The National Transport Research Organisation (NTRO) has appointed its new Executive Director for Rail, with the new director boasting extensive experience within the rail and transport sector.
Working both overseas and within Australia, the new Executive Director, Natalie Loughborough, has had high level experience working for operators in the UK such as First Group, Serco and Abellio, in addition to local government bodies such as Transport for Greater Manchester.
Her most recent job includes working as General Manager at Metro Trains Melbourne, holding the position from 2019 before moving to the NTRO.
Ms Loughborough said she is delighted to be joining the NTRO.
“The opportunity to be part of the future of a multi-modal approach to the strategic direction for transport is truly exciting, alongside the opportunity to take forward rail with the breadth already applied in the road, ports and airports space,” Ms Loughborough said.
“I am delighted to be joining NTRO at a time when rail has become part of the overall transport portfolio.”
Bringing more than 15 years of board director experience, Ms Loughborough has had the opportunity to work across nearly all areas of the transport industry and has extensive customer experience for all end users within the transport space. Ms Loughborough can also cover all areas such as organisational development, production of standards and operations across transport, criminal justice and the education sector.
NTRO CEO, Michael Caltabiano, said that Ms Loughborough’s appointment marks an important step in the organisation as it brings in rail to the NTRO transportation portfolio.
“I am very pleased to be able to welcome someone of the calibre of Natalie to the NTRO team serving the transport innovation space across Australia and New Zealand,” Mr Caltabiano said.
“As Executive Director, Rail, Natalie will be focused on delivering an innovation pathway for the rail sector using the deep skills in NTRO across areas like Asset Performance, Sustainability and Materials Performance and Infrastructure Measurement.
“She will be able to deliver the collaboration that the rail sector has been asking for, linking great suppliers of services through the NTRO team and delivering an offering that focuses on outcomes that are implementable in the field.”
