John Leaf

Executive Director, Finance and Contracts

John is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Institute of Company Directors. John joined Western Australian Government Railways in 1989 and performed a strategic role in the continuous improvement and restructuring of the organisation, as well as its evolution into a customer-focused public transport service provider.

Cliff Gillam

Executive Director, People and Organisational Development

Cliff is an industrial relations, human resources and organisational development professional with 15 years experience in the Western Australian Public Sector. He holds post-graduate qualifications in the arts, business, public policy and management, and is a Fellow of the Australian Human Resources Institute.

He joined the Public Transport Authority on secondment in September 2003, and was appointed to the Executive in May 2004.

Sue McCarrey

Director, Policy Unit

Sue has expertise in government policy and administration including legal frameworks and the mechanics of government. Her expertise also includes making the link between whole-of-government policy and directions within the operational level of the agency. Prior to joining the PTA in 2002, Sue worked in a number of government administration roles within the Department of Education and Training including coordinating policy development and review; and planning at the corporate, division and operational levels. She was also a school principal in both country and metropolitan schools.

Garry Willox

Project Director,New MetroRail

Garry was appointed Project Director in April 2000 and has overseen the New MetroRail Project from the end of the planning stage to implementation.

He is a Civil Engineer who joined the Western Australian Government Railways Commission (Westrail) in 1969, working in district engineering offices. He then held a number of senior management positions within Westrail.

From 1988 to 1993 he was Project Manager for the Perth Urban Rail Electrification Project and Project Director for the Northern Suburbs Railway Project. He was then General Manager Engineering and Supply, before joining National Rail Corporation in Sydney. He also worked on major railway works in Thailand between 1998 and 2000.

Richard Mann

Director City Project, New MetroRail

Richard came to New MetroRail with more than 10 years experience in project and contract management at government and semi-government level. He joined the then Main Roads Department in 1988 after graduating in engineering, and spent the next 14 years predominantly in WA’s north-west. He returned to Perth as Manager of Term Contracts (Metro Region) where he was responsible for the maintenance of all of MRD’s metropolitan-area assets including the Northbridge tunnel. He was seconded to the PTA (then WAGR) in April 2002 to help the Perth City Rail Advisory Committee prepare its second report, including recommendations on the alignment of the Perth- Mandurah line through the city. When the report was finished, Richard stayed on to head up the City Project.