North East Link State Tolling Corporation ministers, board and CEO

Our ministers

Our board

Mr Brad Vann (STC Chair)

During his career, Mr Vann has advised governments, businesses and banks on the delivery, privatisation and long term management of major infrastructure in Australia and Asia. He has also worked as a strategic adviser and mentor in the start-up sphere.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Laws from Queensland, and a Bachelor of Civil Law from Oxford. He completed executive education courses at Melbourne and Harvard Business Schools.

Ms Aneetha DeSilva (STC Board Deputy Chair)

Ms de Silva is a senior executive and board director with 25 years of infrastructure experience across the government and private sectors in Australia, South Africa and the Asia Pacific.

She holds a Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws, has completed executive education at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and is a member of Chief Executive Women and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Ms Leilani Frew (STC Director)

Ms Frew has over 30 years of commercial and financial experience in the infrastructure, energy, and utilities sectors, with 20 years of experience in governance of major infrastructure investments.

She holds a Master of Applied Finance, Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Our CEO

Ms An Nguyen (CEO)

Ms Nguyen is an experienced infrastructure leader, with more than a decade and a half of solid and broad expertise in strategic leadership and innovation, major project structuring and delivery, complex commercial and funding models, and a strong policy focus gained within Treasury in the Victorian Government.

She has been widely recognised for her contribution and achievement within the global infrastructure industry and Victorian public service: she was awarded the Infrastructure Partnerships Australia’s National Woman in Infrastructure in 2017, the Partnerships Bulletin’s Individual Contribution of the Year PPP Award 2018 and the prestigious Public Service Medal in the Australia Day Honours List 2021 for outstanding public service in infrastructure delivery.