Michael Byrne

Michael joined the Centurion Transport Advisory Board in 2021.

Michael has had a distinguished 30-year career in executive positions both in Australia and internationally in the logistics, supply chain, retail and property sectors. Previous roles include Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer and Director of Toll Group Holdings; Chief Executive Officer of Coates Hire; Linfox and Westgate Holdings, as well as Non-Executive Director of Australia Post.

Michael currently serves on the Boards of Ausgrid Asset, Management, Finance and Operator Partnership, NSW Ports and Peel Ports UK. He is also a council member on the NSW Freight Advisory Council, a Senate member and Chancellors Advisory Board for the University of Western Australia and is a Strategic Advisor on Infrastructure to IFM Investors and Australian Super and leads the Talent and Capability Think Tank for Deakin University.

Michael holds a Master of Science in Transportation and Infrastructure from the University of Denver, USA. He completed management training at the Darden School of Management at the University of Virginia, as well as the International Management Program at the MIT Sloan School of Management, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2017, Michael became the inaugural Adjunct Professor at the Centre for Supply Chain and Logistics at Deakin University.