IHHA Director Australia

Leon Wessels
Senior Rail & Asset Management Leader
Rio Tinto

Leon Wessels
Australia

Leon Wessels is a rail professional with more than 25 years of experience in heavy haul rail engineering, asset strategy and technical governance. He now brings this experience to his role leading asset engineering for rail infrastructure and fleet on Rio Tinto Iron Ore’s Pilbara railway in Western Australia. 

His background spans maintenance, condition monitoring, program delivery and asset management, with a practical focus on reliability, risk and long-term network performance. 

Leon is committed to supporting knowledge sharing and the continued development of heavy haul rail practice across the global industry.