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.

Erin is currently a Non-Executive Director of Venues NSW, The Infrastructure Fund (TIF), and the NSW Transport Holding Entity. She is one of two independent members of the International Shareholders Committee for Mott MacDonald, a global engineering consultancy firm. She is a Trustee of Sydney Grammar School and a Board member of NSW Police & Citizens Youth Clubs, and the Australian Chamber Orchestra.

In July 2023, Erin was appointed to the Board of a newly established subsidiary of ARTC, Inland Rail Pty Ltd, which will govern the delivery of the Inland Rail.

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

Ron Koehler has more than 35 years of experience in the Freight and Logistics Industry. He is a former CEO of DB Schenker Australia Pty Ltd, a Global Air/Ocean and third party logistics company.

Under Ron’s management, DB Schenker undertook several acquisitions and mergers focusing on global key accounts and growth. Ron oversaw the construction and operation of the logistics warehouse footprint and the operational aspect of the Airfreight and Ocean Freight business.

Ron is an advisor to Trackster Global, an IOT – technology company. He is also a partner of WCL – Worldwide Consultants in Logistics GmbH, Germany, a consultant company to the freight and logistics industry.

Ron is a member of the German Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and a former Chair and Board member. He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2017 for supporting bilateral trade.

Bronwyn is a chartered accountant and a former partner of KPMG. She has over 25 years of experience on the Boards of entities in the publicly listed, unlisted, government and not for profit sectors.

Bronwyn has considerable experience with regulated organisations across a number of industry sectors including infrastructure, utilities and financial services. Bronwyn is currently Chair of Urban Utilities and the RACQ Foundation and is a Director of Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure Limited and Menzies Health Institute Queensland.

Bronwyn has a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Accounting from the University of Queensland and is a Fellow of both the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.

Annette has over 30 years’ experience as a corporate lawyer and a senior executive in the logistics, supply chain, cross border ecommerce, currency management, and security sectors across Australia, New Zealand, UK, USA and Asia.

Annette was CEO of Linfox Logistics and Linfox Armaguard and the EGM International at Australia Post.

During her career Annette has been Chair of BevChain and Australia Post Group Ecommerce Solutions in the UK and Deputy Chair of Sai Cheng Logistics in China as well as Company Secretary of Lend Lease Employer Systems and Linfox.

Annette is a Non-Executive Director of Sigma Pharmaceuticals Limited and Kinetic TCO Pty Ltd and is a member of Chief Executive Women.

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 Asset, Management, Finance and Operator Partnership, CBH Group, Sendle, NSW Ports and Peel Ports UK.

Michael is a Senate member, Chair of ARC and Chancellors Advisory Board for the University of Western Australia and is a Strategic Advisor on Infrastructure to IFM Investors and Australian Super. Recently, Michael was appointed to the Board of the Sydney Aviation Alliance, the owner of Sydney Airport.

Michael is the Chair of HSE Global, a specialist safety consulting group. He also advises the Government in regard to the Simplified Trade System Task Force.

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.

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.

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.

Qualifications
Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance, FINSIA (now Kaplan Business School), 2009
Bachelor of Law, University of Melbourne, 1986
Bachelor of Arts, University of Melbourne, 1986

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.

Neil is a finance professional with 24 years of experience in Energy, Resources and Infrastructure. Following a career in investment banking with J.P. Morgan, RBS and ANZ, Neil transitioned into corporate finance and treasury roles, raising funding for portfolio companies in the commodities sector.

During his career, Neil has originated and executed financing for major infrastructure and public private partnership projects including ports, power stations, oil refining and storage, aluminium smelting, hospitals, prisons, rail, and accommodation.

James has over 30 years of experience as a specialist property development and commercial lawyer, including 10 years’ experience with the Australian Government Solicitor (AGS). 

Prior to joining National Intermodal, James has held senior legal positions including special counsel at top tier international law firm, King Wood Mallesons.

His experience spans management of complex, high value infrastructure projects including the Western Sydney Airport, having led one of the AGS teams advising on the project. 

James has a Bachelor of Laws and Arts from the University of Adelaide.

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.

Kylie has over 25 years of experience in Federal and State Government, including as Australia’s Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner in the UK, Spain and the USA, where consumer-led sustainability concerns first started having a direct impact on the competitiveness of Australian exports.

As former Deputy Secretary for Resources and Energy, Kylie also has a deep understanding of the difficulties we face in transitioning away from fossil-fuels. 

Kylie was appointed in 2023 as National Intermodal’s inaugural Chief Sustainability Officer focused on contributing to a more sustainable national supply chain. She is Chair of the Australian Alliance for Energy Productivity (A2EP), Deputy Chair for Regional Development Australia (Sydney), a member of several advisory committees. 

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.