Mark Lambert

Mark is the Executive General Manager at Auckland Transport responsible for the planning, development, new build and asset management of Auckland’s regionally owned transport network fixed infrastructure across roads (excluding State Highways), public transport and active modes and public transport rolling stock. Mark has previously been responsible for the planning, development and operational outsourcing of public transport services across bus, train, ferry and on-demand. This has included overseeing the transformation and evolution of the Auckland public transport service network over the last 15 years, doubled public transport use, and contributing to Auckland being amongst the top three in the World under the UITP Global Index for public transport rate of use growth. More recently Mark undertook the role of Interim Chief Executive for Auckland Transport between June 2022 and April 2023. Mark studied Construction Engineering and Management at Loughborough University in the UK.  He spent the first 10 years in construction and infrastructure project management in the UK and Europe.  Mark moved to New Zealand in 2003 working for Ernst & Young before joining Auckland local government in public transport in 2004.