Director-General
Michael Caltabiano
BE(Hon) MPhil GDBA FIEAust FAICD RPEQ IAMA
Michael Caltabiano started his distinguished engineering career with the former Department of Main Roads in Queensland in 1985. Whilst working for the Department delivering road projects across the south east of Queensland he also gained a Masters degree at Nottingham University (UK) specialising in asphalt technology and moved to implement changes to the Queensland specifications to reflect world’s best practice.
Upon moving to the private sector in 1993 he worked across Australia and internationally providing technical design and support to some of Australia’s largest road projects.
Michael joined the Brisbane City Council as an elected representative in 1996. In 2004, with the election of Campbell Newman as Lord Mayor, Michael assisted with the development of successive budgets for the Lord Mayor before entering State Politics in 2005. As State Member for Chatsworth and Shadow Minister for Roads and Shadow Treasurer he was unsuccessful at the 2006 election and subsequently established his own engineering firm Infrastructure Delivery Australia Pty Ltd.
As Managing Director of this firm he has taken on the development of large infrastructure projects across Australia with a staff operating in three States. Michael returns as the Director-General to the Department of Transport and Main Roads with a wealth of experience and knowledge in the delivery of major projects and specialist qualifications in the field of road infrastructure.
As Director-General, Michael leads the Department of Transport and Main Roads with a 2011-12 Operating Budget of $4.467 billion, Capital Budget of $3.828 billion and managed Assets worth $50.257 billion, delivered by 11,188 staff across Queensland.
