2021 – Dr Philip Laird
Dr Philip Laird’s OAM is for service to the rail freight and passenger transport Industry. Philip was the Inaugural Executive Chair of the RTSA in 1998-2000, a member of the RTSA Awards committee 2000-2019 and became a life member of the RTSA in 2008. Philip is also a Fellow at the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, and has held many Professional and Advisory roles throughout his career in rail.
Railway Technical Society of Australasia
- Inaugural National Chairman, 1998 – 2000
- Member, Awards Committee, 2000 – 2019
- Life Member, 2008
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
- Fellow
- Member, since 1987
- NSW Committee Member
Professional and Advisory roles
- Member, High Speed Rail Project, CRC for Rail Innovation, 2009-2010
- Supervisor, ARC Co-operative Research Project, Rail Infrastructure Corporation of NSW, 1998 – 2001
- Supervisor, Land Freight Transport Energy project, Energy Research and Development Corporation of Australia, 1990-1993
- Consultant, Transport Energy Studies Pty Ltd, 1989-2017
- Consultant, (then) State Rail Authority of NSW
- Contributor, Track and Signal magazine, 1996 – 2020
- Contributor, Railway Digest magazine, ongoing
University of Wollongong
- Honorary Principal Fellow
Awards and recognition include:
- Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Community Engagement, University of Wollongong
Philip’s interview in the Illawarra Mercury can be read in full here.
Philip Laird pictured with his RTSA Life Membership award in 2008