{"id":144616,"date":"2024-10-28T14:53:32","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T04:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/?p=117772"},"modified":"2024-10-28T14:53:32","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T04:53:32","slug":"new-chair-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=144616","title":{"rendered":"New chair announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Chair.jpeg\" alt=\"\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;\"><figcaption>Image\/ARA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>After an extensive national recruitment process, the Australasian Railway Association (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/rail-industry-news-australia-new-zealand\/industry-organisations\/ara\/\">ARA<\/a>) has announced that the ARA Board has endorsed <a id=\"ember1004\" class=\"ember-view\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lucio-di-bartolomeo-30ab305a\/\">Lucio Di Bartolomeo<\/a> as the new chair of the ARA. Lucio\u2019s formal appointment will be endorsed at the ARA AGM to be held in late November.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span id=\"more-117772\"><\/span>Lucio has been a full-time Non Executive Director (NED) for 18 years including as chair of Australia Post, Northwest Rapid Transport, Australian Naval Infrastructure, Health Infrastructure NSW and Macquarie Generation. He has also held NED roles with Australian Super, the Australian Rail Track Corporation, Downer EDI and Moorebank Intermodal Company.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to commencing NED roles Lucio was the Managing Director of ADI\/Thales Australia\u2019s leading defence, systems and engineering contractor. 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