{{Short description|Australian public servant}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Reece Waldock | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|19YY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> | birth_place = | alma_mater = Curtin University | occupation = Public servant | years_active = | website = | parents = | children = }} '''Reece Waldock''' is a retired senior Australian public servant. Most recently he served concurrently as Director-General of the WA Department of Transport, Commissioner of Main Roads Western Australia and CEO of the WA Public Transport Authority, between May 2010 and July 2016.

==Life and career== In the early years of his career, Waldock worked for BHP. He studied metallurgy at Curtin University on a BHP scholarship, before moving to Australia's east for work. He returned to Western Australia in the mid-1980s.<ref>{{cite news|date=13 August 2016|newspaper=The West Australian|first=Paul|last=Murray|title=An inside look at Perth's transport strategy|url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/32325846/triumph-over-tunnel-vision/#page1}}</ref>

Waldock was appointed to a senior executive position in the WA public service in the early 1990s,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/27012493/transport-tsar-reece-waldock-polite-but-virtually-invisible/#page1|newspaper=The West Australian|first=Kent|last=Acott|date=8 April 2015|title=Reece Waldock: polite but virtually invisible|archivedate=19 August 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819080849/https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/27012493/transport-tsar-reece-waldock-polite-but-virtually-invisible/}}</ref> including in the Department of Commerce and Trade and the Department of Transport. In December 2000, he acted as Commissioner of Western Australian Government Railways Commission, following the sale of the rail freight business component of Westrail.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.ceda.com.au/events/eventdetails/2015/02/w150211?EventCode=W150211|publisher=Committee for Economic Development of Australia|title=A conversation with Reece Waldock|date=2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819081850/http://www.ceda.com.au/events/eventdetails/2015/02/w150211?EventCode=W150211|archivedate=19 August 2016}}</ref>

From July 2003 to July 2016, Waldock was Chief Executive Officer of the Public Transport Authority, responsible for a major construction program and for integrating statewide public transport services.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.pta.wa.gov.au/portals/0/annualreports/2013/about/executive-profiles.asp|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327021301/http://pta.wa.gov.au/portals/0/annualreports/2013/about/executive-profiles.asp|archivedate=27 March 2015|title=About PTA – executive profiles|publisher=Western Australian Government|author=Public Transport Authority|date=2013}}</ref> In 2010, his role was expanded when he was appointed to serve a five-year term as Director-General of the WA Department of Transport, Commissioner of Main Roads Western Australia and CEO of the Public Transport Authority, concurrently.<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/AboutMainRoads/AboutUs/Pages/CorporateInformation.aspx|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423113411/https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/AboutMainRoads/AboutUs/Pages/CorporateInformation.aspx|archivedate=23 April 2016|title=Corporate Information |publisher=Western Australian Government|author=Main Roads WA}}</ref> The integration of two new roles with his ongoing Public Transport Authority role was intended to improve transport planning, policy and budgeting.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.businessnews.com.au/article/Waldock-in-new-WA-transport-role|title=Waldock in new WA transport role|first=Rebecca|last=Lawson|date=21 April 2010|website=Business News Western Australia}}</ref> He was tasked with shaping the strategic direction of transport in the state.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.pta.wa.gov.au/portals/0/annualreports/2014/content/corporate/organisational-structure.asp|title=Organisational structure|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401054416/http://pta.wa.gov.au/portals/0/annualreports/2014/content/corporate/organisational-structure.asp|archivedate=1 April 2015|publisher=Western Australian Government|author=Public Transport Authority}}</ref>

In April 2015, Waldock was reappointed as head of the three key WA transport agencies to 29 July 2016 upon which he retired.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://publicsector.wa.gov.au/news-events/news/reappointment-commissioner-main-roads-chief-executive-officer-public-transport-authority-director-general-department-transport|publisher=Western Australian Government|archivedate=19 September 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919214213/https://publicsector.wa.gov.au/news-events/news/reappointment-commissioner-main-roads-chief-executive-officer-public-transport-authority-director-general-department-transport|title=Reappointment of Commissioner for Main Roads, Chief Executive Officer of the Public Transport Authority, Director General of the Department of Transport|date=15 April 2015|author=Public Sector Commission}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-21/head-of-main-roads-wa-reece-waldock-to-stand-down/7345070|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709015145/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-21/head-of-main-roads-wa-reece-waldock-to-stand-down/7345070|archivedate=9 July 2016|title=WA transport chief vacancy in lead-up to election|first=Jessica|last=Strutt|date=21 April 2016|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|website=ABC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-27/reece-waldock/7666432|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819081456/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-27/reece-waldock/7666432|archivedate=19 August 2016|title=Reece Waldock is excited about the future of WA ports|date=27 July 2016|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|website=ABC News}}</ref>

Waldock is a Director of Lifeline WA, Leadership WA, and the Australian Urban Design Research Centre.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.lifelinewa.org.au/about-2/board-of-directors|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107181914/http://www.lifelinewa.org.au/about-2/board-of-directors/|archivedate=7 November 2016|title=Board and Executive|publisher=Lifeline WA}}/</ref>

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