Dan Brown | Director, PwC

Dan Brown is a transport planner and modeller with over 20 years of experience across Australia, New Zealand and the UK,, predominantly in regards to strategic modelling for major road and public transport projects and programs. His role at PwC enables him to apply his skills in demand modelling, the quantification of transport benefits and the communication of complex outcomes to a broad range of stakeholders informing large scale investment decisions and infrastructure business cases.

Peter Davidson | Director, Transposition

Peter Davidson has worked in the transportation field for over 30 years, mostly in the consultancy TransPosition, which he founded in 1993. He has broad experience with transport planning and modelling with a focus on advanced analytical methods and software development. He has developed a number of major four-step models and conceived and implemented a new approach (the 4S model) which has been used for around $20b of investment decisions, including bid advice for the sale of Sydney Motorways / WestConnex, post-construction sales of Clem 7 and Queensland Motorways, and business case assessment of the Toowoomba Second Range Crossing. Recently he has focused on understanding the impacts of autonomous vehicles, and has assisted Queensland's Transport and Main Roads in developing policies for their adoption. He has a strong interest in transport economics and understanding the nexus between individual travel behaviour, accessibility and the system-wide benefits of travel.

Premraj Dorai Rajoo | Senior Associate Transport Modeller, Jacobs

Prem Dorai Rajoo has over 13 years’ experience in transport modelling. Prem has a strong familiarity with the development of transport models and has extensive experience with the development and application of strategic and mesoscopic multi-modal models. His key strengths include model estimation, calibration, validation, and large-scale data analysis and visualisation. Prem’s involvement Games related modelling started back in 2012 with the development of a Aimsun mesoscopic model for a road upgrade of Nerang-Broadbeach Road in preparation for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018). Following that, Prem was involved in developing the GC2018 Aimsun mesoscopic model and in 2014 was also involved in the validation of the GC2018 Strategic Demand model (GCSTM-MM CWG). From 2015 to 2018, Prem was embedded within TMR’s Games Modelling and Demand team maintaining and continually updating the mesoscopic model with the latest available data. Throughout this period, Prem interfaced with various stakeholders, providing detailed information for planning of fleet vehicles, public transport, emergency services, road closures, signal plans and so on. Closer to the Games, Prem supported the team in developing the real-time monitoring tools that were used extensively during the Games. Having significant involvement in the lead up to the Games, Prem was part of a small group of traffic modellers that were based in the Road Network Operations HUB throughout the Games in the role of network intelligence analyst supporting decision making with various situations that arise across the Gold Coast transport network.

Anne-Marie Moxham | Director of Project Evaluation, TMR

Anne-Marie Moxham, is the Director of Project Evaluation within the Portfolio Investment and Programming Branch of the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR).  Anne-Marie has been in this role for the last 3.5 years as part of her nearly 25 years’ experience across both the public and private sectors.  Anne-Marie has extensive experience in developing and delivering policy, planning and investment strategies associated with the planning and delivery of major capital works projects. Her team works with TMR Project Owners across the State to deliver robust major transport infrastructure investment proposals to investment decision-makers.  Anne-Marie is also TMR’s primary contact with Infrastructure Australia and the former Building Queensland, now integrated into the Department of State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning. 

Anne-Marie has extensive experience in cross-agency collaboration and has a proven track record in managing complex infrastructure proposals with multi-disciplinary teams in challenging and dynamic environments, including the $1.044 billion Gold Coast Light Rail – Stage 3, $1.065 billion Bruce Highway Rockhampton Ring Road, and more than $3.4 billion in major upgrades on the M1 Pacific Motorway, including upgrades between Eight Mile Plains and Daisy Hill, Daisy Hill and Logan Motorway, and Varsity Lakes and Tugun.

Jaco van den Berg | Director (Transport Analysis Unit), TMR

Jaco van den Berg is an experienced Civil Engineer and Transport Planner with broad skills leading and managing large teams. Jaco is the Director for Transport Analysis Unit, within the Transport Strategy and Planning Branch, Transport and Main Roads (TMR). Jaco has been in this role since 2012 and he has more than 25 years’ experience with a passion for traffic and transport engineering. With Jaco’s extensive experience, he leads the Transport Analysis Unit with a focus on making sure Queenslanders can enjoy a single integrated transport network that delivers value for our community. To achieve this, TAU collects data, do research, undertake modelling and analysis to​ provide objective forecasts and advice that informs policy, planning and investment decisions across TMR. Specific to planning and modelling Major Events, Jaco has lead the modelling and analysis tasks for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, as well as planning for the 2010 FIFA World Cup hosted in South Africa.

Darren Davis | Lead Transport & Land Use Integration Specialist, Stantec, NZ

Darren Davis works in the tricky nexus between land use, placemaking and movement. Put simply, there’s no point having place without movement to get there and no point having movement with no place to go. He has 25 years' experience in transport and land use, including being a lobbyist, planner, strategist, communicator and consultant and is currently the Lead Transport and Land Use Integration Specialist at Stantec in New Zealand.

John Webster | Technical Director, Mott MacDonald

John Webster is a Technical Director in the Transport Planning team at Mott MacDonald with over 31 years’ experience as a transport infrastructure planner with particular experience in the design and implementation of major pedestrian infrastructure planning projects, pedestrian modelling and the detailed analysis of high pedestrian demand sporting and transport environments. This experience includes the technical direction of pre and post major event movement strategies. John has unique Olympic planning experience gained through both a planning and operational role in the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games.   Based on his Sydney Olympic experience he contributed to the successful London 2012 Olympic bid document and in 2011 undertook a review of the ‘Last Mile’ pedestrian modelling and operational plans for the London Olympic Committee.  His recent event experience includes a review role for the redevelopment of the Sydney Football Stadium, creation of a microsimulation model of Marvel Stadium in Melbourne and an ongoing advisory role for Sydney Metro event stations.

Allison Heness | Associate Director, PwC 

Allison Heness is a transport analyst, planner and modeller with 15 years’ experience in both the public and private sectors, with a specific focus on public transport planning and analysis. Allison was heavily involved in modelling for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, including developing the first version of the Games Family demand module to model movements of key dignitaries, athletes and technical personnel during the Games. Closer to the Games, Allison developed the 2018 Games Transit Model in EMME which provided forecasts of detailed service loadings, including estimates of loads on urban services as well as spectator and workforce shuttle services. Following the Games, Allison worked within TMR to implement some of the models into production for other project modelling, including developing the Public Transport Model (PTM).