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; a Director of Quotable Value Australia Pty Limited; the Independent Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee of Hutt City Council; and an Independent Member of the Audit Committee of the Sunshine Coast Council.
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.

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Rob has extensive executive, industry and board experience following a career of more than 43 years with Shell in a variety of executive roles, including Chairman and Vice President of the Shell Companies in New Zealand and more recently as Vice President of Shell Australia’s Prelude Floating LNG and wider East Browse assets offshore of Western Australia. Rob served as an independent non-executive director of Beach Energy in Australia until he stepped down from the Board in November 2022 for personal reasons. Rob also served as an independent non-executive director of Air New Zealand for nearly nine years, including as chair of the Board health, safety and security committee.
Rob chaired the independent taskforce on Workplace Health and Safety for the New Zealand Government, which has been instrumental in encouraging fundamental changes to New Zealand’s approach to workplace health and safety.
In 2013, Rob received the Energy Executive of the Year Award at the New Zealand Deloitte Energy Excellence Awards for his “standout performance in the New Zealand energy sector”. He was elected a fellow of the Institute of Professional Engineers in 2015 for his contribution to the advancement of engineering practice and leadership in the profession and was recognised with a Safeguard Life-time Achievement Award in 2017.
In 2018, Rob was awarded an Officer of New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) for his services to business and health and safety. During his career Rob chaired the Petroleum Exploration and Production Association of NZ as well as the Business Leaders Health and Safety Forum.
He holds a BE Mechanical Engineering (Hons), MBA (distinction), MAICD, and is a CMinstD, and FENZ.

Bruce was appointed to the KiwiRail Board in March 2020. He has been specialising in providing corporate finance advice and assistance to clients since 1985. He was a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for 25 years and continues to provide a diverse range of commercial and financial advice to both the private and public sectors. Bruce is a director of the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research.
Bruce’s technical specialisations include large-scale infrastructure procurement processes, infrastructure financing, financial analysis, capital structuring, business case development, economic regulation, business and share valuations, and cost of capital.
Bruce holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Administration in Economics and Accounting and completed the International Business Programme at Harvard Business School, Boston, USA. He is a Chartered Accountant with the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants.

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.
Liz has 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 has an MBA and is currently a non-executive director of Service Stream Ltd, Ritchies Transport Holdings Ltd and Guide Dogs NSW/ACT.

Sina’s an experienced director with a governance portfolio focussed on organisations involved with infrastructure and community impact. She holds a BE(Hons), MBA(Dist) and a PhD and currently serves on the board of Te Waihanga (the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission), Whitestone Contracting, and the North Otago Irrigation Company, as well as community-centric organisations such as the Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust. She brings more than 20 years’ experience as a civil engineer specialising in the design and delivery of of horizontal infrastructure and asset management, and was active in the Canterbury post-quake rebuild. She believes in the responsibility for infrastructure leaders to lead on wider societal issues, including education, housing and equity, and currently sponsors the Cotter Tait scholarship at UC for Māori and Pasifika engineering students who aspire to make a difference in the world. Her PhD research examined the role of relationship management in delivery of major construction projects, and she remains actively involved in the challenges in the sector. Sina’s a Chartered Professional Engineer, Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors and a Fellow of Engineering New Zealand