All People articles – Page 22
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NewsJean-Marc Janaillac
Jean-Marc Janaillac has been named President & CEO of Veolia Transdev and has also replaced Jérôme Gallot on the Executive Committee of major shareholder Caisse des Dépôts. Jérôme Nanty becomes Secretary General, succeeding Olivier Grunberg who is transferring to Veolia Environnement.
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NewsGeorge to head Interfleet
Richard George is to take over as Managing Director of Interfleet Technology at the end of February, with the retirement of David Rollin after almost 20 years in the post. Having been appointed MD in 1994, Rollin led the management buy-out of the former British Rail business unit in 1996 ...
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NewsEIM elects Malm
EIM, the association of European Rail Infrastructure Managers, has elected Gunnar Malm as its President for a two-year term. The Director General of Swedish transport administrator Trafikverket succeeds former Réseau Ferré de France President Hubert du Mesnil.Three vice-presidents were also elected at EIM’s General Assembly on November 23: Paul Plummer, ...
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Michael Odenwald
Michael Odenwald has been appointed Secretary of State in Germany’s Federal Ministry of Transport, succeeding Prof Klaus-Dieter Scheurle.
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Alistair Dormer
Alistair Dormer has succeeded Chiaki Ueda as Executive Chairman and CEO of Hitachi Rail Europe, while Hirofumi Ojima has become Chief Strategy Officer. Russell Hargrave has been appointed Head of Maintenance, reporting to the new Senior Vice-President & Head of Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Andy Barr.
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Rod Diridon
Rod Diridon, Executive Director of the Mineta Transportation Institute, has been appointed Chairman of the US High Speed Rail Association’s Advisory Board.
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Jacques Rapoport
Jacques Rapoport has been named President of RFF, subject to approval by the Board. The former La Poste CEO will play a key role in bringing RFF and SNCF Infra together as a united infrastructure manager. Jacques Auxiette has been tasked with looking into how the regions should be represented ...
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Pierre Blayau
Pierre Blayau, CEO of SNCF Geodis, has been appointed Chairman of Geodis while Marie-Christine Lombard, formerly CEO of TNT, succeeds Jean-Louis Demeulenaere as CEO. At SNCF Geodis-owned wagon leasing firm Ermewa, Olivier Ghesquière has succeeded Joseph Kuttel as CEO.
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SRT Governor selected
Thailand's government has approved the appointment of Prapat Chongsanguan as Governor of the state railway. The former chief of Bangkok’s MRTA, who succeeded Acting Governor Viroj Treamphongpun on November 12, has announced plans to boost staff morale, improve the condition of the railways and reduce debt within two and a ...
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Antonio Aguilar Mediavilla
Antonio Aguilar Mediavilla has been appointed President of metre-gauge operator FEVE by Spanish Transport Minister Ana Pastor; he replaces Marcelino Oreja Arburúa.
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Carlos Alberto Gómez
Carlos Alberto Gómez has been appointed President of Tren Patagónico SA, the passenger operator owned by the province of Río Negro in Argentina. He succeeds Fernando Vaca Narvaja, now Minister of Works & Public Services in the provincial government.
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Hélio Mauro França
Hélio Mauro França has been appointed Director of Brazil’s Empresa de Planejamento e Logística, a company established by the government in August to oversee the construction of 12 railways.
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Flora Castillo
Flora Castillo of the New Jersey Transit Corporation has been elected Chair of the American Public Transportation Association’s Executive Committee for 2012-13. Peter Varga of the Interurban Transit Partnership becomes Vice-Chair and Foothill Transit’s Doran Barnes is Secretary-Treasurer, while former Chair Gary Thomas takes up the post of Immediate Past ...
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Operations reshuffle at CP
Canadian Pacific has appointed three senior vice-presidents, with Doug McFarlane (photo) taking charge of US Operations, Guido De Ciccio leading Canadian Operations and Scott MacDonald heading up System Operations. The long-serving CP employees together form a senior operations team which replaces Executive Vice-President & Chief Operations Officer Mike Franczak, who ...
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Maggie Simpson
Maggie Simpson has been appointed as Executive Director of UK trade association the Rail Freight Group, allowing Chairman Tony Berkeley to concentrate on ‘political and European issues’.
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Emmanuel Moulin
Emmanuel Moulin replaced the retired Claude Lienard as Deputy Chief Executive of Groupe Eurotunnel on August 28.
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Jacques Damas
Jacques Damas takes up the role of SNCF Deputy Director-General, reporting to President Guillaume Pepy, following Jean-Pierre Farandou’s appointment as President of Keolis. Alain Krakovitch in turn becomes Director of Safety & Service Quality.
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Anders Egehus
Danish national operator DSB has completed the restructuring of its management board by filling two posts vacant since May. Anders Egehus (photo) has been appointed Managing Director of the DSB S-tog business unit covering the operation of services on the København S-bane network; he will also lead DSB’s strategy unit. ...
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Rail minister named
Following the resignation of Antonio Luna, Raúl Baridó (photo) was named Undersecretary for Rail Transport by Argentina’s Transport & Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo on September 5.Baridó had previously been supervising technical, administrative and operational affairs on the suburban lines formerly operated under the Trenes de Buenos Aires concession. The federal ...