V/Line Board members

The boards of V/Line Passenger Corporation (VLPC) and V/Line Passenger Pty Limited consist of the same members, with the board of the parent entity, V/Line Passenger Corporation, reporting to the Minister for Public Transport and the Treasurer.

 

Both boards adopt established protocols and procedures to ensure that corporate governance is maintained at the highest levels and that the strategic direction and overall performance of V/Line's business can be developed and monitored in a diligent manner.

Board composition

Mr Frank Tait

 

Mr Tait is the chair of the boards of both VLPC and V/Line. His career spans government as well as the rail transport and defence industries. Along with his role on the V/Line boards, Mr Tait is executive director of the Infrastructure Projects Division within the Department of Transport. He also has a consulting business, advising boards, executive management and entrepreneurs on business strategy, organisational development and recruitment strategies.

 

 

Mr Michael Tilley

 

Mr Tilley is the chairman of Terrain Capital. He has worked in the accounting and finance industries for more than 25 years and has broad senior advisory and project management experience in all facets of corporate finance. Mr Tilley is also chairman of Lower Murray Water authority and Free Eyre Limited and a director of Vision Super Pty Ltd and North Queensland Metals Limited.

 

 

­­­­­­­­­Ms Fiona Bennett

Ms Bennett is the deputy chair of the boards of VLPC and V/Line.  She has held senior executive positions in leading listed companies and has experience in commercial and financial management, governance, risk management and audit across a range of industries, including retail, resources, manufacturing and health. She has held a number of government, public and not-for profit board positions and is currently a director of Alfred Health, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, Legal Services Board, WPC Group Limited and Heide Museum of Modern Art.

 

Mr David Worth

Mr Worth is a Chartered Accountant and an experienced director and adviser in the transport and logistics industry and the property industry. He has had senior executive experience in corporate finance, supply chain management, property development, corporate strategy and IT. He is a director of two property investment funds associated with Marks Henderson Funds Management, several development trusts established by Dacland Management for Sophisticated Investors and Lowell Capital Limited, a small resource fund manager.

Mr Simon Lane

Mr Lane is a Director of Rail Advisory Services. He has worked in the rail industry for nearly 30 years and since 1994 has held senior management positions in Victoria, New South Wales and Singapore. He is Chairman of the Sydney Metro Authority in NSW and a director of the NSW Government’s Public Transport Ticketing Corporation.

 

 

Management

Mr Rob Barnett

 

Rob Barnett is the CEO at V/Line Passenger Pty Ltd. Rob has extensive and varied senior executive experience that extends across a number of business sectors including Building Products, Consumer Goods, Packaging Materials, Logistics, and Government owned enterprises.