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CILT(UK) appoints new chief executive

The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK – CILT(UK) has announced the appointment of Paul Adams as its new chief executive...

Natasha Grice joins Transport Focus leadership team

Natasha Grice will take up the post of director at Transport Focus on 20 November 2023. She joins Transport Focus from her current post...

Northern appoints new finance director

Northern has appointed Richard Hinds as its new finance director. Hinds, from Settle in North Yorkshire, joins the train operator today (Monday 13 November) having...

New leader appointed for Hitachi Rail’s Australian business

Hitachi Rail has announced the appointment of Sarfaraz Samnakay as Managing Director and Country Representative for Hitachi Rail Australia. Mr Samnakay is a rail executive...

Northern appoints new head of property to oversee station estate

Northern has appointed Jayne Breen as its new head of property. Jayne, from Manchester, joins from Carlisle Support Services but is a familiar face as...

Mark Pavlides joins GTR as chief customer officer

Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has appointed Mark Pavlides as Chief Customer Officer. This new role is at the heart of decision-making for GTR and will...

TransPennine Express appoints new managing director

Chris Jackson has been appointed managing director of TransPennine Trains (TransPennine Express) effective from 14 September 2023. Chris has been leading TransPennine Express as interim...

New steering group appointment for Women in Rail Scotland

Women in Rail has welcomed a new member to its Scotland Steering Group. Laura McWilliams, capital delivery programme manager for Network Rail, joins the group,...

Loram UK names new managing director

Debbie Francis OBE has been appointed as the new managing director of Loram UK. Debbie will build on Loram’s strong relationships with key clients such...

Women in Rail appoints new chair

Women in Rail has announced the appointment of Marie Daly as the charity's newChair. Marie has worked in the rail sector for more than 13...

Railway Benefit Fund announces new CEO

The Railway Benefit Fund (RBF) has appointed Jo Kaye as its new chief executive officer (CEO). Jo brings to the role an extensive background in...

Colette Carroll to lead Atkins Transportation division

Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, has appointed Colette Carroll as managing director of its Transportation division for the UK & Europe. Colette joined...

Northern appoints Legal & General executive to head-up talent acquisition

Northern has appointed Matthew Moxon as its new head of talent acquisition. Moxon, from Boston Spa in West Yorkshire, joins the train operator from Legal...

Northern appoints Tricia Williams as new managing director

Train operator, Northern, will be appointing Tricia Williams as its new managing director. Tricia, who is currently Northern’s chief operating officer, will take over from...

New managing director for Network Rail’s Eastern region

Jake Kelly, currently the company’s system operator director, has been appointed as the new managing director of its Eastern region, starting the role on...

Rob Morris and Sambit Banerjee appointed joint CEOs for Siemens Mobility UK

Chief Financial Officer Julie Owen appointed as Chair of the UK Board Siemens Mobility announced that Rob Morris, Managing Director of Rail Infrastructure (RI) and...

Merseyrail names new managing director

Neil Grabham has today been named as the new managing director of Merseyrail. Currently the customer services director for East Midlands Railway, Neil brings a...

DfT appoints interim director general for Rail Infrastructure Group

The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that Anit Chandarana, lead director of Great British Railways Transition Team, will be joining it as interim...