The Australasian Railway Association (ARA) has announced its new Chair following Danny Broad’s decision to step down from the role.
After an extensive national recruitment process, the ARA Board has endorsed Lucio Di Bartolomeo as the new Chair. Mr Di Bartolomeo’s formal appointment will be endorsed at the ARA AGM.
Mr Di Bartolomeo has been a full-time Non Executive Director (NED) for 18 years including as Chair of Australia Post, Northwest Rapid Transport, Australian Naval Infrastructure, Health Infrastructure NSW and Macquarie Generation. He has also held NED roles with Australian Super, the Australian Rail Track Corporation, Downer EDI and Moorebank Intermodal Company.
Prior to commencing NED roles Mr Di Bartolomeo was the Managing Director of ADI/Thales, Australia’s leading defence, systems and engineering contractor. Before his appointment to ADI in 2002, Mr Di Bartolomeo had a 26-year career in the transport industry.
From 1986 to 2002 Mr Di Bartolomeo held several senior management positions that put him at the forefront of rail industry reform, including holding the positions of Group General Manager of FreightRail and CityRail, before finishing as Managing Director of FreightCorp.
Most recently Mr Di Bartolomeo was appointed by the New South Wales Government to an independent advisory panel to oversee the NSW Freight Policy Reform Program.
Mr Di Bartolomeo is a qualified civil engineer and has a master’s degree in engineering science.
Mr Di Bartolomeo will be attending AusRAIL where he’ll be meeting and engaging with members.
