All People articles – Page 28
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Mike Franczak
Mike Franczak took over as Executive Vice-President, Operations, at Canadian Pacific with effect from April 1, on the retirement of Ed Harris. Franczak was previously Senior Vice-President, Operations, and a member of the executive committee, having joined CP in 1987.
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Leo Varadkar
Leo Varadkar has become Minister for Transport in the new Irish government, replacing Noel Dempsey.
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John Fullerton
John Fullerton took over as Chief Executive of Australian Rail Track Corp at the end of February, succeeding David Marchant. He was previously Chief Executive for Asia Pacific Transport and Freightlink, and before that Divisional General Manager of Operation Services at Pacific National.
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Akhtar returns to Pakistan Railways
Pakistan: Saeed Akhtar has returned to Pakistan Railways as General Manager, Operations, replacing Ashfaq Khattak who has been moved to General Manager, Development. Akhtar had been GM Operations before being appointed Federal Government Inspector of Railways. The former General Manager, Development, Shahid Ahmad has been named Managing Director of Pakistan ...
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SNCF Proximités appoints senior management team
France: SNCF Proximités Director General Jean-Pierre Farandou (photo) has announced several senior appointments to strengthen the management team at the national railway’s business unit which operates urban and regional passenger services in France.Christian Cochet has been appointed Deputy Director General with responsibility for development, while Céline Sibert becomes Secretary General ...
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Tim Dugher
Tim Dugher, Chief Operating Officer of Angel Trains, will retire in March. His successor has been named as Commercial Director Kevin Tribley.
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Guillaume Mehlman
Guillaume Mehlman has been appointed Managing Director of Alstom Transport North America.
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PKP President dismissed
Andrzej Massel took over as Poland's Vice-Minister for Railways on December 28, following the dismissal of Juliusz Engelhardt. Massel was previously Deputy Director of Poland’s Railway Research & Development Centre, Instytut Kolejnictwa.Two days later, the President & CEO of state railway holding company PKP SA Andrzej Wach was also dismissed, ...
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Denis Huneau
Denis Huneau has been appointed Managing Director of EPSF, the French national railway safety authority, with effect from January 19, succeeding Michel Aymeric.Huneau has considerable experience in the rail sector, most recently as Director, Network Access, at railway regulator Autorité de Régulation des Activités Ferroviaires. He was Operations Director of ...
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Mirko Pahl
Mirko Pahl has joined DB Schenker Rail Deutschland’s Management Board, where he has responsibility for production. He succeeds Dr Christian Kuhn, who will now focus on his other role as Executive Vice-President, Production & Operations, for European DB Schenker Rail.
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Alfredo Nascimento
Alfredo Nascimento has been appointed Brazil’s Minister for Transport in President Rousseff’s cabinet, having served in the same position under former President Lula.
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Alexander Kirchner
Alexander Kirchner, President of newly-formed German transport union EVG, has been selected to succeed Klaus-Dieter Hommel as President of rail pressure group Allianz pro Schiene.
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Marcel Theis
Marcel Theis has been appointed Chief Commercial Officer of CFL Cargo, having joined the company as Head of Supply Chain Management in September 2009. He succeeds Marc Polini, who has moved on to become CEO of CFL Cargo’s maintenance subsidiary Ateliers de Pétange.
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Victor Chavez
Victor Chavez became CEO of Thales UK on January 1, having served as Deputy CEO since October 2008. He replaces Alex Dorrian, who has moved on to become Chairman while retaining his additional role as Executive Vice-President of Thales SA. Current Chairman Lord Freeman will stay on as a Director ...
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Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd
Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd has been named as Minister for Infrastructure in the new Swedish government.
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Isaías Táboas
Isaías Táboas has been appointed Spain’s Secretary of State for Transport. He previously held various posts at Renfe, and worked as an advisor to Iberrail and Comfersa.
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Janine Pilloud
Janine Pilloud has been named as the next head of Swiss Federal Railways’ Passenger division, succeeding Urs Schlegel who has been acting divisional manager; she will also join the SBB Board in the first quarter of 2011. The head of SBB’s long-distance passenger unit Vincent Ducrot will be leaving in ...
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Andreas Schulz
Andreas Schulz has been named Head of Intermodal at DB Schenker Rail, a position held for the past year by Karsten Sachsenröder in addition to his role as Board Member, Sales.
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Klaus Pederson - DSB
Klaus Pederson has been named Chief Financial Officer of Danish passenger operator DSB, succeeding Bartal Kass, who is moving to head the new company which will merge the maintenance activities of DSB and DSB S-tog from January 1. DSB has also named Jakob Hoyer as its new Communications ...