Infrastructure dealmaker Scott Charlton will leave tollroad group Transurban at the end of November to run Sydney Airport as the nation’s biggest airport lobbies Canberra to stop airlines hoarding slots.
Mr Charlton’s experience as an engineer, banker and chief executive of one of Australia’s biggest listed companies, Transurban, means he is highly experienced at negotiating with politicians.
He is likely to lobby hard on behalf of Sydney Airport in Canberra to secure regulatory changes that could makSydney Airport chairman David Gonski said Mr Charlton would bring commercial, operational and project delivery experience and “a deep understanding of government and the Australian regulatory environment.”will take the helm from Mr Charlton who will finish at the tollroad group on November 30.
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