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NewsVeronique Hakim
Currently President of New York City Transit, Veronique Hakim has been appointed Interim Executive Director of New York MTA following the retirement of Chairman & CEO Tom Prendergast in January.
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Carolyn Flowers
A former acting head of the Federal Transit Administration, Carolyn Flowers has joined consultancy AECOM to lead its transport practice in North America.
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CSX board restructured as Harrison takes charge
USA: Former Canadian Pacific Chief Executive E Hunter Harrison was confirmed as the new Chief Executive Officer of CSX Corp on March 6. He succeeds Michael Ward, who had announced his decision to retire as Chairman & CEO on February 21 and will now become a consultant. CSX has also ...
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Urszula Soucie
The Railway Engineering Maintenance Suppliers’ Association has promoted Urszula Soucie to become Chief Operating Officer. She has been with Remsa since 2011.
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Susanne Manaigre
A former Head of Operations at GO Transit, Susanne Manaigre has joined Network Rail Consulting as Vice-President. She will lead the company’s newly established Canadian business in Toronto.
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Verster goes south, Hynes moves north
UK: Abellio and Network Rail announced on January 20 that Phil Verster would be stepping down as Managing Director of the ScotRail Alliance to take the same position at East West Rail. EWR is being established by the UK government as a stand-alone entity independent of NR to ...
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Tom Stables
Tom Stables has taken over responsibility for UK rail activities at National Express following the retirement of Andrew Chivers .
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Rebecca Saltzman
Rebecca Saltzman has succeeded Tom Radulovich as President of San Francisco’s Bay Area Rapid Transit, while Robert Raburn becomes Vice-President.
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Pierre Izard
Pierre Izard , Executive Vice-President for Systems & Technologies at SNCF, has been named Chairman of Systra, succeeding RATP President Elisabeth Borne who has become Vice-Chairman. The regular rotation of the chairmanship between Systra shareholders SNCF and RATP has been established since 2010.
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Keith Creel
CANADA: Keith Creel took over as President & CEO of Canadian Pacific on January 31, succeeding E Hunter Harrison who decided to step down immediately.
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Dutordoir takes over
BELGIUM: Sophie Dutordoir , formerly head of energy company Electrabel, will take office as CEO of national rail operator SNCB on March 7, succeeding Jo Cornu . Jean-Claude Fontinoy stays on as President while Bart Van Camp becomes a Board Member and is joined by former SNCB CEO ...
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Deutsche Bahn Chairman Rüdiger Grube quits
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn’s Supervisory Board unanimously approved Dr Rüdiger Grube’s resignation as Chief Executive and Chairman of the Management Board on January 30, and the termination of his contract with immediate effect. Grube’s current contract was due to expire this year, and according to business newspaper Handelsblatt the Supervisory ...
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Márton Feldmann
Márton Feldmann has become CEO of BHÉV, a subsidiary of Hungarian national operator MÁV Group which took over the HÉV suburban lines from Budapest transport operator BKV on November 24.
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Carlos 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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Elaine Chao
Elaine Chao has been selected as US Secretary of Transportation by President-elect Donald Trump .
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Amtrak 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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Alfaro 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 ...
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DB 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 ...
