Senior Manager Safer Roads, Transport for NSW

Tony leads the Safer Roads team in TfNSW’s Centre for Road Safety and is a dedicated road safety advocate and Safe Systems champion committed to reducing road trauma. Tony drives the realisation of Safe System implementation, enhancing governance and improving the delivery of road safety programs such as the Towards Zero Safer Roads Program. He represents TfNSW on Austroads’ National Harmonisation of Road Safety Audit Practices and chairs the NSW Road Safety Audit Register Assessors Panel. With extensive experience in both public and private sectors, Tony is a change and collaboration agent who is driving Towards Zero to deliver Safer Roads.

Director, Road Safety and Active Travel, Transport Canberra and City Services

Anne Napier has taken a wide arc from studying landscape architecture and urban ecology, to a career in regulation, strategic policy as well as volunteering and riding a bike everywhere in Canberra. She has been with the ACT Government since 2018 and recently coordinated the finalisation of the ACT Government’s Active Travel Plan 2024-30 and the Design Guide: Best practices for intersections and other active travel infrastructure in the ACT (the ACT design guide). The ACT design guide drew heavily on the best-practice examples from Auckland and NSW with the addition of some user-centred design steps.

Acting Director, Congestion and Movement Strategy, Main Roads, WA

Craig has more that 40 years of experience in the transport profession at an operational level at Main Roads WA and also at a strategic level at the Department of Transport WA. This experience includes design, network operations, media, strategic planning, public transport planning/operations, freight planning, planning/design for pedestrians/cyclists, road safety and project development. He is currently the A/Director Congestion and Movement Strategy at Main Roads WA and is the Deputy Chair of the Australian Institute of Traffic Planning and Management.

Senior Project Manager, City Renewal Authority ACT

Adam has over 20 years of experience in public infrastructure upgrades. With a background in landscape architecture and construction, he has worked in both government and private sectors. He has played a key role in designing and building pedestrian-friendly streetscapes, using community feedback to improve social, health, and economic outcomes. Since 2021, Adam has been a Senior Project Manager at the City Renewal Authority. He has delivered various infrastructure projects in Canberra’s City Centre, including shared zones, raised platform intersections, and shared path connections, which have aided pedestrian safety and connectivity.

Technical Lead Transport Safety, Auckland Transport

Irene is the Transport Safety Technical Lead at Auckland Transport, providing expert safety advice and supporting infrastructure changes to maximise safety outcomes. With 28 years of experience in transport safety engineering, Irene developed and oversaw the delivery of crash reduction studies, safer communities programs, corridors and pedestrian improvements over the past 13 years to meet the strategic outcome of reducing casualties. Irene embedded the Safe System Assessment process and contributed to AT’s safety operational protocols and practice notes. Irene participated in a number of national demonstration projects, including the Safe System Mix Used Arterial demonstration project and Self Explaining Roads.

Safe System Manager, Transport for NSW

Ravindu is a transport engineering and planning specialist with experience across both public and private sectors in Australia and New Zealand. His expertise covers road safety, land use planning, traffic engineering design, and strategic network planning for all road users. In recent years, Ravindu has focused primarily on road safety, with a broad skill set ranging from policy and strategy development through to detailed project-level tasks such as road safety auditing and Safe System centred design reviews. Passionate about creating sustainable, resilient, and trauma-free transport networks, he is committed to delivering equitable and safe mobility solutions for all road users.