All People articles – Page 26
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Ann Billiau
Ann Billiau has been appointed Director-General of Network Access at Infrabel, succeeding Luc Vansteenkiste, who moved to become Director-General of Infrastructure on October 1. Having joined SNCB in 1993, she has worked in the Network Access unit since 2005.
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Ousmane Thiam
Ousmane Thiam was elected as President of the International Union of Public Transport during an Executive Board meeting in Milano on October 22. A Civil Engineer with a PhD in Transport Economics, he is President of the Conseil Exécutif des Transports Urbains de Dakar in Senegal, and becomes the first African ...
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VDB elects new board members
Meeting in Kiel on September 30, the German Railway Industry Association VDB elected Dr Klaus Baur of Bombardier Transportation, as VDB President for 2011-14. He is joined on the nine-member board by Dr Ansgar Brockmeyer of Siemens Mobility as Vice-President with responsibility for rail vehicles, Andreas Becker of Ephy Mess ...
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Vernon Barker
Vernon Barker has been named as Managing Director, UK Rail at FirstGroup, having served as Managing Director of First TransPennine Express since the start of the franchise in 2004. Nick Chevis becomes Acting Finance Director in place of Jeff Carr, who has announced his intention to leave FirstGroup on ...
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Oliver Sellnick
Oliver Sellnick has joined DB Netze as Vice-President of Business Development with effect from September 1; he was previously Director, Freight, at the International Union of Railways.
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Bart Schmeink
Bart Schmeink has been named as the new Director-General of Amsterdam’s urban transport operator GVB, taking over on December 1. He is currently Managing Director of Merseyrail in the UK, which is run by a joint venture of Netherlands Railways subsidiary Abellio and Serco Group. At GVB he will ...
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Kuldeep Chaturvedi
Kuldeep Chaturvedi has been appointed to oversee India’s South Central Railway in Secunderabad; he is currently General Manager of the South Western Railway in Hubli, but had previously served at South Central in 2009.
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Luc Vansteenkiste
Luc Vansteenkiste has been named Director-General of Infrastructure at Belgian infrastructure manager Infrabel, succeeding Jean-Marie Raviart who retires with effect from October 1; since 2004 he has been Director-General of Network Access.
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Carol Coune
Carol Coune took over as Secretary-General of the International Transport Forum with effect from August 1, succeeding Jack Short who has retired. She was formerly part of the Management Board at Belgium’s Ministry of Transport.
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Heather Allen
Heather Allen has joined the UK’s Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) as Programme Director, Sustainable Transport, having been responsible for the Sustainable Development programme at the International Union of Public Transport. She is also a member of the Transportation Research Board’s Committee on Transport in Developing Countries.
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Miguel Valero
Miguel Valero has been appointed President of Canarail, succeeding Jim D Spielman who will remain as a Special Advisor to the President.
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Pierre Tonon
Pierre Tonon will take over as Secretary-General of the European Rail Freight Alliance on October 1, succeeding Monika Heiming who is moving to infrastructure managers’ association EIM. Tonon is currently Head of Safety for Belgian rail freight operator SNCB Logistics.
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Vinay Mittal
Vinay Mittal has taken over as Chairman of Indian Railways and Principal Secretary at the Ministry of Railways following the retirement of Vivek Sabai. He was formerly General Manager of the South Eastern Railway, having held a variety of posts in IR’s Traffic Service since 1975, including Chief Operations ...
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New team in place at DSB
DENMARK: Two new board members will take up their posts at DSB this month as the national passenger operator restructures its management team following the recent financial problems at its DSBFirst joint venture. DSB announced last month that Christian Roslev (pictured) would be joining the board on August and ...
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Fiona Tordoff
Fiona Tordoff is to become Chief Executive of the Institution of Railway Operators next month, following the retirement of Chris Daughton who has led the IRO for 10 of its 11 years in existence.
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Dinesh Trivedi
Dinesh Trivedi has been appointed as Minister of Railways in India, succeeding Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who had been acting minister for two months following the departure of Mamata Banerjee to become Chief Minister of West Bengal in May.
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Debra Johnson
Debra Johnson has been named acting Executive Director & CEO of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, following the resignation of Nathaniel Ford on June 30.
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Mark Langman
Mark Langman has been designated Route Managing Director for Network Rail’s new Wales Route, which is to be established in October with a local headquarters in Cardiff (RG 4.11 p28). He was previously Route Director for NR’s Western Route, which included Wales.
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Dr Uwe Kruegerhas
Dr Uwe Kruegerhas been appointed CEO of Atkins with effect from August 1. He succeeds Keith Clarke who will stay on in the role of Sustainability Director.