| Neil Scales | |
| Office1: | Director-General of the Department of Transport & Main Roads |
| Term Start1: | March 2013 |
| Term End1: | June 2023 |
| Office2: | Chief Executive Officer of TransLink |
| Term Start2: | March 2012 |
| Term End2: | March 2013 |
| Office3: | Chief Executive and Director General of Merseytravel |
| Term Start3: | 1999 |
| Term End3: | 2012 |
| Occupation: | Public servant |
Neil Scales is a former British-Australian public servant. He was the Director-General of the Department of Transport & Main Roads, in Queensland having assumed the office in 2013, and serving until June 2023.
Between 1999 and 2012, Scales was Chief Executive Officer and Director-General of Merseytravel in Liverpool.[1]
Scales resigned from Merseytravel in December 2011, to take up an appointment in the Queensland Public Sector.[2] [3] He joined TransLink in Brisbane, Australia, in March 2012 as Chief Executive Officer.
In March 2013, Scales was appointed Director-General of the Queensland Department of Transport & Main Roads. He retired in 2023.
Scales was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to transport.[4]