2023 David Stuart-Smith
Professional of the Year Award 2023
THE RECIPIENT OF THE 2023 RTSA PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR AWARD IS DAVID STUART-SMITH
David Stuart-Smith is awarded the RTSA Railway Professional Award for 2023. He is an electric power infrastructure engineer with over 35 years in rail, who has dedicated a lot of time and effort in his work to improve the safety and whole-of-life asset management across the rail industry, through design, standards and technical management. As a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of Engineers Australia, David has held senior technical leadership roles in both the private and public sector, including 10 years as Principal/Chief Engineer, Electrical Systems of RailCorp NSW, and its predecessors.
David has contributed to the railway engineering professional via the RTSA continuously through presentations at local chapter meetings and at CORE. He is a recurring technical reviewer and session chair at recent COREs. David also presents at other rail conferences and has been serving on the ARA Rail Industry Group Executive Committee since 2020. David’s impact on safety, efficiency, and technical detail enables him to be one of the industry’s most experienced and accomplished operators. It would be fitting for his achievements to be recognised as the recipient of this award.
