Governance Board

FCPA, CFInstD, MAICD
Suzanne joined the KiwiRail Board as chair in July 2025. She has extensive senior executive and governance experience across financial services, ICT, energy, global freight and logistics, central and local government sectors spanning domestic and international markets.
A Fellow of the Certified Practising Accountants of Australia and a Chartered Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Directors, Sue is the Deputy Chair and Chair of the Risk and Assurance Committee of the New Zealand Infrastructure Commision, Te Waihanga; the Deputy Chair and Chair of the People and Culture Committee of Quotable Value Limited; and a Director of Quotable Value Australia Pty Limited.
Before moving into governance, Sue held executive roles as Group Chief Financial Officer of Auckland Council, Director of Consultancy at PwC, Executive Director of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Chief Operating Officer of Westpac Asia.

Jeff joined the KiwiRail Board in July 2025. Jeff is also chair of the Port Taranaki Board and has vast international governance experience across engineering, infrastructure, project management, and supply chains. A former director of Powerco Ltd, he was also on the Board and is a former chair of both Geelong Port and leading container port stevedores Patrick Terminals. He has also been a director and former chair of Arc Infrastructure, which owns and operates Western Australia’s bulk rail network, and Linx Cargo Care Group, the owner of C3 Logistics. Jeff is a member of the Australian Institute of Directors and Institute of Directors (NZ) and is a member of the NZ Institute of Engineers.

B Com, CA, CMInstD, PMP
Alastair joined the Board on 1 November 2025. He brings more than 15 years of governance experience across the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors. His current directorships include NZ Post Limited and NZX-listed Vector Limited, Auckland's electricity distribution business. Alastair is a publicly elected trustee of Entrust, Auckland’s energy consumer trust. He was the deputy chair of Foundation North and the founding chair of the Centre for Social Impact. Alastair is also director of The Ruskin Group, a business and infrastructure consultancy.

B.Com Dip.Grad. FCA CFInstD
Murray joined the Board on 1 November 2025. He is a Chartered Accountant and former PwC partner with extensive expertise in assurance, infrastructure, and risk management. He is the Chair of Corde Limited, a Council-Controlled Organisation owned by Selwyn District Council and Methven Adventures Limited. Murray is also an Independent Member of the Risk and Assurance Committee for the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission. He is a Director for Airtech NZ Limited, Genesis Capital and IHC New Zealand. Murray is a former President of Chartered Accountants ANZ and CEO of technology company NomosOne.

Scott joined the Board on 1 September 2025. He is also a director of the transport company HW Richardson (HWR) Group and was previously managing director of the Group from 2006 to 2015. The Group owns 46 companies, employing 2000 people across six sectors including road freight. Scott spearheads the HWR Group Property portfolio that is responsible for various projects across New Zealand. He led HWR Group through a decade of growth in both company size, business growth and diversification. He has expertise in both operational and governance in property management, transport, freight, and logistics as well as strategic commercial expertise.

BE(Hons), MBA(Dist), PhD
Sina joined the Board in October 2023. She is an experienced director with a governance portfolio focussed on organisations involved with infrastructure and community impact, and currently serves on the board of Te Waihanga (the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission), Whitestone Contracting, Christchurch City Holdings, and the Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust. She brings more than 20 years’ experience as a civil engineer specialising in the design and delivery of horizontal infrastructure and asset management. Sina is a Chartered Professional Engineer, Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors and a Fellow of Engineering New Zealand.

MBA
Liz joined the Board in May 2023. Liz has extensive operational, contracting and commercial expertise gained across a diverse range of industries including large-scale infrastructure, transport, fisheries and telecommunications.
She has more than 30 years’ experience as a CEO, senior executive and strategic advisor across these sectors. She held CEO roles with Gough Group, Kennards Hire and CentrePort Ltd and is an experienced company director, spanning government, privately-owned and regulated entities such as NSW Telco Authority and Moana (formerly Aotearoa Fisheries Ltd).
She is currently a non-executive director of Service Stream Ltd, Ritchies Transport Holdings Ltd.