The North East Link State Tolling Corporation (STC) was established under the North East Link Act 2020 on 1 March 2021 as a statutory corporation.
STC has been established to be responsible for managing and controlling the use of and access to, and operating and maintaining, the North East Link road and to set and collect the tolls on North East Link tollway when the project opens.
Toll revenue collected by STC will go towards recouping the cost of building and maintaining North East Link.
Our Ministers
The Hon. Danny Pearson
Minister for Transport Infrastructure | Minister for the Suburban Rail Loop | Assistant Treasurer | Minister for WorkSafe and the TAC
Mr Tim Pallas
Treasurer | Minister for Industrial Relations | Minister for Economic Growth
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.
Governance
Governance of the North East Link State Tolling Corporation
Information about the Freedom of Information and Public Interest Disclosure commitments by the North East Link State Tolling Corporation.
Related information
North East Link program
North East Link is the biggest ever investment in Melbourne’s north-east – changing the way people move around Melbourne.
North East Link Tolling Agreement
The North East Link Tolling Agreement, 27 October 2021 as tabled on 30 November 2021 sets out the terms on which the STC may fix and collect tolls and fees for use of the Tollway (or part of it) for the passage of vehicles.
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