Our Staff
Dilip Goyal
JMDR Group - Managing Director
Dilip Goyal is the founder and passionate leader of the JMDR Group. He has over 37 years of experience in the rail and engineering industry having worked as a Graduate Engineer, Project Engineer, Test Engineer, Signals Construction Manager, Commissioning Manager and Program Manager of Railway Signalling in NSW. Having delivered many signalling projects from concept to handover he is now managing JMDR's group business in Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, UK, India and South-East Asia.
Richard Mifsud
Executive General Manager – Engineering
Richard has over 30 years of experience in the field of Railway Signalling with a strong background in signalling management including signalling Design, Construction Works, Maintenance, Testing, and Commissioning. Having previously been responsible for Civil and Electrical program delivery for RailCorp and the management of maintenance for all the rail disciplines for the North region within Sydney Trains, Richard now leads the JMDR team in Australia, New Zealand, UK and South-East Asia as Executive General Manager (Engineering).
Damien Drew
Executive General Manager - Operations, Business and Development
With over 30 years of experience, he brings in vast expertise and knowledge in the Railway Industry. Damien is a capable and integrative thinker who can see issues from both global and detailed perspectives, giving him an advantage in devising workable solutions. He has enjoyed solving problems and has extensive varied senior leadership and stakeholder management experience across multiple industries. He understands the principal role of a leader in any field is to guide, uplift and empower their team members – an approach that he lives every day, as his colleagues will happily verify.
Kevin Ho
Executive General Manager (ANZ)
Kevin is a proven leader with an impeccable delivery record developed over 28 years on large-scale rail infrastructure projects in Australia. Strengths in planning, directing and overseeing the delivery of complex rail projects with multiple stakeholder and technical interfaces.
Gary Davey
General Manager – Business Strategy
Gary has over 30 years experience in the initiation, design, construction and commissioning of major rail projects. Additionally, he has in a variety of construction management roles and six years management experience with design consultancies.
Dean Farquharson
General Manager - Signalling, T&C and Infrastructure
Dean has over 35 years experience in the railway industry. His experience includes:
Testing & Commission Tracks, Signals, Trainstops, Points and CBI Interlocking, identifying defects, and managing and monitoring defect closeout, failure investigations and follow up, development of Signal Asset Management Plans, defining scopes and estimating costs for signal projects, and financial budgeting and analysis of projects.
Indie Lail
General Manager (QLD & VIC)
With more than 23 years experience as a signalling engineer in the rail industry, Indie has a comprehensive knowledge of developing, designing and verifying high-quality signalling systems. Indie has a proven track record of successfully preparing and executing projects in accordance with company procedures and specific client requirements, with an emphasis on safety, timeliness and cost efficiency. Indie is an active team leader and member, motivator and facilitator, with strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Jeff Bolt
General Manager – Commercial, Contracts and Legal
Jeff has over 30 years of experience in engineering and construction, with the past 20 focused on delivering major rail infrastructure projects. He has managed complex, multidisciplinary works with challenging approvals and external dependencies. He also supports infrastructure projects with rail components, providing input on possession management, track, OHW, signalling, electrical systems, and required rail resources and plant.
Ben Calcott
General Manager (New Zealand)
- National Diploma in Electrical Engineering
- National Certificate in Business (First Line Management)
With Over 20 Years of Experience, Ben has strong and diverse knowledge of systems and processes across the business. Along with carrying out Engineering designs. He is also involved in performing engineering investigations, inspections, design, commissioning, development of standards and asset management.
Peter McGregor
Technical Director (Signalling / Assurance)
Peter has 38 years of technical and maintenance expertise having specialised in the field of Railway Signalling and train control systems: construction, maintenance, technical and design management areas. He has learnt and successfully applied six sigma and lean techniques to infrastructure and design team improvement projects.
More recently he has led the setting of standards, developing specifications, type approvals and introducing new technology and system solutions for Transport for NSW and its clients. He is Chairman of the Train Control Systems Standing Committee for the Rail Industry Safety & Standards Board.
Susan Rahbari
Business Support Manager
Susan has more than 17 years of experience of providing and managing infrastructure services including resources and business administration management.