List of chief executives of New Zealand Railways
List of chief executives of New Zealand Railways
New Zealand Government Railways
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:
New Zealand Railways Corporation
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
Titled Managing Director:[3] New Zealand Rail was renamed Tranz Rail in 1995.
No. | Name | Term of office | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Francis Small | 1990 | 2000 |
References
Citations
- ^ Leitch & Stott 1988, p. 171.
- ^ a b "From the Executive Chairman". Rail Express: 2. July–August 1990.
- ^ "From the Managing Director". Rail Express: 2. September–October 1990.
Bibliography
- Leitch, David; Stott, Bob (1988). New Zealand Railways: The First 125 years. Auckland: Heinemann Reed. p. 171. ISBN 0-7900-0000-8.