<span class="" id="parent-fieldname-description"> Following an international search, former Reliance Rail chief Ian Hunt has been appointed the new CEO of the Moorebank Intermodal Company which is currently overseeing the private sector development of the Moorebank Intermodal Terminal. </span> <p>Minister for transport and infrastructure Anthony Albanese made the announcement yesterday and said Hunt brings 30 years of infrastructure experience to the Moorebank project, having worked on a diverse range of projects including public private partnerships to deliver a major urban motorway and rail rolling stock.</p><p>“Mr Hunt brings to the company broad skills across engineering, financing and management. These skills will be invaluable in delivering a project that is so important to the future of Sydney and to the Australian economy,” Albanese said.</p><p>Hunt was appointed CEO of Reliance Rail in March 2011. Reliance Rail is the special purpose vehicle established to deliver the New South Wales Waratah rolling stock Public Private Partnership for Sydney’s rail network.</p><p>Prior to Reliance Rail, Hunt was CEO of Connector Motorways and oversaw major infrastructure development including the delivery of Sydney’s Lane Cove Tunnel.</p><p>Part of Hunt’s role at Moorebank Intermodal Company will be to oversee the formal procurement process that will identify private companies to develop and operate the terminal.</p><p>The intermodal terminal’s formal procurement process is expected to commence next month, with construction of the intermodal terminal planned to commence in mid-2015. It will open for business in 2017.</p><p>Hunt replaces interim CEO Lucio Di Bartolomeo.<br /> <br /> </p>