strategic property decisions as well as leading major precinct transformations. 

Darren is an experienced leader with more than a decade in senior executive roles in the transport industry, and a long international career in the fast-moving consumer goods industry.

During his career, Darren has led significant Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and S4Hana implementations, along with technology enablement of the New South Wales Rail Operations Centre, Metro Integration, and the new Waratah train fleet. He has also introduced new capabilities such as cyber defence, Cloud, agile and digital teams, enterprise-wide data platforms and innovation processes.

As Group Executive Digital and Information, Darren is responsible for uplifting foundational data and digital capabilities at Queensland Rail and driving transformative information and operating technology change.

Louise is an experienced executive with over 20 years' experience spanning across large ASX listed companies, government-owned and private entities. She has led large operational and technical teams with P&L accountability and capital program delivery.

Louise is passionate and highly effective in leading enterprise-wide transformations delivering improvements in people performance safety, customer service, asset management, engineering and maintenance.

Louise is committed to advancing communities, industries, and enterprises through inclusive leadership, diversity and the integration of technology and innovation. She has successfully delivered programs of both State and Federal significance.

As Group Executive Strategy and Transformation Louise is responsible for providing senior leadership of Queensland Rail's enterprise strategy and strategic operational plans and overseeing the organisation's transformation.

Warren McReight is a Chartered Professional Engineer with more than 35 years’ experience delivering diverse multi-billion dollar projects throughout Australia.

His proven leadership experience brings creativity, strong team culture, commercial acumen, risk and governance management, strategic planning and networking skills to the Major Projects Engineering and Rail Safety function.

He is the Executive Sponsor of the Queensland Rail Graduate Development program, and is passionate in developing the next generation of engineers and leaders.

As Group Executive Major Projects, Engineering and Rail Safety, Warren is accountable for the performance of Queensland Rail’s major project delivery, and for leading Queensland Rail’s activities in relation to the Cross River Rail and European Train Control System projects. Warren is also responsible for driving excellence in engineering and safety.