Northern Territory

Appointed 2 September 2014

Alastair is Chair of the AustralAsia Railway Corporation, Chair of the Racing Commission (NT), and Chief Executive Officer of the Darwin Waterfront Corporation. Alastair also provides specialist consulting services.

Alastair was born and educated in Darwin and has more than 35 years of public sector experience in the Northern Territory, most of it at the Northern Territory Department of the Attorney General and Justice and its predecessors. In the period 2013 to 2017, Alastair held a number of Chief Executive Officer roles for Northern Territory Government agencies.

Alastair has been involved in commercial negotiations for many major projects in the Northern Territory, including the AustralAsia Railway. He has qualifications in Law and Accounting from the Charles Darwin University, and a Masters in Public Administration from ANZSOG. In 2007, he was awarded Australian Government Lawyer of the Year by the Australian Corporate Lawyers Association.

Northern Territory

Appointed acting CEO January 2019 and formally appointed in May 2020

Sam Burke is the Chief Executive Officer of the AustralAsia Railway Corporation.

Sam was raised and educated in the Territory and is passionate about business growth, major projects and tourism development. Previous roles include as a commercial and litigation lawyer, prosecutor with the Northern Territory Director of Public Prosecutions, Ministerial advisor and Chief of Staff, and Executive Director of Northern Territory Major Projects.

Sam is currently also the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Darwin Waterfront Corporation, which shares services with and is co-located with the AustralAsia Railway Corporation in Darwin. The Darwin Waterfront Precinct enjoys an average 1.2 million visits every year and Sam’s role with the Corporation has broad responsibilities, including as Project Administrator for the Darwin Convention Centre PPP and management of the Stokes Hill Wharf.

South Australia

Appointed 28 July 2016

Mike is the Manager,Transport Supply Chain in the South Australian Department for Infrastructure and Transport (DIT). Prior to joining DIT, Mike spent over 32 years in the rail freight industry with experience in business development, customer service delivery, and operations planning roles. This includes 15 years in freight activities on the Alice Springs and Darwin corridors, holding senior management positions with FreightLink and as a board member for the Tarcoola to Darwin corridor maintenance joint venture.

South Australia

Appointed 25 November 2019

Tim is Legal Counsel for the Northern Water desalination plant and pipeline project being undertaken by the South Australian Government, and is an executive solicitor of the Commercial, Environment and Native Title section at the South Australian Crown Solicitor's Office. Tim advises on all of the legal aspects of the project, and previously held a similar role in respect of the North South Corridor Torrens to Darlington road tunnel mega-project. Tim's experience also includes being Special Counsel representing the South Australian Government in major and complex litigation, and as a partner in private legal practice specialising in marine and transport insurance and utilities law.

Northern Territory