Professor Derek Scrafton CGeog

Biography

Memo: Derek boasts a long career in the field of transport policy, an interest which was first fired during his National Service when he passed the Chartered Institute of Transport examinations. He undertook postgraduate studies in 1963 at Queen Mary College, London then wrote his PhD thesis on public transport development in West Yorkshire. His first post was for the then Railway & Highway Division of the Canadian (Federal) Department of Canada, where he worked on formulating road and rail transport policy. He was then promoted to head a new Urban Transport Development Division where he guided federal involvement in urban transport. In 1972 he was recruited by the South Australia Government as Director-General of Transport where he stayed for 25 years until his retirement in 1997. Derek's work has been honored by various bodies including the Institution of Engineers Australia Transport Medal in 1993 and the Institute of Transport Engineers Award in 2005 for service to the transport profession. Although officially retired, Derek is still actively engaged in consulting.