All People articles – Page 27
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PM takes over Ministry
India: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (left) has temporarily taken over as Minister of Railways, following Mamata Banerjee’s resignation on May 19 to become West Bengal Chief Minister. Singh’s office now handles all rail projects worth more than Rs1bn and has taken responsibility for higher administrative grade appointments. Minister ...
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Restructuring at Alstom
FRANCE: From July 4 Alstom will implement a major reorganisation recommended by Chairman & CEO Patrick Kron, including the creation of the new position of Deputy CEO, which has been filled by Philippe Joubert. Alstom’s operational activities will be split into four sectors: Thermal Power, Renewable Power, Grid, ...
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Thomas Umberghas
Thomas Umberghas been elected to succeed Curt Pringle as Chairman of the California High-Speed Rail Authority. Tom Richards and Lynn Schenk were selected as Vice-Chairmen, in Schenk’s case for a second term. CEO Roelof van Ark has also announced the appointments of Christopher Ryan as Chief of Staff and ...
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Matthias Kurth
Matthias Kurth, President of Germany’s Bundesnetz-agentur, was elected as the first Chairman of the IRG-Rail group of independent railway regulators at its inaugural Plenary Assembly in Den Haag on June 9. ORR Chair Anna Walker from the UK has been elected as Vice-Chair.
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Philippe Citroën
Philippe Citroën,CEO of Systra, has been appointed Director General of Unife from July 1, succeeding Michael Clausecker.
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Dominique Perben
Dominique Perben, a former French transport minister, has been nominated for the post of Chairman of transport infrastructure financing agency Aftif by President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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Dr Markus Hunkel
Dr Markus Hunkel, Senior Vice-President, Strategy, at DB Schenker Rail, will become Operations Director on June 1 following the resignation of Dr Christian Kuhn.
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Andreas Willich
Andreas Willich, Deputy Director of Long Distance Traffic at SBB, has been named Head of Passenger Transport at Swiss operator BLS.
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Mosenngwa Mofi
Mosenngwa Mofi has been appointed CEO of South African operator Prasa, a new position in which he will be responsible for Metrorail suburban and Shosholoza Meyl inter-city services. He was previously CEO of the Railway Safety Regulator.
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Franck Gervais
Franck Gervais has been named CEO of European passenger operator Thalys International. He succeeds Olivier Poitrenaud, who has moved on to become Director General of Toulouse public transport operator Tisséo.
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RATP reshuffle
Paris transport operator RATP has announced a major reshuffle of senior management. Cyril Condé (photo), who is currently in charge of metro Line 14, becomes Director of the RER network, succeeding Michel Henry who has been named Operational Managing Director of the department of transport equipment and systems (EST). Secretary-General ...
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Radek Smerda
Radek Smerda has been named Czech Transport Minister following the resignation of his former superior, Vit Barta, who has been accused of corruption. The appointment is temporary while the allegations are being investgated.
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Milagros Caiña-Andrée
Milagros Caiña-Andrée has replaced Steffen Wurst as Personnel Director at DB Schenker.
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Michel Quidort
Michel Quidort of Veolia Transdev has been re-elected President of European Passenger Transport Operators, an association formed of Europe’s nine largest independent public transport operators.
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Claire Porter
Claire Porter, Head of Strategy at Thales UK’s transport division, became the first female president of the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers on April 15.
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Pompa Babbar
Pompa Babbar has been named Financial Commissioner of Indian Railways, following the retirement of Samat Jha. Babbar was previously General Manager of Integral Coach Factory in Chennai and has also held several senior positions at the Western, Central and Northern railways.
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VR-Group names Chairman
Finnish state-owned company VR-Group, which encompasses passenger and freight operations as well as infrastructure maintenance, has appointed Hannu Syrjänen as Chairman, succeeding Lauri Ratia who was holding the post on a temporary basis. Syrjänen was formerly CEO of media group Sanoma.Riku Aalto, head of Finland’s largest trade union Metalli, has ...
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Price to join ORR
Former UK Home Office Chief Economist Richard Price, currently Chief Economist & Director of Performance at the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, is to join the Office of Rail Regulation as Chief Executive. He will succeed Bill Emery, who steps down in June.The ORR has also announced the ...
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Ghanim bin Saad Al Saad
Ghanim bin Saad Al Saad, Managing Director of Qatari Diar, has been named Chairman of the new Qatar Railways Company which has been founded to oversee development of the country’s planned rail network. Abdulla Al Subaie has been appointed Managing Director.