Transport Ireland 2018

We are delighted to welcome Jarrett Walker, PhD as our keynote speaker to this year’s conference. Jarrett is an international consultant in public transit network design and policy. He has been a full-time consultant since 1991 and has led numerous major planning projects in North America, Australia, and New Zealand. He is President at Jarrett Walker & Associates, based in Portland, Oregon, and Principal Consultant with MRCagney in Australia. He is the author of the popular public transit blog HumanTransit.org, and the book Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives (Island Press, 2011).

Graham Doyle is Secretary General at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, having been appointed in November 2015. He joined the Department in 2013 as an external recruit to the Civil Service and was responsible for the land transport sector. Formerly, he was CEO of Waterford Airport and a management consultant with PwC. A Chartered Accountant by profession, Graham also holds a Bachelor of Business Studies, a Master of Accounting and an MBA. He is also a graduate of the Cabinet Office’s Major Projects Leadership Academy at Oxford University.

Tim Gaston is Director of Public Transport Services with the National Transport Authority. In this role Tim’s team has responsibility for the provision of bus, train and tram services in the State. Tim’s Directorate also has responsibility for the Rural Transport Programme. The brief also includes integration measures such as the Leap card scheme, Real Time Passenger Information, Journey and cycle planning Apps and website and fares and subvention decisions. Previously Tim was Head of Ticketing and Integration Measures. He joined the ticketing project in 2003 from Translink, Belfast where he was project manager for their smart card project.

Anne Graham is Chief Executive Officer with the National Transport Authority (NTA). She previously worked with the Authority as Director of Public Transport Services on the regulation and provision of public transport services nationally. Prior to joining the NTA, she worked in the Dublin local authorities as a chartered civil engineer in the drainage, roads and traffic divisions; as a Project Manager on the redevelopment of Dublin’s O’Connell Street area and as an Area Manager in the South West area of the city.

Dónal Keating was appointed Head of Operations in 2011. He graduated from University College Cork with an Engineering Degree, and began his career in Dublin Bus in 1980 in the Service Planning Department. He has since held several senior management positions throughout his career in the company. Dónal holds an MSc in Transportation, an MBA and a Certificate of Professional Competence in Road Transport Operations Management. He is a chartered member of both the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) Ireland and the Institute of Engineers Ireland (IEI), and is a member of the current council of CILT.

Linda McCord is a Senior Stakeholder Manager at Transport Focus UK. She works with rail and bus companies across the UK campaigning on issues affecting passengers using research, in particular the National Rail and Bus Passenger Surveys to target poor performance. She also chairs the West Midlands Bus Alliance ensuring that passengers are at the heart of the Alliance’s key objectives and that their voice is being heard.

Michael Nolan was appointed Chief Executive of Transport Infrastructure Ireland in 2015. He is the first Chief Executive of the state body which merged the National Roads Authority (NRA) and the Railway Procurement Agency (RPA). He previously held the position of Head of Major Projects and Programme Management within the National Road Authority, during the period when billions of euros of essential infrastructure were successfully delivered.

Dalton Philips is the CEO of daa. daa’s airports, airport management contracts, retail outlets ­­­­­­and airport investments provide services to more than 135 million passengers per year in 12 countries across four continents. Previously, Dalton has held a number of senior leadership roles, working in 14 countries for companies including Walmart, Loblaw (Canada’s leading retailer) and Morrisons. His roles included Chief Executive of Brown Thomas Group, Chief Operating Officer of Canadian retailer Loblaw Companies and Chief Executive of Wm Morrison plc.

Simon Warburton is the Transport Strategy Director at TfGM. During his 18 years in transport policy work for Greater Manchester, Simon has been involved in the development of four Local Transport Plans, the Greater Manchester Transport Innovation Fund debate and the Greater Manchester Transport Fund. Much of this work has now culminated in Greater Manchester’s forward-looking 2040 Transport Strategy, which provides an innovation-led blueprint for a future transport system that will meet the economic, social and environmental needs of the fast-growing city region.

Moyagh Murdock has been in the transport sector for over 20 years in various capacities. In her early career she spent 10 years in the airline industry having worked first in Bombardier in Belfast as an aircraft systems engineer. Her most recent role was as Chief Operating Officer for Bus Éireann after having joined the Company in 2007 as the Deputy Chief Mechanical Engineer with responsibility for the fleet maintenance and garage operations. In 2012 she was awarded an MBA from Dublin City University (DCU) and also holds a Certificate of Professional Competence in Road Transport Operations Management.

Don holds a BSc in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from Queens University in Belfast. From graduation he worked in the Natural Resource sector on numerous infrastructure projects in Ireland, South America and South Africa. He joined Iarnród Éireann in 2006 as Director of New Works and in that role was responsible for the successful planning and implementation of many of the IE Transport 21 projects. In 2013 Don was appointed Director Infrastructure Manager the position he holds today.

Ian O’Flynn was appointed as Head of Commercial and Corporate Affairs with Gas Networks Ireland in 2018. In this role he is responsible for managing, developing and delivering Gas Networks Ireland’s commercial growth and innovation strategies and maximising the utilisation and diversification of the gas network. He is responsible for the development of Renewable Gas, a carbon neutral and sustainable energy source, and developing CNG/Renewable Gas in Transport.

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