Dr Derek Scrafton CGeog (Rtd)

Biography

I retired from full-time work after teaching and research in UK, transport policy analysis and planning in Canada and 25 years as SA DGT, including 15 years as head of the Department of Transport. Concurrent appointments included the State Transport Authority (19 years), Australian National Railways Commission (Commissioner, 13 years), Adelaide University Faculty of Architecture and Planning (20 years) and City of Adelaide Planning Commission (6 years). Other shorter appointments at various times included membership of the National Transport Planning Taskforce, the Economic Planning Advisory Council Infrastructure Taskforce, and Associate Commissioner on federal inquiries into Urban Transport (Industry Commission) and Rail Reform (Productivity Commission). I was active in transport research for all my career, including 10 years as Chair of the Melbourne University/RMIT University Transport Research Centre, six as Chair of the ARRB Road Transport Committee and served three terms as Chair of the Australasian Transport Research Forum. While working at the Ministry of Transport in Canada, I served two terms as a federally appointed member of the Canadian Council on Urban & Regional Research.