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Queensland Tourism Industry stalwart Paul Scurrah is jumping ship after
being appointed as Executive General Manager of Queensland Rail’s
Passenger business.
Most recently he worked for Roamfree Group where he was Chief Executive Officer of its Travel Online division.
Scurrahs’s previous positions include Managing Director of AOT
Holidays, Executive General Manager – Strategy of Flight Centre,
Executive General Manager – Commercial with Tourism Queensland, and
General Manager - Customer Support division with Ansett Airlines.
Prior to that he worked for Qantas in corporate sales and American Express.
In 2003 Scurrah was awarded the Australian Institute of Management’s
‘Young Manager of the Year’ award for Queensland and the Northern
Territory.
He replaces Andy Taylor.
QR CEO Lance
Hockridge welcomes Scurrah’s appointment to QR’s Passenger business,
which is the largest public transport operator in Queensland’s
south-east corner, handling almost 59 million passenger journeys last
financial year.
"At the helm of the business he will lead the
transformation of the product range of urban transport, long distance
services and tourist trains.
"His is one of a number of senior
management appointments I have made to ensure we have the right blend
of operational excellence and commercial acumen to better meet the
needs of customers and achieve our vision of leadership in the
transport and logistics markets."
There is a big job ahead for Scurrah, after Queensland Business Review
revealed in April that QR’s Freight, Passenger, Network and Services
businesses will become accountable for their own individual financial
and operational performances as part as a significant decentralisation
of the rail provider.
Source: Queensland Business Review - 27th May 2008
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