All People articles – Page 16
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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.
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NewsPierre Mongin
Pierre Mongin is to serve a third term as President & CEO of urban transport operator RATP following ratification by its management board and two French governmental committees on July 23. His latest mandate runs to July 2019.
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NewsMaurizio Gentile
Maurizio Gentile was appointed as Amministratore Delegato of Rete Ferroviaria Italiana on July 24. Formerly Director of Production at the Italian infrastructure manager, he takes over as CEO from Michele Elia, who was recently appointed Chief Executive of Gruppo FS Italiane.
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NewsLoubinoux and Flausch join UN panel
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has named UIC Director-General Jean-Pierre Loubinoux and UITP Secretary General Alain Flausch among 12 members of a high-level Advisory Group on Sustainable Transport. The advisory group is to meet twice a year for three years to promote ‘accelerated implementation of sustainable transport’. Its members are drawn ...
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NewsGuilherme Mello
MRS Logística has appointed Guilherme Mello as President, succeeding Carlos Waack. The former GE Transportation Latin America President becomes the third person to head the Brazilian freight operator since January.
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NewsGhislain Bartholomé
Ghislain Bartholomé has been named Chief Operations Officer of CFL Cargo, while Andreas Friedl becomes CEO of subsidiary CFL Cargo Deutschland.
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NewsMuhammad Isom Azis
Kuala Lumpur metro operator Prasarana has appointed Muhammad Isom Azis as Chief Operating Officer of the Sungai Buloh – Kajang Line, which is scheduled to open in 2017.
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NewsDyan Crowther
Govia has appointed Dyan Crowther as Chief Operating Officer of the UK’s Thameslink, Southern & Great Northern passenger franchise, which starts in September.
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NewsPaulo Sérgio Passos
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has appointed Paulo Sérgio Passos as Minister for Transport, a post he has held on three previous occasions. He is succeeded as CEO of transport planning and logistics agency EPL by Josias Sampaio Cavalcante Júnior.