All People articles – Page 13
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NewsNS CEO resigns in wake of Qbuzz bidding scandal
NETHERLANDS: Timo Huges resigned as Chief Executive Officer of national passenger operator NS with immediate effect on June 5, after the supervisory board withdrew its confidence as further details emerged about the irregularities in the Qbuzz subsidiary’s bid for the Limburg operating contract. No severance payment will be made. ...
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Jorge Bastos
Brazillian President Dilma Rousseff has appointed Jorge Bastos as Director General of national transport agency ANTT.
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Elisabeth Borne
Elisabeth Borne has been confirmed as President of Paris transport operator RATP, following her predecessor Pierre Mongin’s move to GDF-Suez.
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Wilfredo Rodriguez
Wilfredo Rodriguez has been appointed President of Uruguay's state-owned railway operator AFE in succession to María del Carmen Melo. Luis Rivero becomes Vice-President, Americo Fernandez General Manager and Fernando Valls Secretary.
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Lead role for Boswell
Hitachi Rail Europe Chairman Alistair Dormer has announced the appointment of Karen Boswell (photo) as Managing Director with effect from June 1. Formerly Managing Director of UK passenger operator East Coast, she succeeds Keith Jordan who is to take up an international role where he will be involved in the ...
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Michael Finger
Supercapacitor and battery supplier Maxwell Technologies has named Michael Finger as Senior Vice-President of Global Sales.
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Suzanne Tarplee
London-based legal practice Stephenson Harwood has seconded partner Suzanne Tarplee to high speed delivery company HS2 Ltd where she will serve as interim General Counsel and Company Secretary.
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Sherrye Hutcherson
Sherrye Hutcherson joined US Class I Union Pacific from Omaha Public Power District on May 4; she becomes UP’s Vice-President for Human Resources.
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Steve Creighton
Siemens’ UK rail automation business has named Steve Creighton as Delivery Director, Central East. He will have responsibility for a number of signalling projects in eastern England.
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Lucky moves on
The Chief Executive of Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa Lucky Montana has revealed that he will not seek to renew his contract with the operator when it ends in March 2016. Speaking to local media, Montana said that his decision to leave PRASA was partly a result of health ...
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Oliver Kraft
House of Logistics & Mobility Managing Director and former DB Netz CEO Oliver Kraft has joined Voestalpine BWG as CEO.
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Manuela Hutter Chalmers
Manuela Hutter Chalmers has been named Head of Finance & HR at Swiss railway Südostbahn.
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Jim Squires
Current Norfolk Southern President Jim Squires will succeed Wick Moorman as CEO on June 1. Squires will continue as President, while Moorman is to retain his duties as Executive Chairman of the board.
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Javid Gurbanov
Javid Gurbanov has been appointed Chairman of Azerbaijan Railways. He succeeds Arif Asgarov, who has become Deputy Minister of Transport.
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GE names President
GE Transportation has appointed Thomas Konditi to head its Sub-Saharan Africa business as President & CEO. Having joined GE in 1994 he was most recently Chief Financial Officer of GE Africa, with responsibility for an operation spanning 25 countries. Konditi succeeds Tim Schweikert, who is moving to head up GE’s ...
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MTR Corp selects CEO
MTR Corp has announced the appointment of Lincoln Leong as CEO for a three-year term. Having joined the company as Finance Director in 2002, Leong moved up through the ranks and has been serving as Acting CEO since Jay Walder’s departure last July.
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Mike Lowenger
The Railway Association of Canada has created a new position of Chief Safety Culture Officer, appointing its Vice-President of Operations & Regulatory Affairs, Mike Lowenger, to the role.
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Dr Ben Möbius
Dr Ben Möbius, currently at lobbying group BDI, is to succeed Dr Ronald Pörner as head of the German railway industry association VDB on July 1.
