John Hearsch – 2025 Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the General Division

Citation: For service to the rail industry.

Rail Futures Institute
• President, since 2013.
• Co-Founder, 2013.

Rail
• Member of the Board, CRC for Rail Innovation, 2000-2007.
• Member, Forward Vision Rail Task Force, Railway Technical Society of Australasia, 2002.
• Former Board Member, Australasian Centre for the Governance and Management of Urban Transport, University of Melbourne.
• Australian representative to the International Union of Railways, 1998.
• Member, Bicentennial High Speed Rail committee, Engineers Australia, 1981.
• Group General Manager, Freight, Queensland Rail, 1990-1998.
• Co-Establisher, Australasian Railway Association, 1995.
• Chief General Manager Transport Operations, Victorian Railways, 1959-1990.
• Former Member of the Board, Rail Innovation Pty Ltd.
• Member of the Board, Trans Adelaide, 2008-2010

Awards and Recognition include:
• Career Achievement Award for Rail Industry Excellence, Australasian Railway Association, 2008.
• Individual Award, Railway Technical Society of Australasia, 2012.