Our organisation

Allan was previously Chief Financial Officer and subsequently Chief Information Officer for the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, where he also sat on the ministry's management executive board. He has considerable experience in change, information services and financial management, and how to use them effectively to support business delivery. Allan is a chartered accountant by profession.

Tommy has been with the Transport Agency since 2008 and was with Transit NZ for four years prior to that. He has held various roles including Highways Manager for Auckland and Northland. He has a BA (Hons) in urban planning and a diploma in urban planning implementation from the University of Westminster, and an MSc in transportation planning and engineering from the University of Salford. Tommy has over 20 years' experience in transport planning in both the public sector and private consultancy.

Dave joined the Transport Agency in December 2008 from the Treasury, where he was General Manager of the Emissions Trading group, leading the development of New Zealand's emissions trading scheme. This role was a two-year secondment from the Ministry for the Environment, where he was the general manager responsible for working with central government. He has more than 23 years experience working with central and local government agencies on complex policy reforms and putting them in place. He has considerable experience in the management of change. Dave has a BSc (Hons) in geography – specialising in hydrology and computer science.

Cathy joined the Transport Agency in February 2013 from Inland Revenue where she held various People and Capability roles, including Organisational Development Advisor, Learning & Development Consultant, Manager Strategy and Information and most recently five years as Principal Advisor Strategic Workforce Planning.

Cathy has a strong track record in strategic thinking, organizational development and planning for future workforce requirements. Cathy was instrumental in developing the Transport Agency People Plan and is passionate about ensuring that we build the culture and people engagement necessary to create a high performing organisation. Cathy has a Bachelor of Administration from Griffith University in Brisbane and a Graduate Diploma in Human Resources from Massey University.

Ernst is a strategist, economist and urban planner with a passion for transport. Ernst joined the Transport Agency in 2008 as Group Manager Strategy, Communications and Performance. He  was appointed to his current role in 2014.

Previously, Ernst worked at Wellington City Council for over a decade in senior leadership roles in strategy, economic development, urban development and transport. During his career he has also lectured on infrastructure planning and urban economics at the University of Auckland, worked at Local Government NZ and as a consultant in private practice in Auckland, Wellington, Johannesburg and Cape Town.

Raewyn joined the Transport Agency in October 2014 after two years as the Chief Executive of Business Central and Wellington Employers' Chamber of Commerce. From 2008 until 2012, she was CEO of Bus and Coach Association and Rental Vehicle Association, and before that was national operations manager for the Hospitality Association of New Zealand.

Raewyn has a strong background in leading and managing employer membership organisations as well as a valuable working knowledge of the transport sector and the broader business community throughout the central region. She brings significant commercial sector and operational management experience along with extensive stakeholder management experience.

Raewyn has a Bachelor’s degree majoring in human nutrition and a post-graduate diploma of science from Otago University.

Jim joined the Transport Agency in February 2011 after 11 years as Chief Executive of Dunedin City Council. Before this he held senior roles in local government and the private sector, specialising in strategic thinking and change management. He was a tourism consultant for a number of years and initiated a tourism planning course at Auckland University. The World Health Organisation has used Jim's expertise in understanding and leading communities on several occasions to further their Healthy Cities Initiative.

He holds a Masters (Hons) in town planning, a diploma in town planning from Auckland University and a BA in geography from the University of Canterbury. He is also a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management and a member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors and the New Zealand Planning Institute.

Harry joined the Transport Agency in October 2008 and is the organisation’s key contact with local government and other stakeholders and partners in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty. He is also the freight portfolio director for the Transport Agency nationally, a role which helps ensure that freight initiatives are as integrated and coordinated as they can be.

Harry was previously the Chief Executive of Environment Waikato (2003–08, now Waikato Regional Council) and Group Manager Resource Use (1998–2003). Previous management roles have been with the Ministry of Social Development and IHC.