Ministry Leadership Team

Martin Matthews
Chief Executive




Heather Staley
General Manager - Office of the Chief Executive



Reponsible for:

• strategy and planning
• central agency and Crown entity governance and accountability
• stakeholder relationships
• Ministers’ Private Secretaries
• Search and Rescue Council Secretariat

The Ministry’s Business Services comprise Finance, Information, Communications, Legal, and People and Development.  The General Manager, Office of the Chief Executive, facilitates coordination across the Ministry’s business services, as required. 

The General Manager, Office of the Chief Executive also provides managerial support for the Communications, Legal, and People and Development managers (although they report directly to the Chief Executive on functional matters).  


Wayne Donnelly
General Manager - Road and Rail



The following policy teams are based in the Road and Rail Group: 

• Investment and Revenue
• National and Urban Networks
• Safety
• Auckland

The work of this group includes the following areas:

• road and rail investment
• charges and revenues for road and rail
• land transport access and mobility
• road and rail safety
• motor vehicle and driver licensing
• integrated land use and transport planning
• land transport system economic performance
• land transport legislation, rules and productivity.

The group also coordinates policy activity with the NZ Transport Agency and the New Zealand Railway Corporation.


Bruce Johnson
General Manager - Aviation and Maritime



The following policy teams are based in the Aviation and Maritime Group:

• Aviation and Security
• Maritime and Freight
• Environment
• Policy Project Managers

The work of this group includes the following areas:

• Policies for aviation and maritime
• Policies for freight and logistics
• Polices for transport security
• Maritime, aviation and security legislation
• International relationships and agreements
• Maritime and aviation transport rules
• Transport emergency management and Pandemic planning
• Joint venture airports
• Day to day policy engagement with Civil Aviation Authority, Aviation Security Service, Maritime NZ and Transport Accident Investigation Commission

Fiona Macmaster
Chief Financial Officer - Finance

• Strategic financial management of Ministry and Crown budgets
• Financial and economic assistance with policy development
• Administration services

Pam Madgwick
General Manager - Information



The following teams are based in the Information Group:

• Programme Management Office
• Monitoring
• Research and Evaluation
• Quality Systems (Information Technology and Information Management)