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RATP reshuffle
Paris transport operator RATP has announced a major reshuffle of senior management. Cyril Condé (photo), who is currently in charge of metro Line 14, becomes Director of the RER network, succeeding Michel Henry who has been named Operational Managing Director of the department of transport equipment and systems (EST). Secretary-General ...
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Radek Smerda
Radek Smerda has been named Czech Transport Minister following the resignation of his former superior, Vit Barta, who has been accused of corruption. The appointment is temporary while the allegations are being investgated.
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Milagros Caiña-Andrée
Milagros Caiña-Andrée has replaced Steffen Wurst as Personnel Director at DB Schenker.
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Michel Quidort
Michel Quidort of Veolia Transdev has been re-elected President of European Passenger Transport Operators, an association formed of Europe’s nine largest independent public transport operators.
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Claire Porter
Claire Porter, Head of Strategy at Thales UK’s transport division, became the first female president of the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers on April 15.
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Pompa Babbar
Pompa Babbar has been named Financial Commissioner of Indian Railways, following the retirement of Samat Jha. Babbar was previously General Manager of Integral Coach Factory in Chennai and has also held several senior positions at the Western, Central and Northern railways.
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VR-Group names Chairman
Finnish state-owned company VR-Group, which encompasses passenger and freight operations as well as infrastructure maintenance, has appointed Hannu Syrjänen as Chairman, succeeding Lauri Ratia who was holding the post on a temporary basis. Syrjänen was formerly CEO of media group Sanoma.Riku Aalto, head of Finland’s largest trade union Metalli, has ...
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Price to join ORR
Former UK Home Office Chief Economist Richard Price, currently Chief Economist & Director of Performance at the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, is to join the Office of Rail Regulation as Chief Executive. He will succeed Bill Emery, who steps down in June.The ORR has also announced the ...
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Ghanim bin Saad Al Saad
Ghanim bin Saad Al Saad, Managing Director of Qatari Diar, has been named Chairman of the new Qatar Railways Company which has been founded to oversee development of the country’s planned rail network. Abdulla Al Subaie has been appointed Managing Director.
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Mike Franczak
Mike Franczak took over as Executive Vice-President, Operations, at Canadian Pacific with effect from April 1, on the retirement of Ed Harris. Franczak was previously Senior Vice-President, Operations, and a member of the executive committee, having joined CP in 1987.
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Leo Varadkar
Leo Varadkar has become Minister for Transport in the new Irish government, replacing Noel Dempsey.
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John Fullerton
John Fullerton took over as Chief Executive of Australian Rail Track Corp at the end of February, succeeding David Marchant. He was previously Chief Executive for Asia Pacific Transport and Freightlink, and before that Divisional General Manager of Operation Services at Pacific National.
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Akhtar returns to Pakistan Railways
Pakistan: Saeed Akhtar has returned to Pakistan Railways as General Manager, Operations, replacing Ashfaq Khattak who has been moved to General Manager, Development. Akhtar had been GM Operations before being appointed Federal Government Inspector of Railways. The former General Manager, Development, Shahid Ahmad has been named Managing Director of Pakistan ...
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SNCF Proximités appoints senior management team
France: SNCF Proximités Director General Jean-Pierre Farandou (photo) has announced several senior appointments to strengthen the management team at the national railway’s business unit which operates urban and regional passenger services in France.Christian Cochet has been appointed Deputy Director General with responsibility for development, while Céline Sibert becomes Secretary General ...
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Tim Dugher
Tim Dugher, Chief Operating Officer of Angel Trains, will retire in March. His successor has been named as Commercial Director Kevin Tribley.
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Guillaume Mehlman
Guillaume Mehlman has been appointed Managing Director of Alstom Transport North America.
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PKP President dismissed
Andrzej Massel took over as Poland's Vice-Minister for Railways on December 28, following the dismissal of Juliusz Engelhardt. Massel was previously Deputy Director of Poland’s Railway Research & Development Centre, Instytut Kolejnictwa.Two days later, the President & CEO of state railway holding company PKP SA Andrzej Wach was also dismissed, ...
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Denis Huneau
Denis Huneau has been appointed Managing Director of EPSF, the French national railway safety authority, with effect from January 19, succeeding Michel Aymeric.Huneau has considerable experience in the rail sector, most recently as Director, Network Access, at railway regulator Autorité de Régulation des Activités Ferroviaires. He was Operations Director of ...
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Mirko Pahl
Mirko Pahl has joined DB Schenker Rail Deutschland’s Management Board, where he has responsibility for production. He succeeds Dr Christian Kuhn, who will now focus on his other role as Executive Vice-President, Production & Operations, for European DB Schenker Rail.