As an experienced Rail Engineering Manager, Lisa brings 31 years rail experience within UK and Australia. Lisa brings a strong client perspective in electrified passenger, heavy haul, underground metro and freight networks, leading and shaping outcomes across asset lifecycle management and across functions in engineering, maintenance planning and delivery, asset management, engineering management, asset projects, design and delivery, capital portfolio development. Lisa has held a breadth and depth of roles involved in all aspects that were related to track condition management. Between 1996 and 2008 Lisa held roles including Site Engineer, Track Design Engineer, Track Maintenance Engineer and Project Engineer where she had the opportunity of undertaking track maintenance, switch and crossing layout design from feasibility, detailed design through to approval for manufacture and construction for the annual program of turnout renewals this not only shaped her career but set a solid foundation in Track Engineering. Lisa is a strong promoter of the benefits of good engineering practice and passionate about enabling and developing the capability of others.

Mark Fulford has been in the rail industry for 20 years in product design, manufacturing and supply of rail products including Turnouts, Buffer Stops, Points Operation Systems, Glued Insulated Joints (GIJ’s), Rail Lubricators, slab track systems, crane rail systems and many more. He started his career at Portec Rail in the UK working as a Design Engineer, before moving through to be the Technical Manager. In 2011 he joined Salix Products, where he has been responsible for Engineering and Operations Management and now in the role of General Manager. The Australian owned business has grown to be an expert in the field of design and supply of complex turnouts and trackwork, we have a local and global supply chain capable of supporting the needs of rail owners and constructors across Australia and New Zealand.

Joe has been working in Railways since 1992 when he started his career as a Signal Technician. After transitioning to engineering roles in Scotland, Joe then worked as a Project Engineer in Competence and Training fitting out training centres with the latest signalling equipment. Joe then took on a UK wide role to improve turnout reliability where he led a team of signal engineers who delivered reliability improvements that helped Network Rail improve real time running of the UK network. After 22 years working in the UK, Joe and his family moved to Australia where he continued his career in maintenance, operations and engineering management roles. He is currently the Manager Engineering, Rail Systems at Rio Tinto, where he leads the Rail Systems team, which includes Signalling Systems and AutoHaul. An alumni of Leadership WA, Joe is a champion of 'courageous leaders'. Joe is a Chartered Engineer with a First Class Honours Degree in Railway Engineering. He's a member of the IET and the IRSE and is a Certified Functional Safety Engineer.