Brian Brennan, 57, an Australian and Irish citizen, has spent most of his career in the transportation industry where he has gathered experience over 23 years in the U.K., Ireland and Australia. Brian brings an in-depth understanding and experience to his new CEO role. Brian has a wealth of light rail experience, including leading the team that delivered Dublin’s, then Sydney’s light rail network and overseeing the building of the new Parramatta light rail line which is currently under construction.
In 2000, he started his career in transportation at Connex Transport in London before joining Veolia Transport Ireland in 2003, where he was General Manager. Subsequently, in 2008, he held during seven years the position of Managing Director of Transdev Dublin, leading the successful launch and deployment of Dublin’s Luas light-rail operations since Day 1. In 2015, Brian was appointed Managing Director of Transdev Sydney Light Rail operations. Since January 2023, Brian was Deputy CEO of Transdev Australia - New Zealand.
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Download Brian Brennan press releaseBrian is a graduate of the Dublin College of Catering and holds a BSc. degree in Management from the Trinity College in Dublin.
Transdev’s Australasian footprint extends across five cities, six transport modes and 12 transport networks in Australia and New Zealand. Each year, our transportation services ensure over 145 million trips on more than 2,000 vehicles and vessels. We employ more than 5,800 people who serve communities across the region :
- in Australia: Sydney trams, ferries, buses in Greater Sydney and eastern suburbs and associated maintenance services, buses in Brisbane’s east, buses in Perth and Fremantle and surrounds;
- in New Zealand: Auckland and Wellington buses, Wellington trains and transport on demand services in Auckland.