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Rail Business UKAngie Doll becomes permanent Chief Operating Officer at Govia Thameslink Railway
UK: Managing Director of Southern & Gatwick Express Angie Doll has been appointed as Govia Thameslink Railway’s Chief Operating Officer with effect from April 20, having been Interim COO for the past six months. She started her railway career in 1999 as Station Manager at Brighton. ...
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Rail Business UKORR appoints Director of Economics, Finance & Markets
UK: Will Godfrey has been appointed as the Office of Rail & Road’s Director of Economics, Finance & Markets with effect from early June. He returns to ORR 17 years after leaving as Head of Competition Economics. Godfrey is currently a Director on the Price Review ...
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NewsVR Group President & CEO removed
FINLAND: The board of state rail operator VR Group dismissed Lauri Sipponen as President & Chief Executive on April 4, just seven months into the job. Director of Passenger Operations Topi Simola has taken temporary charge while VR Group looks for a new CEO. No reason ...
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OrganisationsHead of NS steps down to join airline
NETHERLANDS: National passenger train operator NS announced on March 31 that Marjan Rintel is to step down as President to become President & CEO of airline KLM on July 1. Rintel has been at NS since November 2014, initially as Chair of the Passenger Services business ...
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NewsEast West Railway Co CEO named
UK: Beth West has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Oxford – Cambridge railway corridor project promoter East West Railway Co with effect from April 1, succeeding Simon Blanchflower who is retiring. West joins after a period of consulting, having previously been Regional South Managing ...
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Rail Business UKSearch for next Chair of HS2 Ltd relaunched
UK: The search for the next Chair of HS2 Ltd was relaunched on March 9, with the Department for Transport saying the criteria had been updated to attract candidates from a wider field of sectors and backgrounds. All candidates will be asked to demonstrate their experience ...
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Rail Business UKWest Midlands Trains appoints next Managing Director
UK: ScotRail Chief Operating Officer Ian McConnell is to become Managing Director of West Midlands Trains in April, once ScotRail has been transferred from Abellio to public body Scottish Rail Holdings. McConnell was previously Franchise & Programmes Director at Greater Anglia, and ...
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NewsMaiorana takes over at Trafikverket
SWEDEN: Roberto Maiorana has taken over as Director-General of rail and highway infrastructure manager Trafikverket with effect from March 1. Nominated by the government on February 17, Maiorana has extensive experience in the international transport sector. He held a range of leading roles at airline SAS ...
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Rail Business UKMullen named as next c2c Managing Director
UK: Rob Mullen has been appointed as the next Managing Director of Trenitalia’s Essex commuter train operator c2c, with effect from mid-May.
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NewsPauwels steps down after Lineas losses
BELGIUM: Geert Pauwels has announced his resignation as Chief Executive Officer of independent rail freight operator Lineas ‘with immediate effect’ from February 3. Pauwels had led the former SNCB Logistics business since it was established in 2008, steering the company through the ...
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Rail Business UKNext RAIB Chief Inspector named
UK: Andrew Hall has been named the next Chief Inspector of Rail Accidents, and will succeed Simon French when he retires on March 31 after nearly 18 years at the Rail Accident Investigation Branch. A chartered electrical engineer, Hall has worked at RAIB since 2004 and ...
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NewsCN appoints next CEO as board changes agreed
CANADA: Canadian National has appointed Tracy Robinson as its next President & Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Jean-Jacques Ruest, who is to retire from the CN Board on February 28, but will continue in an advisory role until March 31 to ensure a seamless transition. Robinson joins ...
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Rail Business UKLord McLoughlin appointed Chair of Transport for the North
UK: Lord McLoughlin was appointed as Chair of Transport for the North at its board meeting on January 25. Patrick McLoughlin was the Member of Parliament for Derbyshire Dales in 1986-2019, and Secretary of State for Transport in 2012-16, becoming a life peer in 2020. ‘I ...
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Rail Business UKJenny Gilruth named Scottish Transport Minister
UK: SNP Member of the Scottish Parliament for Mid Fife & Glenrothes Jenny Gilruth was named as Scotland’s Transport Minister on January 25, the day after Graeme Dey announced his resignation from the Scottish government for health-related reasons. ‘The transport portfolio is an exciting opportunity to ...
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Rail Business UKScottish Transport Minister steps down
UK: Transport Minister Graeme Dey resigned from the Scottish Government for health-related reasons on January 24. Dey had been appointed Transport Minister following the 2021 Holyrood elections. He said ‘regrettably, despite my continuing passion, I find myself unable now to give this hugely important ministerial role ...
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Metro Report InternationalTfL executive management team slimmed down
UK: London’s Transport Commissioner Andy Byford has announced a restructuring and reduction in size of Transport for London’s executive team with effect from February 1. TfL said this would be ‘ensure that TfL is in the best possible shape to become an even more efficient organisation ...
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Rail Business UKLumo Managing Director steps down
UK: Helen Wylde stepped down as Managing Director of recently launched London – Edinburgh open access operator Lumo on January 4, in order to take up a position outside the rail industry. Phil Cameron, First Rail’s Commercial Projects Director, will act as Interim Managing Director until ...
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NewsAmtrak leadership change follows a milestone year
USA: Bill Flynn is to retire as CEO of Amtrak on January 17, with current President Stephen Gardner becoming President & CEO. Flynn will continue as a senior advisor for the remainder of the financial year. Stephen J Gardner ‘With the Biden ...
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Rail Business UKScottish Rail Holdings managers appointed
UK: Two senior appointments have been announced at Scottish Rail Holdings, the Scottish government-owned company being set up to own ScotRail Trains Ltd, which will operate ScotRail passenger services after the current contract held by Abellio expires on March 31 2022. Chris Gibb has been appointed ...
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NewsShaw to succeed Squire as Norfolk Southern CEO
USA: Norfolk Southern Chairman & CEO James A Squires is to retire on May 1 2022, with Executive Vice-President & Chief Marketing Officer Alan H Shaw becoming CEO. Shaw has 27 years of experience in marketing, operations and finance at Norfolk Southern, and was appointed CMO ...