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NewsCSX shakes up executive team
USA: Former Canadian National Executive Vice-President James Foote is to join CSX Transportation as Chief Operating Officer, the company announced on October 25. Most recently serving as President & CEO of Bright Rail Energy, he will take responsibility for both Operations and Sales & Marketing. Foote will replace the current ...
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Sudhir Rao
INDIA: Sudhir Rao has been appointed Managing Director of Bombardier Transportation in India. A graduate from the University of Michigan, he has worked for 34 years in the automotive sector, most recently as Chairman & Managing Director of Skoda Auto India.
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Sophie Heurtault Malherbe
FRANCE: Sophie Heurtault Malherbe has been named Finance Director at Transports Publics Genevois, where Sheba Corti becomes Director of Human Resources. Both have joined the TPG management board headed by Director General Denis Berdoz .
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Elizabeth O’Neill
USA: Elizabeth O’Neill has been named acting CEO of Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, in succession to Keith Parker who stepped down last month. Currently the agency’s Chief Legal Counsel, she will be supported by recently appointed Deputy General Manager Arthur Troup .
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Stephan Schaller
GERMANY: Currently head of the global motor-cycle division at BMW Group, Stephan Schaller is to take over as President & CEO of Voith with effect from April 1 2018, succeeding Dr Hubert Lienhard , who is retiring after 10 years as CEO and will join the company’s supervisory board. ...
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Eickholt to lead Siemens-Alstom integration
INTERNATIONAL: The CEO of Siemens’ Mobility Division, Dr Jochen Eickholt, has been appointed Integration Manager to oversee the planned merger of Siemens' mobility business with Alstom, the company announced on October 4. He took up his new role with effect from October 1, following the announcement of the merger agreement ...
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Piyush Goyal
INDIA: Piyush Goyal has been named Minister of Railways and Minister of Coal, replacing Suresh Prabhu who relinquished the rail portfolio after a recent series of accidents and becomes Minister of Commerce & Industry.
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Trenitalia leadership reshaped
ITALY: Following the completion of a corporate restructuring programme and the consolidation of rail freight operations into Mercitalia, FS Group has appointed a new leadership team to run its national passenger business Trenitalia. With effect from the annual shareholder meeting on September 15, Tiziano Onesti has been named President, ...
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CER appoints Fritzson as Chairman
EUROPE: CER named SJ CEO & President Crister Fritzson as its Chairman at its General Assembly in Gdańsk on September 25. Having served as Acting Chairman since February, Fritzson, who is also Chairman of the Association of Swedish Train Operators, will begin the two-year term immediately. He described ...
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Andy Mellors
FirstGroup and MTR have appointed Andy Mellors as Managing Director of the replacement UK South Western passenger franchise, due to start on August 20. He is currently Engineering Director & Deputy Managing Director at Great Western Railway.
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Clio Liegeois
Clio Liegeois , Legal Advisor at Belgium’s Federal Public Service Mobility & Transport, has been elected Chair of the EU Agency for Railways Management Board, succeeding Mats Andersson .
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Carlos Gomes Nogueira
Portuguese national operator Comboios de Portugal has named Carlos Gomes Nogueira as President, while Sérgio Abrantes Machado and Ana dos Santos Malho join him on the CP board.
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Catherine Guillouard
Catherine Guillouard has been appointed to RATP by ministerial decree and, subject to government approval, was expected to succeed Elisabeth Borne as President by the end of July.
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Ronald Batory
US President Donald Trump has nominated former Conrail President & CEO Ronald Batory to serve as Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, while Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has appointed Heath Hall as Deputy Administrator.
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David Brown
David Brown is to become Managing Director of Arriva Rail North in September. Currently CEO of regional agency Transport for the North, he will succeed Alan Chaplin , who has been Acting MD of the Northern franchise since the departure of Alex Hynes .
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Sally Librera
New York MTA has appointed Sally Librera as Vice-President and Chief Officer of Staten Island Railway, succeeding Douglas Connett .
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Carolyn Griffiths
Carolyn Griffiths has been elected as President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers for 2017-18. The founding Chief Inspector of the UK’s Rail Accident Investigation Branch and currently a Non-Executive Director of Irish Rail, she succeeds Jon Hilton .
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Jeffrey Rosen
The US Senate has confirmed lawyer and former Amtrak board member Jeffrey Rosen as Deputy Secretary at the federal Department of Transportation.
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Céline Sibert
SNCF has appointed Céline Sibert as Security Director, succeeding Christian Lambert , while Henriette Chaubon replaces Bernard Cieutat as Mediator.
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Aurizon restructuring
Joining from Alinta Energy, Michael Riches takes over as Group Executive, Network, at Australian freight operator Aurizon with effect from July 1. He succeeds Alex Kummant who is stepping down after five years with the company. The change comes with the implementation of a new management structure announced ...
