Our Executive Leadership Team

Since joining the NHVR as Chief Executive Officer in May 2014, Sal has focused the NHVR to becoming a progressive, people centric regulator that has safety at the forefront of all aspects of the business.

Through Sal’s leadership the transition into a national regulator has been seamless with the successful transition of five states and Queensland soon to follow, allowing a more consistent approach to safety and productivity for our heavy vehicle industry throughout Australia.

Sal’s vision for a people centric safety regulator has seen the NHVR adopt a inform, educate, enforce approach to its compliance activity which allows industry to work collaboratively with the regulator to understand and adopt greater safety policies and initiatives to continue the advancements in safety outcomes across the industry.

Under Sal’s leadership the NHVR Portal has been developed – creating a single-entry point for industry and local government to access the NHVR services, plan routes through the national network map and to manage their respective assets. The advancements with the NHVR Portal have a direct impact on improvements to safety and productivity for the heavy vehicle industry as well as Road Managers across local government.

Over eight years of the HVSI grant program, he has overseen the provision of over $33 million for 132 projects that deliver tangible safety benefits to the industry and the community making Australia’s roads safer for all users.

Sal brought to the NHVR extensive knowledge of heavy vehicle policy, strategy, regulation, and business reform, having held senior leadership roles in transport, freight, ports and logistics, strategic land use and transport planning, business process improvement and innovation across state and local government and the private sector. This has proved invaluable in understanding the needs of, and building effective relationships with, the NHVR’s diverse range of stakeholders across the freight and supply chain sector.

Cameron joined the NHVR in January 2022 to take up the position of Chief Data and Technology Officer, with responsibility for IT, analytics, data, and digital across all NHVR core functions.

With more than 20 years as a senior technology executive, he specialises in large transformation programs in technology-driven organisations.

Prior to joining the NHVR, Cameron held key appointments in leading organisations, including Chief Information Officer of Virgin Australia, Aurizon and TEG, as well as senior technology roles at Suncorp, Bank of Queensland and Queensland Health. He has led culture change across a wide range of industries, including aviation, banking, insurance, heavy haul rail and freight.

David joined the NHVR in January 2023. This position leads the development of strategic policy, vehicle standards, and freight and supply chain advice for heavy vehicles, as well as strategies to optimise productivity across the sector while constantly improving safety performance.

David has a long history in policy, transport safety regulation, service delivery, and stakeholder engagement. Prior to joining the NHVR, he was the Assistant Secretary for Policy and Publications at the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicides. He has also held the position of Safety Director (CEO) of Transport Safety Victoria – the independent regulator for the maritime, rail and bus sectors.

Previous to these positions, he spent 25 years in the Queensland State Government, including the roles of: Deputy Director-General, Policy Division, Department of the Premier and Cabinet (DPC); Executive-Director, Economic Policy, DPC; Executive-Director, Passenger Transport Division, Department of Transport and Main Roads; and Director, Transport Policy Office, Queensland Transport.

Janelle joined the NHVR in January 2022 to oversee the Corporate Services portfolio, which consists of the finance, legal, property and procurement, performance, governance and risk, and people, safety and culture functions.

A seasoned C-suite corporate services Leader, Janelle has forged a successful career over the past 15 years, having progressed through a series of executive leadership roles advancing the strategic growth objectives of organisations in the resources and technology sectors across Australia, the USA, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia (EMEA), from start-up to small and medium-sized enterprises, corporates, and listed and unlisted multinationals.

Playing a lead role in supporting an energy company's growth from an early-stage Queensland business into a 500-strong multinational diversified corporation, to being headhunted and relocating to San Francisco to support technology disrupter Nitro Software to prepare for its Initial Public Offering, she has developed a well-rounded executive skillset while building a truly collaborative approach to leadership.

Paul joined the NHVR in March 2019 to take up the position of Chief Operations Officer, with responsibility for the operational elements of our business, including on-road operations, access permits, stakeholder engagement and customer experience.

With over a decade as a senior executive across a range of organisations, Paul’s experience is primarily in the field of service delivery, encompassing frontline customer service, regulatory and compliance functions, community policy, infrastructure and services.

He has worked across all three tiers of government and in the private sector, and has consulted domestically and overseas on service delivery transformation. Business units under his leadership have won state, national and international awards for diversity, innovation and customer service excellence

Since joining the NHVR, Paul has been instrumental in developing the NHVR’s National Regulatory Model, transforming the service-delivery functions of the organisation, establishing and embedding a risk-based, intelligence-led approach to regulatory operational activities, and driving a consistent, customer-focused approach to on-road compliance and enforcement.

Michelle joined the NHVR in January 2022 to lead the Corporate Affairs Division, which includes government affairs, corporate and digital communications, media, industry engagement and customer experience.

She is a qualified journalist with almost 20 years’ experience working in media, communications, engagement and corporate affairs across the private and public sectors.

Michelle began her career as a cadet journalist at a regional daily newspaper. She then worked extensively in the energy and mining sectors before moving to the Queensland Government, where she held Executive Director roles with Queensland Fire and Emergency Services and the Queensland Police Service.

Ray leads the Statutory Compliance Division of the NHVR.

He has more than 20 years’ experience in public administration, and has led the design and implementation of regulatory reform at the state and national levels for all land transport modes. This experience includes legal and regulatory policy design, administrative review, strategic analysis, high-level stakeholder liaison, parliamentary committee appearances, and managing parliamentary and cabinet processes.

Ray has a deep background in regulatory compliance and his experience includes acting as a compliance expert for a legal publisher, as well as a peer reviewer for national and international transport publications, and the design and execution of strategic enforcement functions for the NHVR.

Kelli joined the NHVR in February 2016 to oversee the transition of heavy vehicle regulatory services from the South Australian Government to the NHVR.

Kelli brings over 25 years of experience in senior management roles in State and Federal Government to the NHVR. Kelli has a strong background in transport policy and legislation development and the planning and delivery of regulatory compliance programs for heavy vehicles and maritime.

Kelli leads the National Services Transition (NST) Division of the NHVR, working with jurisdictions and NHVR business areas to plan for the transfer of responsibility for front line delivery of regulatory compliance and enforcement related activities currently being delivered by the states and territories on behalf of the NHVR.

The Program works closely with jurisdictional transport agencies, and other government agencies, including police, to agree an appropriate pathway and timeline for transitioning services and then delivering the transition.

Kelli and the NST team have successfully delivered the transition of heavy vehicle regulatory services in South Australia, Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory, and Victoria. Work is currently progressing on the transition of services in New South Wales and planning has begun for commencing the final planned transition in Queensland.