Colin has worked in the roading industry for over 46 years. The first 26 years specialised in road safety. The last 14 years was work as the Chief Advisor for Road Safety at Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency. During Colin's time at Waka Kotahi he developed the KiwiRAP star rating programme. Road rumble strips. Road wide centreline's and rural intersections with variable speed signs. Several of these are award-winning road safety innovations. Colin led the development of the road safety improvement programmes for state highways and local roads across NZ. This was announced in December 2018 as the The Safe Network Programme. A $1.4 billion, three-year programme to make New Zealand’s highest risk roads safer. Once complete, the improvements are expected to prevent 160 deaths and serious injuries every year. Colin was a member of the Austroads Safety Task Force for over 12 years, helped implement the Safe System and worked on the development of numerous guides. He was a member and contributing author of the OECD/ITF working group for the publication of the Zero Road Deaths & Serious Injuries research report in 2016, and a technical advisor to the UK based Towards Zero Foundation between 2016-18. Colin has provided input into both the New Zealand and Australia road safety strategies. In 2019, he set up his own consulting company to provide specialist strategic road safety advice. In particular, the Safe System, Vision Zero and road infrastructure consulting.

From Ireland, Fergus has worked in the insurance industry since 2007. He began in general claims for motor, house and contents before moving to commercial claims. 13 years in claims has given Fergus broad knowledge as a commercial broker with small to medium business.

David took up the role of CEO of the Motor Industry Association in February 2013. David has worked in both the public and private sectors mainly focusing in policy and operational roles across transport, energy, environment and economic sectors. This is more than 20 years in Government, holding senior management positions in several Government departments, including the Ministry of Transport. With the Ministry of Transport, David was General Manager of Land Transport Safety.

The Motor Industry Association represents the interests of the official New Zealand distributors for new cars, trucks and motorbikes. It is the voice of the new vehicle industry, set up to provide a unified point of view and drive progress on issues that concern the sector, such as vehicle safety, low emissions vehicles, vehicle exhaust emissions, fuel standards, consumer standards etc.

Rhys is a race driver and innovator who cannot sit still for long. When he isn’t leading the Gfactor team, you can find him embarking on a road trip, or getting covered in mud on a motor cross or mountain bike somewhere in Aotearoa, New Zealand. His rally driving experience is core to his passion for mastering skills and taking on new challenges and adventures.

Compelled by the trauma of car accidents involving many friends and family, Rhys began passing on his rally experience by teaching young learners how to control their driving, in a paddock on his family farm almost a decade ago.

Jump forward to today, and his drive has only increased with the founding of Gfactor. He sees the power of virtual reality to provide people with the skills and experience they need to safely take on challenges in the real world; and for adventurous souls to share and celebrate their achievements, skills, and life experiences to inspire and motivate others.

Juliet is married to Graeme and the mother of 4 adult daughters. She has two beautiful mokopuna (granddaughters). Juliet and Graeme moved to Amberley, North Canterbury in 1988 where they raised their family. She was born in Paraparaumu and spent the first 9 years of her life growing up in Paekakariki on the Kāpiti Coast. At nine years old Juliet started work as an office junior. From 2008 to 2012 she was a member of the Christchurch City Chorus (Sweet Adalines International), and in 2009 she travelled to New York with this group and sung on stage at Carnegie Hall. She enjoys cake decorating for family and friends. A more recent hobby is baby sized kākahu (Māori cloaks). These are contemporary styled and made using jute, wool and feathers. Juliet is the Assistant Accountant at HTK Group Ltd and does accounts for the driving business she and her husband Graeme own, Eyes on the Road Driver Training. Juliet is the NZIDE Treasurer. In past years Juliet was the Office Manager at KGA Geotechnical Ltd.

Dr Dorn is an Associate Professor of Driver Behaviour at Cranfield University and Founder and Research Director for DriverMetrics, a Cranfield University spin-out company to exploit her research in the design of online driver assessments and driver safety interventions. Dr Dorn is also Chief Education Officer and Co-Founder of The Floow designing educational interventions for its innovative telematics solution. Her main research interests relate to the transactional component of driver behaviour and the design of behavioural interventions to improve road safety.

Dr Dorn hosted the International Conference in Driver Behaviour and Training from 2003 to 2012 and was Co-Editor of the Ashgate series 'Human Factors in Road and Rail Safety for 10 years. She has edited over 15 books and published over 70 research papers including over 30 peer reviewed journal papers.

Dr Dorn is Past President of the International Association of Applied Psychology - Traffic and Transport Psychology Division. She is an Associate Fellow and a Chartered Psychologist of the British Psychological Society and a Chartered member of the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors. Dr Dorn has served on the Independent Police Complaints Commission's expert panel investigating police related road traffic incidents. In 2004 she received the International Prince Michael Award for Road Safety for research with Arriva Bus UK and in 2016 for her work with DriverMetrics. In 2008 she won the Knowledge Transfer Programme's 'Best Application of Social or Management Science' in collaboration with Arriva Bus UK. Her work has been supported by government agencies, research councils and industry.

Dr Dorn was the academic lead at Cranfield University on a €7.1m EU-financed Horizon 2020 project to reduce the number and severity of road accidents by directly changing our habitual traffic behaviour using nudging measures in-vehicle. Currently, she is Co-Investigator on a UKRI £3.7m 42-month project to address security for trustworthy autonomous systems focusing on behavioural adaptation.

Peter identifies as Ngati Pakeha (Brit, Scot, Dane, Swede). He was elected NZIDE President in 2021, served as Secretary from 2020-2021 and has been a member since 2015. Peter served on the Driving Change Network steering committee, and is a member of the Institute of Directors NZ, a national body with over 10,000 members. He lives in Porirua and works in the Wellington region as a full time driving instructor. Peter serves with the New Zealand Defence Force. He did prior work with the Ministry of Justice in project governance and executive administrative roles. His community work included residential services with Oranga Tamariki and alternative education with the Ministry of Education. Weekday early mornings you'll find Peter trail running or trail riding. On weekends it is outdoor work, whanau and friends.

Ian Elford is a probation officer for the Department of Corrections. He created Driven for Success to support people studying for their driving test and to help drivers maintain their road safety knowledge. Ian said the board game supports the wider community and government organisations such as Police, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Social Development and Ministry of Justice. The game uses question and learning cards and question squares so players can learn road safety rules in an entertaining way. It is aimed at players aged 14 and up.
References from Stuff.co.nz
https://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/300497421/board-game-aims-to-help-players-pass-their-driving-theory-test

linkedin.com/in/ian-elford-02213120

Dr Soames Job is CEO and principal of Global Road Safety Solutions. Previously he was Head of the Global Road Safety Facility, and Global Lead Road Safety with the World Bank. Soames has successfully headed government lead organisations in road safety, been a Professor in road safety, and consulted for various development banks, the United Nations, the International Standards Organisation (ISO), and the OECD, and has provided road safety guidance to over 90 countries and states.
Previous roles include CEO of Global Road Safety Solutions Pty. Ltd.; Executive Director of the National Road Safety Council of Australia; Director of the New South Wales Centre for Road Safety; Fellow and National President of the Australasian College of Road Safety; Chair, National Road Safety Executive Group; Deputy Chair, ANCAP (Australian New Car Assessment Program); Director, Health and Safety Psychology Research Unit, University of Sydney.
Mainly as member of a team, Soames has won many national and international awards in road safety including 5 Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards, and has over 500 scientific publications.

Rachael Jobson is Deputy Operations Manager for VTNZ. Rachael took over from James Law in 2022. VTNZ is responsible for driver licence testing in New Zealand. They do over one and half million car and truck assessments each year and well over 200,000 practical driver tests.

Media call on Peter for NZ Police comment on road safety and all to common road deaths.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/123869844/half-of-holiday-road-death-victims-not-wearing-seatbelts-or-restraints

Wendy is the National Coordinator at Driving Change Network. The Driving Change Network is group of more than 200 stakeholders representing the community, industry, Iwi/Māori and philanthropy who support driver education, training and licensing. It advocates to remove barriers to driver licencing by making it accessible and equitable. Wendy is also the Programme & Event Support Manager at Blue Light Ventures. This is a registered charity that works in partnership with the police to deliver a range of youth programmes and activities. Blue Light has two goals. 1. Reduce the incidence of young people becoming an offender or victim of crime. 2. Encourage better relations between the Police, young people, their parents, and the community.

Peter's current responsibilities include honorary CEO with the NZ Institute of Driver Educators and advisory roles with various NZ Government agencies. He is the Technical Director for the Street Smart Driving Programme. He is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and a past chairman of the Institute’s central section. Peter is a previous member of the NZ Institute of Directors. His prior work included six years as Chief Executive of the AA Driver Education Foundation. Past chairman and board member of Tranzqual Industry Training Organization, a position he held during the organization’s first 15 years of operations. Peter spent 15 years with Shell NZ finishing as the Principal Road Transport Consultant. His Shell career followed a 25 year career as a transport officer in the NZ Army.

Michael is the MP for Mt Roskill, Minister of Transport and Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety. He is also Deputy Leader of the House.

Michael was first elected to Parliament at the 2016 Mt Roskill by-election. In opposition he was Labour’s spokesperson for Transport, Revenue, and Consumer Affairs and after the 2017 election he was appointed as Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister for Ethnic Communities and became Chair of the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee. He became Labour’s Senior Whip in mid-2019.

As MP for New Zealand’s most diverse electorate, Michael is closely connected to New Zealand’s vibrant and growing ethnic communities and is focused on ensuring that every person regardless of background has the ability to flourish and reach their fullest potential in our country. He also has a particular interest in Auckland’s urban development and is a keen supporter of more high-quality affordable housing, and rapid public transport in his electorate and across the city.

Prior to his parliamentary role Michael was an Auckland Council member in his community and has held roles providing advice to Habitat for Humanity and as a senior negotiator for the Finance Sector union Finsec.

Michael is driven by the core belief that people do well when living in strong, fair, and supportive communities. He believes that an economy and public institutions that are focussed on people’s wellbeing will lead to a society that is both more prosperous and just.

Along with his wife Julie and their three young sons, Michael lives in Roskill South where he loves to tramp along the Waikowhai Coast, tends to a very neglected vegetable garden, and dreams of an alternative career as a roving international test cricket commentator.