After 43 years of service and a number of key roles including acting CEO, Owen Driscoll,
NTI's national manager of industry and government relations, has bid the company farewell.
Driscoll joined NTI, formerly R&G Insurance Consultants, in 1974 and since then, has been a key driver of change in heavy motor insurance, having overseen the London delegation and appointment of NTI as Lloyds' representatives in Australia, the launch of branch offices in Newcastle, Melbourne, Parramatta, and Perth, and the establishment of NTI's Roadteam network and the National Truck Accident Research Centre in 2002.
Driscoll said he was especially proud of his role in the foundation of the research centre.
“The research centre was an evolution of a feeling that we were underutilising the accident information and the corresponding statistics available to us,” he said. “Ultimately we realised that you can’t fix a problem if you don’t know where it starts.”
Driscoll also represented NTI on numerous boards and industry bodies, and was a strong advocate of road safety. Among the many awards he received during his lengthy career were the Don Watson Memorial Award in 2006 for outstanding commitment to road safety and the road transport industry, and his 2015 entry to the Australian Road Transport Hall of Fame for his commitment to road safety through road accident research.
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