List of Chief Executives of New Zealand Railways
:::They were titled ''General Manager'' unless otherwise specified.
*J. P. Maxwell 1880-89
*J. McKerrow 1889-94
:(Chief Comissioner)
*
Thomas Ronayne
Thomas Ronayne (1849 – 7 September 1925) was a New Zealand public servant involved in railway management. He was the general manager of New Zealand Railways from 1895 to 1913. He was a member of the New Zealand Railways Board, and was accide ...
1895-1913
*E. H. Hiley 1913-19
*
Richard William McVilly Richard William McVilly (1862 – 6 April 1949 was the General Manager of New Zealand Railways from 1919 to 1924.
Born in Otago and Educated in Dunedin and Invercargill, he joined the department in 1879.
During World War I his predecessor E. ...
1919-24
*F. J. Jones 1924-28
:(Chairman, Government Railways Board)
*H. H. Sterling 1928-31
*Col. J. J. Essen 1931
:(Temporary Chairman, Government Railways Board)
*H. H. Sterling 1931-36
:(Chairman, Government Railways Board)
*P. G. Rousssel 1931-32
*
G. H. Mackley 1933-40
*E. Casey 1940-44
*J. Sawyers 1944-48
*
Frank Aickin Francis William (Frank) Aickin (7 July 1894 – 23 July 1982) was the General Manager of New Zealand Railways from 1948 to 1951.
He was born in Onehunga in 1894, where his father Thomas Aickin was the stationmaster.
He was in the NZEF in World ...
1948-51
*
Horace Lusty Horace Campbell Lusty (11 June 1895 – 23 April 1972) was the General Manager of New Zealand Railways from 1951 to 1955.
He was born on 11 June 1895 at Petone, and died on 24 April 1972.
He joined the NZR staff as an engineering cadet on 5 F ...
1951-55
*W. E. Hodges 1953-57
:(Chairman, NZR Commission)
*
Alan Gandell
Sir Alan Thomas Gandell (8 October 1904 – 10 July 1988) was the General Manager of New Zealand Railways from 1957 to to 1966
He joined as an engineering cadet in 1920, and qualified as a civil engineer. He was stationed in Auckland, Greymout ...
1955-66
*
Ivan Thomas (lawyer) Ivan Thomas (19 June 1913 – 30 March 2000) was the General Manager of New Zealand Railways from 1966 to 1976.
He was born in Waihi the son of Nicholas Thomas a Waihi miner from Cornwall and Grace Naukivis Thomas . He attended Waihi School a ...
1966-72
*
A. F. Small 1972-76
*T. M. Hayward 1976-83
*H. G. Purdy 1983-87
*K. O. Hyde 1987-
References
*{{cite book , title= New Zealand Railways: The First 125 years , last1= Leitch , first1= David , last2=Stott , first2=Bob , year= 1988 , publisher= Heinemann Reed , location= Auckland , isbn= 0-7900-0000-8 , page=171
New Zealand people in rail transport
Rail