1. Michael Andrew Caltabiano was born on 8 April 1964 and is an Australian former politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Brisbane City Council from 1996 to 2005, and a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2005 to 2006.
Michael Caltabiano served briefly as the Director-General of the Department of Transport and Main Roads in the state government of Queensland, Australia until he was sacked by Premier Campbell Newman.
Michael Caltabiano studied engineering at James Cook University and a Master of Philosophy at Nottingham University and completed a Graduate Diploma of Business at Queensland University of Technology.
Michael Caltabiano worked as a civil engineer and company director.
Michael Caltabiano was appointed as a replacement Liberal Party Councillor for Chandler Ward of the Brisbane City Council in 1996.
Michael Caltabiano replaced Liberal Graeme McDougall, who was elected to the Commonwealth seat of Griffith and had to resign his Council seat.
Michael Caltabiano served as Leader of the Opposition in Brisbane City Council from 2000 until 2002, when he was ousted during a factional deal involving a dispute over representation on the State Liberal Council.
Michael Caltabiano was replaced by Margaret De Wit in 2002, who was in turn replaced by Graham Quirk in 2003.
Michael Caltabiano was actively involved in party politics, serving as Queensland state president of the Liberal Party from 2003 to 2006.
Michael Caltabiano was preselected as the Liberal candidate, and faced Labor candidate Chris Forrester, who he had defeated in the previous council election.
Michael Caltabiano was appointed to the shadow ministry upon his election, taking on the role of Shadow Minister for Transport.
Michael Caltabiano was widely viewed as a rising star in the party and had been tipped as a future Liberal leader.
On 25 October 2012, Michael Caltabiano was stood down as Director-General of the Department of Transport and Main Roads pending the result of an investigation into allegations of lying to parliament in budget estimate hearings.
Michael Caltabiano was involved with a political consultancy firm, Entree Vous.
In October 2016, the ARRB Group announced that Michael Caltabiano would be its next CEO, even though he had only been a board member since June of that year.
Michael Caltabiano replaced retiring managing director, Gerald Waldron, in November 2016.