Name: Jesse Baker
Title: General Manager Passenger Rail and Safety
Affiliation: Australasian Railway Association (ARA)
Jesse is a mechanical engineer who began his career in the automotive industry in Melbourne. In 2004 he moved to the UK and took up a role in their railway at RSSB – initially in R&D and later moving into long term (30 years+) strategic planning for the industry. Through those roles Jesse gained a good understanding of how Europe grapples with many of the same issues that we’re exposed to here – notably optimisation, interoperability, cost, and safety. After the better part of a decade, Jesse returned home where that experience served him well when he joined RISSB in 2012. At RISSB Jesse oversaw the delivery of Standards (and Codes Practice, Guidelines and other products) for all railway disciplines, and also drove RISSB’s safety agenda. Jesse joined the ARA team in 2023 where he now supports the Passenger Operators Executive Committee (POEC) and its sub committees, as well as the Safety Policy Committee, building on the great work in these important portfolios.
Company Directors Course, Australian Institute of Company Directors, 2020
Reporting to the Board, Australian Institute of Company Directors, 2018
Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety, National Safety Council of Australia, 2015
International Certificate in Risk Management, The Institute of Risk Management Whitechapel, 2008
PRINCE2®, APMG International, 2007
Postgraduate Certificate in Project Management (PgCPM), RMIT, 2003
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (BEng) (Mech Eng), Swinburne University of Technology, 2001