People news – Page 18
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NewsSuresh Prabhu
Suresh Prabhu was appointed India’s Minister of Railways on November 10, succeeding D V Sadananda Gowda who has become Minister for Law & Justice.
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NewsEIM elects Plummer
Paul Plummer (right), Group Strategy Director at Network Rail, was elected President of the European infrastructure managers’ association EIM on November 19, succeeding Trafikverket Director General Gunnar Malm (left). REFER Senior Adviser Francisco Cardoso dos Reis and RFF Chief Operating Officer Alain Quinet were elected as Vice-Presidents.
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NewsLaurence Batlle
Contract operator RATP Dev has restructured its senior management team, with former Chief Financial Officer Laurence Batlle (photo) becoming Operations Director for Africa and the Americas. Deputy Finance Director Romain Ferrière succeeds Batlle. A Deputy Director USA position has been created, to be filled by Catherine Chardon.
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NewsAnthony Oyo
Rolling stock specialist Anthony Oyo has joined consultancy Steer Davies Gleave’s advisory division, having previously worked on train procurement and acceptance projects in Wellington and Auckland.
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NewsAnne Yvrande-Billon
Following the resignation of Daniel Tardy, Anne Yvrande-Billon has been named as Vice-President of French railway regulator ARAF, reporting to President Pierre Cardo.
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NewsPablo Vázquez Vega
Having been nominated by Development Minister Ana Pastor, Pablo Vázquez Vega has been appointed President of Spanish national passenger operator Renfe Operadora. He succeeds Julio Gómez-Pomar.
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NewsPeter Gašperšic
Peter Gašperšic has been named Minister of Infrastructure in the government of Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar, which took office at the end of September.
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NewsPepy shuffles his pack
A number of senior management changes have been approved by SNCF President Guillaume Pepy as the company prepares for restructuring as part of the wider French railway reform process (p25). Among the senior appointments, Florence Parly joins SNCF from Air France as Deputy Director-General, starting in the role on November ...
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NewsDoppelbauer to head ERA
Dr Josef Doppelbauer has been appointed as the next Executive Director of the European Railway Agency, succeeding Marcel Verslype with effect from January 1 2015. Doppelbauer started his career at the Alcatel Research Centre in Wien, Austria, becoming Technical Director in 1997. After moving to Paris as Chief Technical Officer ...
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NewsGeraud Boursin
FRANCE: Urban rail operator RATP Dev reshuffled its commercial team on September 1 by splitting its development division in two. A Bids Development team is led by Geraud Boursin (photo), while former Development Director Alain Polonsky leads the Strategy & Business Relations unit.
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NewsDavid Statham
UK: David Statham started as Managing Director of operator Southeastern on September 15. He was previously Managing Director at First Capital Connect.
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NewsJesper Lok
DENMARK: DSB Chief Executive Jesper Lok has tendered his resignation and will leave the national operator when a successor is found, or by August 31 2015 at the latest.
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NewsPhil Hufton
UK: Network Rail announced on September 15 that Phil Hufton is to replace Robin Gisby (photo) as Managing Director, Network Operations. Hufton joins NR next year from London Underground, where he is Chief Operating Officer.
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NewsMuhammad Anwar Bubak
PAKISTAN: Pakistan Railways has appointed Muhammad Anwar Bubak as General Manager, Operations, in succession to Anjum Pervez, who has retired.
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NewsMinistries restructured
KAZAKHSTAN: Under a wide-ranging restructuring of President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s government which was launched in August, Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Transport & Communications has been merged with the Ministry of Industry & New Technologies, National Space Agency and the Communication & Information Agency. Within the combined ministry, former Minister of Transport & ...
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NewsŠefcovic to succeed Kallas
EUROPE: Slovakian MEP Maroš Šefcovic (photo) has been nominated in the college of European Commission President-Elect Jean-Claude Juncker as Commissioner for Transport & Space, with responsibility for the DG MOVE directorate-general. Šefcovic will also supervise the activities of the European Railway Agency. Provided his appointment is ratified by a vote ...
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NewsDoppelbauer to head European Railway Agency
EUROPE: Meeting in Lille on September 30, the Administrative Board of the European Railway Agency voted to appoint Dr Josef Doppelbauer as the next Executive Director, succeeding Marcel Verslype with effect from January 1 2015. Holding both a degree and a doctorate in physics, Doppelbauer started his career at the ...
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NewsZafar Alikhan
Zafar Alikhan has been appointed Senior Transit & Rail Manager in the Los Angeles office of consultancy Parsons Brinckerhoff.
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NewsAbdeljabbar Ben Salem
Atkins has named Abdeljabbar Ben Salem as Head of Rail Systems at its Middle East Rail division.
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NewsTitus Naikuni
Currently CEO of Kenya Airways, Titus Naikuni takes over as Chairman of Rift Valley Railways from November as part of a wider shareholder restructuring at the Kenya – Uganda railway concessionaire.