List of chief executives of New Zealand Railways

List of chief executives of New Zealand Railways

New Zealand Government Railways

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Titled General Manager unless otherwise specified.[1]

No. Name Term of office
1 J. P. Maxwell 1880 1889
2 James McKerrow[nb 1] 1889 1894
3 Thomas Ronayne 1895 1913
4 E. H. Hiley 1913 1919
5 Richard McVilly 1919 1924
6 F. J. Jones[nb 2] 1924 1928
7 H. H. Sterling 1928 1931
8 Col. J. J. Essen[nb 3] 1931
(7) H. H. Sterling[nb 4] 1931 1936
9 P. G. Rousssel 1931 1932
10 G. H. Mackley 1933 1940
11 Eugene Casey 1940 1944
12 J. Sawyers 1944 1948
13 Frank Aickin 1948 1951
13 Horace Lusty 1951 1955
14 Wilfred Evelyn Hodges[nb 5] 1955 1957
15 Alan Gandell 1955 1966
16 Ivan Thomas 1966 1972
17 T M Small 1972 1976
19 Trevor Hayward 1976 1981

Table footnotes:

  1. ^ Chief Commissioner
  2. ^ Chairman, Government Railways Board
  3. ^ Temporary Chairman, Government Railways Board
  4. ^ Chairman, Government Railways Board
  5. ^ Chairman, Government Railways Board

New Zealand Railways Corporation

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The New Zealand Railways Corporation replaced the New Zealand Railways Department in 1982.

Titled "Chief Executive"[2]

No. Name Term of office
1 Trevor Hayward 1982 1983
2 Gordon Purdy 1983 1987
3 Kevin Hyde 1987 1990[2]

New Zealand Rail Limited

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Titled Managing Director:[3] New Zealand Rail was renamed Tranz Rail in 1995.

No. Name Term of office
1 Francis Small 1990 2000

References

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Citations

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  1. ^ Leitch & Stott 1988, p. 171.
  2. ^ a b "From the Executive Chairman". Rail Express: 2. July–August 1990.
  3. ^ "From the Managing Director". Rail Express: 2. September–October 1990.

Bibliography

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  • Leitch, David; Stott, Bob (1988). New Zealand Railways: The First 125 years. Auckland: Heinemann Reed. p. 171. ISBN 0-7900-0000-8.