Evelyn Bratchford

Evelyn is a Manager at NineSquared with demonstrated experience in problem definition, governance advice, strategy development, stakeholder engagement, and evaluation and review. A strategic thinker, with strong communication and project management skills, Evelyn is skilled at bringing together evidence and synthesizing ideas, to tell a clear and compelling narrative and deliver a strong argument, helping clients to solve their problems.  

Evelyn holds a Bachelor of Political, Economic and Social Sciences (Political Economy and Anthropology) from the University of Sydney and is a member of the Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF). She has worked on several plans and submissions for Government departments including, the National Transport Commission, Transport for NSW, the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator, and the Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator. 

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• Regulatory Impact Statement: Heavy Vehicle National Law – Evelyn was the project manager of work for the National Transport Commission to develop a Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) to help inform three key policy changes to the new Heavy Vehicle National Law.
• Review of the Local Government Road Safety Program (LGRSP) – Evelyn was the project manager for work engaged by the Centre for Road Safety within TfNSW to review the Local Government Road Safety Program (LGRSP).
• Maritime Safety Governance Review at Victoria’s Commercial Ports – Evelyn was the project manager for work engaged by Safe Transport Victoria, Ports Victoria and the Department of Transport to review maritime safety governance at Victoria’s commercial ports.
• Sydney Water Business Cases – Evelyn was the project manager for work for Sydney Water to assist in the preparation and review of both Strategic and Final Business Case documents across various projects.
• 2021 Statutory Review of the National Transport Commission – Evelyn worked as part of a NineSquared to assist in delivering the 2021 Statutory Review of the National Transport Commission (NTC).
• Rail interoperability decision-making framework – Evelyn was engaged as part of a NineSquared team by the National Transport Commission (NTC) to provide governance advice on how an Interoperability Framework could be established for the Australian rail industry.
• Container Port Problem Monetisation and Cost Comparison – Evelyn was engaged as part of a NineSquared team by a major Australian port operator, to undertake an independent economic review of its capacity expansion project.
• National Regulatory Model (NRM) Costs and Benefits Study – Evelyn assisted in undertaking a Costs and Benefits Study of the National Regulatory Model (NRM), which articulates the NHVR’s risk-based approach to regulating heavy vehicles.