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Ana Maria Pastor Julián
Several new appointments have been made within Spain's Ministry of Development following the swearing-in of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on December 21. Former Health Minister Ana Maria Pastor Julián (photo) replaced José Blanco López as Minister of Development (including transport) on December 22.Rafael Catalá Polo has been named Secretary of ...
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Dr Omar Davies
Dr Omar Davies took up office as Jamaica’s Transport Minister on January 9. Further appointments within the Transport, Works & Housing Ministry include Richard Azan as Minister of State and Dr Morais Guy as Minister without Portfolio.
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Adam Baker
Adam Baker has joined the Railway Gazette Group editorial team as Assistant Editor, Urban Rail; he will work across our portfolio including Railway Gazette International, Metro Report International, and www.railwaygazette.com. Educated in Norfolk, Adam has worked across a variety of business magazines and newspapers, including Meat Trades Journal.
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Elaine Holt
Elaine Holt, latterly Chief Executive of the UK Department for Transport’s Directly Operated Railways subsidiary and Chairman of train operator East Coast, is to join National Express Group plc on January 3 as Bid Director within the Rail team. She will be reporting to NEG Group Chief Executive Dean Finch . ...
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Sławomir Nowak
Sławomir Nowak became Poland’s Minister of Transport, Construction & Maritime Economy last month, when a new cabinet was sworn in following elections which were won by the ruling party. He replaces Cezary Grabarczyk at the ministry, which has been renamed from the Ministry of Infrastructure.
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Makis Voridis
Makis Voridis has been named as Minister of Transport & Infrastructure in the new Greek unity government, with Yannis Magriotis as Vice Minister and Adonis Georgiadis as Minister for Shipping.
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Johnny Boo
Johnny Boo has joined the Infrastructure team at Lloyd’s Register’s UK rail business from Network Rail, where he was involved on Crossrail surface works. Simon Whitehouse has joined the London office from URS Scott Wilson to head Independent Assurance services, while engineering and traction specialist Tony Woof moves to LR from ...
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Tim Shoveller
Tim Shoveller has been named as the next Managing Director of Stagecoach Group’s South West Trains franchise in the UK, suceeding Andy Pitt who will retire at the end of the year. Shoveller will join SWT on December 1, being succeeded as Managing Director of East Midlands Trains by EMT Commercial ...
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Kyrill Androsov
Kyrill Androsov has been elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors at Russian Railways. A former Deputy Minister of Economic Development & Trade, he has been Chief of Staff at the Russian government since 2008, and is also a board member at Aeroflot.
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Ann Billiau
Ann Billiau has been appointed Director-General of Network Access at Infrabel, succeeding Luc Vansteenkiste, who moved to become Director-General of Infrastructure on October 1. Having joined SNCB in 1993, she has worked in the Network Access unit since 2005.
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Ousmane Thiam
Ousmane Thiam was elected as President of the International Union of Public Transport during an Executive Board meeting in Milano on October 22. A Civil Engineer with a PhD in Transport Economics, he is President of the Conseil Exécutif des Transports Urbains de Dakar in Senegal, and becomes the first African ...
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VDB elects new board members
Meeting in Kiel on September 30, the German Railway Industry Association VDB elected Dr Klaus Baur of Bombardier Transportation, as VDB President for 2011-14. He is joined on the nine-member board by Dr Ansgar Brockmeyer of Siemens Mobility as Vice-President with responsibility for rail vehicles, Andreas Becker of Ephy Mess ...
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Vernon Barker
Vernon Barker has been named as Managing Director, UK Rail at FirstGroup, having served as Managing Director of First TransPennine Express since the start of the franchise in 2004. Nick Chevis becomes Acting Finance Director in place of Jeff Carr, who has announced his intention to leave FirstGroup on ...
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Oliver Sellnick
Oliver Sellnick has joined DB Netze as Vice-President of Business Development with effect from September 1; he was previously Director, Freight, at the International Union of Railways.
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Bart Schmeink
Bart Schmeink has been named as the new Director-General of Amsterdam’s urban transport operator GVB, taking over on December 1. He is currently Managing Director of Merseyrail in the UK, which is run by a joint venture of Netherlands Railways subsidiary Abellio and Serco Group. At GVB he will ...
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Kuldeep Chaturvedi
Kuldeep Chaturvedi has been appointed to oversee India’s South Central Railway in Secunderabad; he is currently General Manager of the South Western Railway in Hubli, but had previously served at South Central in 2009.
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Luc Vansteenkiste
Luc Vansteenkiste has been named Director-General of Infrastructure at Belgian infrastructure manager Infrabel, succeeding Jean-Marie Raviart who retires with effect from October 1; since 2004 he has been Director-General of Network Access.
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Carol Coune
Carol Coune took over as Secretary-General of the International Transport Forum with effect from August 1, succeeding Jack Short who has retired. She was formerly part of the Management Board at Belgium’s Ministry of Transport.
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Heather Allen
Heather Allen has joined the UK’s Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) as Programme Director, Sustainable Transport, having been responsible for the Sustainable Development programme at the International Union of Public Transport. She is also a member of the Transportation Research Board’s Committee on Transport in Developing Countries.