Our Executive Leadership Team

Nicole Rosie is an experienced executive with over 20-years’ experience in Chief Executive and senior management roles across the public and private sector. Most recently, the Chief Executive of New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi, Nicole’s experience also includes 3 years as Chief Executive of Worksafe New Zealand (NZ National Health and Safety Regulator) and senior executive roles in Fonterra, KiwiRail/Toll NZ, Vector and Fletcher Challenge Forests.

Over her five-year period in the NZTA role, NZ had significant changes in transport priorities with three government policy statements on transport (the governments 10 yr strategy documents) and significant pivots in transport priorities. NZTA’s role in leading planning, investment and delivery for New Zealand under the national land transport programme grew significantly with the programme under management increasing from around 11B over three years to 24B. NZTA also played a key role in managing the infrastructure impacts of COVID and in responding to NZ wettest year on record (2023), which significantly impacted transport and other infrastructure networks across the country.

Transformation changes were also made in the regulatory, safety and digital functions of NZTA with modern platforms put in place to manage pricing, tolling, public transport and network management and utilisation. Through her period in the role NZ also saw improvements in transport safety and a reduction in national emissions transport emissions with NZTA leading the implementation of government transport decarbonisation initiatives such as the clean car scheme.

Nicole has a Master of Public Health in Law and Public Health from Harvard University, which she attended as a NZ Fulbright scholar. A Master of Law from Auckland University jointly supervised by the medical and law schools and Law and Arts degrees from Otago University.

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.

As the A/Chief Safety and Productivity Officer, Kelli 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.

Kelli previously worked as Executive Director On-Road Operations, where she was responsible for the national delivery of on-road compliance and enforcement programs, including heavy vehicle inspection services, delivered by the NHVR's 450+ Safety and Compliance Officers.

Kelli has over 25 years in leadership and executive roles within Government, with a particular background in transport policy, legislation reform and regulatory compliance.

Geoff joined the NHVR in August 2022, initially in the role of Director Digital Enablement. Since assuming the position of Chief Technology Officer in November 2024, Geoff leads IT, analytics, data and digital assets across all the NHVR's core functions.

With more than 20 years of experience in senior technology roles, Geoff has specialised in the adoption of emerging technologies and digital transformation programs designed to modernise and simplify organisation technology portfolios.

Prior to joining the NHVR, Geoff held senior technology roles in Brisbane City Council as the Manager of Digital Strategy Innovation and Architecture, Virgin Australia as the Manager Digital and Emerging Technology, and the Queensland University of Technology as the Director of Learning Environments and Technology Services.

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.

Paul joined the NHVR in November 2024 to lead the organisation’s Statutory Compliance division, bringing with him more than 20 years of experience leading regulatory, legal, enforcement and oversight functions within government agencies.

Most recently holding the position of Assistant Commissioner – General Counsel, Policy and Legal Command with Queensland Corrective Services, Paul has also served as Deputy Commissioner with the Independent Commission Against Corruption in South Australia, and as a Senior Executive Officer (Corruption) with Queensland's Crime and Corruption Commission.

A previous Crown Prosecutor with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Paul has an extensive track-record in the Queensland public sector including as an Executive Director (Legislation and Standards) with the Department of Transport and Main Roads and Executive Director (Legal Division) with the Queensland Police Service.

Paul holds a Bachelor of Business (Accountancy) (QUT), a Bachelor of Laws (QUT) and a Master of Laws (QUT), and is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He was admitted in Queensland as a Solicitor in 1999.