All People articles – Page 14
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NewsMike 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.
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Ajay Shukla
The Indian Railway Board has appointed Ajay Shukla as Member, Traffic; he also retains his current post as Additional Member (Commercial).
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Miroslav Fukan
Miroslav Fukan, Executive Director of OLTIS Group, has joined the UNIFE Presiding Board, currently chaired by Bombardier Transportation President Lutz Bertling.
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Alhaji Bamanga Tukur
President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed Alhaji Bamanga Tukur as Chairman of Nigerian Railway Corp. Until recently, Tukur served as National Chairman of the ruling People’s Democratic Party.
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Long-standing Bombardier chief retires
Laurent Beaudoin has retired as Chairman of Bombardier Inc after more than half a century at the helm, although he will stay on as Chairman Emeritus. He is succeeded by Alain Bellemare, whose has enjoyed an 18-year career at United Technologies, most recently as President & CEO of UTC Propulsion ...
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UP elects CEO
Formerly Union Pacific’s President & Chief Operating Officer, Lance Fritz was elected in February to the post of President & CEO, succeeding John Koraleski who became Executive Chairman. Fritz was Executive Vice-President, Operations, from 2010 to 2014, and previously served as Vice-President, Labor Relations.
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Mark Hughes
Mark Hughes has moved from London to Sydney to lead the Australasian business at engineering consultancy Interfleet.
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Patrice Caine
Patrice Caine has been elected as Chairman & CEO of Thales Group, having previously been Chief Operating Officer. The two positions are to be split this year, with Caine serving as CEO and Henri Proglio serving as Non-Executive Chairman.
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Karen Hedlund
Engineering consultancy Parsons Brinckerhoff has announced that former FRA Deputy Administrator Karen Hedlund has joined as Director of Public-Private Partnerships.
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Sarah Feinberg
Following the departure of Joseph Szabo, Sarah Feinberg has been named Acting Administrator of the US Federal Railroad Administration. Feinberg joins from the Department of Transportation, where she was Chief of Staff.
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Antonio Carlos Rodrigues
Promising to maintain and extend road and rail investment to improve the competitiveness of the logistics sector, Antonio Carlos Rodrigues was sworn in as Brazil’s Transport Minister at a ceremony in Brasilia on January 5. He succeeds Paulo Sérgio Passos.
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Private sector expertise
Jacek Leonkiewicz (photo) was appointed Chairman of PKP Intercity on January 16 in succession to Marcin Celejewski. A former banker, he became a board member at PKP SA in 2013, also serving as Chairman of the supervisory board at PKP subsidiary T K Telekom. In 2014 he became a member ...
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All change at the top
No fewer than 11 senior management appointments were announced by Indian Railways on December 31, including eight to the position of General Manager.At the top, A K Mittal succeeds Arunendra Kumar as Chairman of the IR board. Mittal’s position as Board Member, Staff, has been taken by Pradeep Kumar (photo), ...
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Cecile Vion-Lanctuit
Bombardier Transportation has named Cecile Vion-Lanctuit as Vice-President, Communications; she was previously Vice-President, Corporate Communications, at Airbus Helicopters.
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Chris Fenton
RSSB CEO Chris Fenton has succeeded Terry Morgan as Chairman of the UK’s National Skills Academy for Rail Engineering.
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Derek Mackay
Derek Mackay succeeded Keith Brown as Minister for Transport & Islands in the Scottish cabinet appointed in November.
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Alexander Kirchner
Alexander Kirchner, head of newly-formed German rail union EVG, has succeeded Klaus-Dieter Hommel as Chairman of lobbying group Allianz Pro Schiene.
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Agnès Ogier
Thalys has named Agnès Ogier as CEO, with effect from March 31. Currently TGV Marketing Director at SNCF, she will replace Franck Gervais who becomes CEO of Voyages-sncf.com.
