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.

Rupert has 25 years' experience in the construction industry, having worked for both client and contractor organisations delivering rail infrastructure and civil engineering projects in the UK, Canada and Australia.

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

Ashy is an experienced executive leader with over 25 years' of experience and is professionally qualified in finance, business administration, law, and information technology.

Ashy is recognised in the industry for large-scale strategic transformation delivering significant financial and business improvement and delivering market share growth, both in Australia and overseas. He has a wealth of experience across the retail, telecommunication, media, supply chain, and transportation sectors and is passionate about customer service. Through his collaborative leadership style Ashy delivers rapid change, agility and drives efficiency focussed culture within organisation.

Ashy comes to Queensland Rail from global logistics company CEVA Logistics where he was Chief Financial Officer(CF0) and Director for Australia and New Zealand and has previously held executive level positions at Woolworths, Edcon (South African fashion retailer), and Myer.

As CFO, Ashy is responsible for providing commercial leadership to drive financial and business growth to the organisation that will be instrumental to deliver the Ready for Growth program. His focus on governance, compliance and risk management will further strengthen the organisation to strive to deliver world-class. 

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