Menno Henneveld, 60
Commissioner, Main Roads, Western Australia, Perth

Menno Henneveld was appointed to the position of Commissioner of Main Roads, Western Australia in 2002. Since then, he has contributed to the com-pany's strategic direction by introducing an integrated planning approach which aims to provide better customer service and road access. He has been a strong supporter of closer working relations with local government.
Working with the Western Australian Local Government Association, Henneveld pushed for significant changes to the State Funds to Local Government Agreement.
Before his current position, Henneveld worked in the water industry for 38 years and was involved with the planning, construction, maintenance and operations of water supply, sewerage, irrigation and drainage schemes.
A civil engineering graduate, Henneveld also holds postgraduate qualifications in project management and business administration. This year, he became chair of the International Society for Trenchless Technology.

Bruce Wilson, 56
Director-General, Queensland Department of Transport, Brisbane

Bruce Wilson is the current longest-serving director-general of the Queensland Department of Transport, having held the position from 1995. He leads a 10-person executive team which manages Queensland Transport.
His team is responsible for 2000 fulltime and 2000 casual staff including over 400 technology professionals.
Wilson graduated with first class honours in civil engineering from the University of Queensland in 1971. He then completed a master of engineering science in transport planning at the University of Queensland in 1981. In his spare time, he enjoys keeping fit and road cycling on the weekends.

David Anderson, 59
Chief Executive, VicRoads, Melbourne

David Anderson became chief executive of VicRoads in 2001. The organisation is in charge of managing and developing Vic-toria's principal road network, vehicle reg-istration and licensing, and safety strategies. As chief executive, Anderson is a principal adviser to the state government on road issues. He has been involved with the organisation's infrastructure development, road safety programs and enterprise-wide customer
service strategy.
Anderson received a diploma of civil engineering from the Gordon Institute of Technology in 1967 and a bachelor of engineering from the University of Melbourne in 1968. He also completed a master of business administration from the International Management Centre in the UK in 1990 and a master of science in transportation from the University of California in 1980. Anderson's career has focused on the management of roads and road use in Victoria.
In 2000, he was awarded the Public Service Medal for his work developing Victoria's road safety coordination arrangements.
He is currently chairman of the Australian chapter of the Road Engineering Association of Asia and Australasia, chairman of the Austroads International Committee and Australia's first delegate to PIARC, the World Road Association.
In his spare time, Anderson enjoys golf, music, sport and gardening.

Stephen Gumley, 49
CEO, Defence Materiel Organisation, Canberra

Dr Stephen Gumley is the chief executive officer of the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO), a position he has held since 2004. The organisation has an annual budget of $6 billion in acquisition and sustainment contracts and employs about 6500 staff in over 50 locations worldwide. Currently, the DMO has 210 major and 100 minor projects
under way.
As CEO, Gumley's duties involve managing resources and strategic direction. He is also involved in developing the DMO's Defence Capability Plan which outlines all major acquisition and sustainment projects the organisation is responsible for a 10-year period.
Gumley is also involved in introducing greater professional standards to the organisation. Some of these include standardising work processes, concentrating on high priorities and benchmarking the organisation against businesses.
Gumley said one of his most significant achievements was implementing the Kinnaird recommendations which addressed the Defence Force's capability development and acquisition process. He is also pleased with his agency's efforts in moving the DMO to prescribed agency status last year.
Gumley received his bachelor of mechanical and electrical engineering from the University of Tasmania in 1979 and a PhD in fluid mechanics from Oxford in 1982.

Ken Mathers, 60
CEO, Southern and Eastern Integrated Transport Authority (SEITA), Melbourne

Ken Mathers became chief executive officer of SEITA in 2003. The organisation is currently developing the EastLink Project in Melbourne, a 39km freeway connecting the Eastern Freeway at Mitcham to the Morn-ington Peninsula Freeway at Frankston. It is being delivered as a public private partnership and is one of Australia's largest road projects.
Mathers completed a diploma of civil engineering at Bendigo Technical College and is a qualified municipal engineer. Apart from a short period in the army he has practised engineering in the roads industry of Victoria.
In project management roles, he has worked on Victorian road infrastructure developments including the Melton Bypass, the Hume Freeway and the Western Ring Road. He was involved in planning the CityLink project and providing full freeway conditions on the Monash Freeway.
He has been Engineers Australia's senior representative on several overseas studies tours including Russia and the Baltic states in 2001, Spain, Portugal and Morocco in 2002 and China in 2005.

Paul Tyrrell, 61
Chief Executive of the Department of the Chief Minister and Secretary to Cabinet in the Northern Territory, Darwin

Paul Tyrrell has served as chief executive of the Department of the Chief Minister and secretary to cabinet in the Northern Territory since 1999. He is the most senior public servant in the NT and the most senior public service adviser to the chief minister. His work involves strategic leadership in major project development and across the public service, advising the chief minister and cabinet in economic and social policies and working to implement government priorities.
Tyrrell is a civil engineer from Geelong with an economics degree from the University of Queensland.
He has been involved in the development of most major infrastructure projects in the NT. He played a key role in leading the governments of NT and South Australia to bring the $1.3 billion Adelaide to Darwin railway to financial close in 2001.
The railway became operational in 2004. He also played the leading role in achieving financial close for the $1.1 billion Darwin city waterfront redevelopment and convention centre, with stage one due for completion in 2008. He sees several challenges ahead including broadening the state's economic base, capturing the benefits of the current resources boom, growing the population and addressing the significant disadvantage of indigenous Australians in the Territory.
In his spare time, he enjoys snow skiing, keeping fit, fishing and relaxing with friends on his boat on Darwin Harbour and watching the Geelong football team.

Sam Haddad
Director-General, NSW Department
of Planning

Sam Haddad is the director-general of the NSW Department of Planning. He was appointed to the position in 2005. He is in charge of implementing planning reforms and encouraging further growth and investment in NSW. He is also a member of the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority Board.
Haddad has a bachelor of chemical engineering and a master of applied science in chemical engineering from the University of NSW. He also holds a master of business administration from Macquarie University. He was recently involved with the planning approval for a proposal to expand the Chinderah Marina on the Tweed River. The project aims to build an extra 86 berths, improve public access to the river and promote tourism in the Tweed.
From 1989 to 1993 he served as executive director for the United Nations Program for Sustainable Development where he directed major projects in several UN member states.

Engineers Australia Magazine, Volume 78 No 6, June 2006.

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