Leadership and governance

Erin has more than 40 years of experience in both private and Government sectors in law, rail and large infrastructure projects. She was Commercial Manager and Deputy CEO at Reliance Rail before becoming Executive Director of Infrastructure NSW in 2012.

In 2012, Erin was appointed by the NSW Minister for Transport to the Advisory Board for the North West Rail Link and subsequently became an inaugural Director of the newly formed Sydney Metro in 2018. In 2016 she became a Guardian of the Board of the Commonwealth Future Fund.

In July 2023, Erin was appointed to the Board of a newly established subsidiary of ARTC, Inland Rail Pty Ltd, to govern the delivery of the Inland Rail. She sits on the Audit & Risk Committee and is also Chair of the People, Performance and Remuneration Committee.

Erin is currently a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration and Outsourcing Committee for The Infrastructure Fund (TIF), a closed infrastructure fund managed by Macquarie Asset Management. She is the independent Chair of the Shareholders’ Committee for the Mott MacDonald Group,  a UK based  global engineering consultancy firm. She is a Trustee and Chair of the Finance, Risk & Audit Committee for Sydney Grammar School and a Board member and Chair of the Strategic Development Committee for the NSW Police & Citizens Youth Clubs, and a board member of the Australian Chamber Orchestra.

Erin is a member of Chief Executive Women (CEW) and the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD).

Michael brings over 35 years of experience in the rail and logistics industries including government enterprises, publicly listed entities, and private entities. This experience includes 17 years in a range of Group Executive roles with both Aurizon and Queensland Rail covering operations, infrastructure, commercial, strategy, business development, and corporate.

He has held direct accountability for multi-billion dollar capital programmes including large scale infrastructure project development, project management, and construction projects across Australia and has significant direct senior level involvement in intermodal, agriculture, and natural resources industries across both domestic and export markets.

Michael is a non-executive director of Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) and a director and employee of Camcar Consulting Pty Ltd.

Michael’s previous directorships have included the Australian Logistics Council, Australasian Railway Association, Aquila Resources, Rail Industry Safety & Standards Board, and Union of International Railways World Executive Committee. He has been on a range of advisory boards for the freight and passenger transport sectors across Australia.

Janice has 15 years experience as a professional non-executive director and chair of audit & risk committees across infrastructure companies in the ports, intermodals, energy, defence, sport, environment and sustainability sectors.

Janice has a multi-disciplinary background in finance, commercial law and sustainability.

She is currently a non-executive director of AustralianSuper, NSW Ports, Lochard Energy and Repurpose It. She has previously served on the boards of Australian Naval Infrastructure Limited and Port of Melbourne Corporation.

Janice has held a number of non-executive director positions in the Australian Naval Infrastructure, Tennis Australia, Ports Victoria, Citywide Services Solutions, Port of Melbourne and Melbourne Water.

Janice has a Master of Commerce (Accounting and Finance), Master of Environment, Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and a Bachelor of Arts (Economics).

Janice is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of Certified Practising Accountants.

Michael has over 30 years’ experience as a Non-Executive Director and leader within the logistics, supply chain, retail and property sectors. Michael currently serves on the Boards of Ausgrid, CBH Group, NSW Ports, Sydney Airports, Peel Ports UK, Centurion, UON Pty Ltd, Australian Vintage Group and Kimbriki Environmental Enterprises Pty Ltd. He is also an Executive Director and owner of Gurrundah Pastoral Operations Pty Ltd.

Michael is an Investment Senior Advisor for both IFM Investors and Australian Super.

Michael is the Chair of HSE Global and ATG West.

Michael was appointed International Freight Coordinator General, Austrade on 31 March 2020 in an interim role to assist with the Federal Government’s COVID-19 response, which concluded in September 2022. Michael has also been an advisor at different times to Bain Consulting, Brookfield, GNG Partners and Macquarie Bank in Australia, China and the Middle East.

Previous roles include Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer and Director of Toll Group Holdings; Chief Executive Officer of Coates Hire; Linfox and Westgate Holdings, as well as Non-Executive Director of Australia Post.

In 2025, Michael was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for his significant service to transport and the community.

Merren has over 30 years’ experience as a Director and Senior Executive across a broad range of industries including aviation, resources, infrastructure, transport, professional services and government.

Merren commenced her career as a commercial lawyer and became an executive partner at Australian law firm, Allens, specialising in advising governments on major reforms and infrastructure projects. This included the disaggregation and privatisation of the passenger rail and freight industry in Victoria.

Merren is an independent Chair of the Melbourne Airport Rail Steering Committee. 

Over the last 15 years, Merren has held executive roles in the highly regulated and competitive aviation industry. Her CEO roles include Tigerair Australia, Virgin Australia Cargo, Virgin Australia Regional Airlines and founding CEO of Lynx Air, a Canadian start-up ultralow- cost carrier.

Merren brings extensive corporate governance experience, having served as company chair and director across multiple sectors and is a member of Chief Executive Women.

Merren has a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance, FINSIA (now Kaplan Business School) and a Bachelor of Law and Arts from the University of Melbourne.

Scott has over 40 years of combined experience across accounting, executive management and supply chain roles.

Scott currently leads Flywheel Advisory, a supply chain consultancy, and has formerly held CEO roles with T Ports, Bowmans Rail and e-fill, a warehousing and distribution group. Prior to this, Scott was also the supply chain leader at Aurecon in Infrastructure advisory, where he was a Principal providing strategic counsel to customers globally.

Scott was formerly with KPMG for more than a decade, and has worked across Europe, Asia and Australia overseeing accounting, finance and supply chain operations for global companies in packaging, apparel, food and transport.

Today, as founder and Principal of Flywheel Advisory, Scott is helping organisations and businesses using supply chain as a differentiator to drive profitability and service.

Scott chairs industry organisations; the International and Australian boards of ICHCA International, a cargo safety association and Regional Development Australia Far North.

Scott has a BA (Accounting) from the University of South Australia and is a Chartered Accountant Associate through the Institute of Chartered Accountants ANZ.

James has over 30 years of experience in the energy, resources, infrastructure, and transport industries, including building Australia’s largest on-shore, open access gas terminal in South Australia.

James was also instrumental in developing the $18 billion Joint Venture Export LNG project in Queensland with Total, Petronas and Kogas, and founded Australia’s first approved open access gas import terminal at Port Kembla, NSW. James has extensive finance, commercial, legal, government and stakeholder experience.

Ashishma Lal is a senior finance executive with more than 24 years’ experience across the infrastructure, utilities, and professional services sectors. She brings deep expertise in financial governance, budgeting, and executive reporting, with a strong focus on supporting strategic decision‑making at senior leadership and Board level.

Prior to joining National Intermodal, Ashishma served as Group Financial Controller and Company Secretary at Sydney Desalination. Earlier in her career, she worked as a Chartered Accountant, building a strong foundation in financial control, compliance, and advisory services. Ashishma holds a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting and Financial Management and Information Systems and has completed an Executive MBA in Business Administration.

Kate is a corporate services executive and practicing lawyer with over 25 years’ experience in critical infrastructure and regulated industries, including transport, logistics, and telecommunications. She has led multi-disciplinary teams across legal, governance, sustainability, risk, audit, people and culture, and corporate affairs.

Before joining National Intermodal, Kate has held a number of executive roles including at Indara Digital Infrastructure and Pacific National.

Kate holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and a Bachelor of Economics (Social Science) from the University of Sydney and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Joanne has extensive experience in executive roles across a range of global industry sectors including pharmaceuticals and energy including as Chief People Officer roles at Santos and AGL. 

With more than 30 years’ experience, Joanne has a strong and diverse background leading people, culture, health and safety, and large transformation initiatives in complex, highly regulated industries.

Joanne holds an MBA from the University of South Australia, a Graduate Certificate in Energy & Resources from University College of London, is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a CEW Member.

Ante has 30 years of experience across significant scale major project development and delivery across the infrastructure, energy and resource sectors.  He brings extensive experience in major project development and capital works delivery of complex billion-dollar multidisciplinary facilities and linear infrastructure works for global corporations such as Santos and ExxonMobil, both greenfield and brownfield assets, including supporting social infrastructure, in Australia, the Middle East and PNG.

Ante’s career has reinforced a passionate commitment to safety and deep understanding of what it takes to successfully development and delivery major projects to meet business objectives.