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NewsCarlos Aguilar
Dallas – Houston high speed line promoter Texas Central Partners has appointed former CH2M Hill Senior Vice-President Carlos Aguilar as CEO.
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NewsElaine Chao
Elaine Chao has been selected as US Secretary of Transportation by President-elect Donald Trump.
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NewsAmtrak streamlines management structure
USA: Federal passenger company Amtrak announced on January 5 that it would be rationalising its senior management structure as part of efforts to ‘position itself for an even more competitive future’.President & CEO Wick Moorman has reduced by half the senior management team to create six reporting lines. These are: ...
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NewsAlfaro to head RENFE Operadora
Spain’s Minister of Development, Iñigo de la Serna Hernáiz, has selected Juan Alfaro to replace Pablo Vázquez as President of national operator RENFE Operadora. Alfaro has served as Managing Director of transport infrastructure funding body SEITT since 2012. Alfaro has in turn appointed Francisco Minayo to succeed Berta Barrero as ...
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NewsDB board changes
Ronald Pofalla, previously Board Member for Economic, Legal & Regulatory Affairs at DB AG, became Board Member for Infrastructure & Services with effect from January 1, replacing Dr Volker Kefer who left the company at the end of 2016. As part of a revision of board responsibilities, the infrastructure portfolio ...
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NewsAngela Dluger
Angela Dluger has been appointed by the FTA as Director of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority safety oversight team. She replaces Sean Thompson, who has joined Greater Cleveland RTA as Director of Rail Operations.
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NewsJigjidnyamaa Damdinsuren
Ulaanbaatar Railway Vice-Chairman Jigjidnyamaa Damdinsuren has been promoted to Chairman of the Mongolian operator.
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NewsLorraine Cunningham
Lorraine Cunningham has been appointed Chairman of Vancouver regional transport authority TransLink, with effect from January 1.
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NewsÍñigo de la Serna Hernáiz
Íñigo de la Serna Hernáiz has been named Minister of Development in the new government announced by Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on November 3.
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NewsSteven Santoro
Assistant Executive Director of Capital Planning & Projects Steven Santoro has been promoted to Executive Director of NJ Transit, succeeding interim Executive Director Dennis Martin.
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NewsVR Group names CEO
Rolf Jansson has succeeded Mikael Aro as President & CEO of Finnish national railway VR Group. Harri Lukkarinen has replaced Ville Saksi as Managing Director of VR Track, while Saksi has taken over as CEO of Länsimetro Oy, the company overseeeing the Helsinki metro extension to Espoo, following the dismissal ...
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NewsDarren Caplan
The UK’s Railway Industry Association has appointed Darren Caplan as Chief Executive. He succeeds interim CEO David Tonkin, who took over from Jeremy Candfield in the summer.
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NewsNadeem Velani
Nadeem Velani has been named Vice-President & Chief Financial Officer at Canadian Pacific, having served in the post on an interim basis since September.
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NewsJim Umpleby
Jim Umpleby, currently head of Caterpillar’s Energy & Transportation division, will succeed Doug Oberhelman as Chairman & CEO on January 1. Dave Calhoun will become Non-Executive Chairman of the Board in March.
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NewsHarri Mustonen
Harri Mustonen has been appointed Managing Director of NR Rail, a company set up and jointly owned by Finland’s Nurminen Logistics and Russia‘s Rustranscom to handle cross-border rail freight between Finland and Russia.
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NewsJeswant Gill
Jeswant Gill has been appointed President of Harsco Rail, while Andre Schoen becomes Vice-President for the International Regions.
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NewsVossloh names Busemann CEO
Andreas Busemann is set to take over as CEO of Vossloh AG for a three-year term, with effect from April 2017. He will succeed Hans M Schabert, who has opted not to extend his contract when it expires on March 31. Busemann is currently Chief Sales Officer at DB Cargo ...
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NewsVanessa Giraud
Vanessa Giraud has succeeded Pierre Farin as Investment Director at Croissance Rail, an investment fund created by the French government in 2013 with the aim of supporting smaller companies within the railway supply sector.
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NewsJannet Walker Ford
Jannet Walker Ford, Vice-President & North America Director of Policy & Strategic Programs at Parsons, has been elected to the APTA Board of Directors. Andrew Brady has become APTA’s Senior Director of Government Affairs.