Board of Directors

Rob Mason, MBA, B.Sc (Hons)
Chief Executive Officer

Mr Mason was appointed by the RailCorp Board to act as Chief Executive Officer effective from 7 April 2008. Mr Mason was Group General Manager Train Services and then Group General Manager Service Delivery in RailCorp since appointment in February 2005. He has extensive management experience in the Rail Industry and prior to joining RailCorp spent 4 years as Main Board Director for customer service delivery at the London Underground (LUL).

Kate McKenzie, BA/ LLB
Chair of the Human Resource and Remuneration Board Committee, Member of the Audit & Risk Board Committee

Ms McKenzie was appointed a Non-Executive Director on 1 November 2007 until 1 November 2010. She is currently the Group Managing Director, Telstra Wholesale and has been in this role since January 2006. Before joining Telstra she was Director-General of the NSW Department of Commerce and previously had held senior roles in other agencies including being Director-General Department of Industrial Relations NSW and General Manager WorkCover Authority NSW.

Gordon Messiter, BSc (Tech), MEngSc
Chair of the Safety & Environment Board Committee, Member of the Human Resource and Remuneration Board Committee

Mr Messiter was appointed a Non-Executive Director on 3 April 2006 to 3 April 2009. He is a former Chief Executive or Department Head of five NSW Government agencies including the Ministry of Transport and the State Rail Authority. He was the General Manager Randwick City Council from 1996 to 2004. Mr Messiter is a professional engineer with a first degree in electrical engineering and a master’s degree in transportation and traffic engineering.

Bob Plain
Member of the Safety & Environment Board Committee
Mr Plain was appointed a Non-Executive Director on 19 December 2003 to 1 January 2007. He has been re-appointed by the voting shareholders until 30 June 2008. He is a former Non-Executive Director of the Rail Infrastructure Corporation and the State Rail Authority of NSW. He has over 40 years of railway experience. Mr Plain held a number of union positions, including the National President of the Rail Tram & Bus Union and is a former member of the Labor Council Executive.

The Hon. Barrie Unsworth
Member of the Safety & Environment Board Committee and the Audit & Risk Board Committee

Mr Unsworth was appointed a Non-Executive Director on 21 December 2005 to 21 December 2008. He is Chairman of the Advisory Council of the Ambulance Service of New South Wales and Chairman of the Board of the State Transit Authority, and a former Minister for Transport, Minister for Health, Minister for State Development and Premier of New South Wales.