Sally Stannard channels her passion for public transport and developing sustainable communities into the delivery of customer-focused passenger transport services across Queensland. Her focus includes policy, planning, ticketing, contract management and customer services.

As Director-General, Sally Stannard leads the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR). Sally was appointed as Director-General on 30 November 2023 after acting in the role since 5 June 2023. Sally leads TMR’s portfolio of work across road, rail, bus, cycling and marine infrastructure in Queensland. Alongside that, she has oversight of the Queensland Government Customer and Digital Group—a division of TMR that is focused on driving Queensland’s digital economy, delivering better citizen-centric services, and optimising the Queensland Government’s investment and use of technology. TMR has approximately 9800 staff and an annual budget of $16.3 billion, including capital expenditure of $6.2 billion and managed assets worth in excess of $127 billion

Previously, Sally was Deputy Director-General (Translink). As a Division within the Department of Transport and Main Roads, TransLink is responsible for the integrated rail, bus, ferry and tram network in South East Queensland; urban public transport in major urban centres across Queensland and long-distance rail, coach and aviation services in regional, rural and remote Queensland, in addition to school transport, personalised transport and demand responsive transport services.