Dr Deborah Hume

Deborah’s role of National Manager Multimodal Integration at Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency sees her lead a team committed to accelerating change towards a low carbon and integrated transport system with more active and shared mode choices in Aotearoa. By working in partnership with others, her team use their expertise in public transport, walking and cycling, mode shift, and rail and freight to tackle step changes in urban mobility and climate change. Deb has previously worked with local government to transform public transport and led Wellington Metro and KiwiRail’s tourism brand, Scenic Journeys, through radical reinvention and improvement.