Neil Scales

Neil Scales
Director-General of the Department of Transport & Main Roads
In office March 2013 – June 2023
Chief Executive Officer of TransLink
In office March 2012 – March 2013
Chief Executive and Director General of Merseytravel
In office 1999–2012
Personal details
Occupation	Public servant

Neil Scales OBE is a former British-Australian public servant. He was the Director-General of the Department of Transport & Main Roads, in Queensland having assumed the office in 2013, and serving until June 2023.

Career and Life

Between 1999 and 2012, Scales was Chief Executive Officer and Director-General of Merseytravel in Liverpool.[1]

Scales resigned from Merseytravel in December 2011, to take up an appointment in the Queensland Public Sector.[2][3] He joined TransLink in Brisbane, Australia, in March 2012 as Chief Executive Officer.[4]

In March 2013, Scales was appointed Director-General of the Queensland Department of Transport & Main Roads. He retired in 2023. [5]

Awards

Scales was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to transport.[5]

References

1. Goeldner, David (15 December 2011). "TransLink CEO Found". Australasian Bus & Coach. Bauer Trader Media. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
2. "Merseytravel chief executive Neil Scales leaves for new transport job in Australia". Liverpool Echo. Trinity Mirror Merseyside. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 2 August 2015.
3. "Neil Scales to leave Merseytravel for TransLink, Australia". Global Rail News. Rail Media. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 2 August 2015.
4. Department of Transport and Main Roads, Director-General, Queensland Government, archived from the original on 17 March 2015
5. Emerson, Scott (1 March 2013). "Neil Scales appointed TMR Director-General" (Press release). Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 2 August 2015.

Government offices
Preceded by Michael Caltabiano	Director-General of the Department of Transport and Main Roads 2013 – 2023	Succeeded by Sally Stannard