People Moves

A West Midlands-based rail industry group committed to improving customer service has appointed a new leader to help evolve and deliver improvements for passengers. The Grand Railway Collaboration (GRC), which represents train operators, Network Rail’s Central route, the West Midlands...

Colin Berry will support the company’s rapidly growing client needs in Wales and Western Regions. Acorn Rail has appointed Colin Berry as Programme Director for Wales and Western Regions. Colin joins the Rail division of Acorn (Synergie) UK Ltd during an...

CWE - the independent supply, maintenance and logistics partner for the rail industry - has announced the appointment of a new senior management team and unveiled a new-look brand and website as part of the next phase of its...

Matthew Golton has been appointed Managing Director of TransPennine Express (TPE) effective from 1 June 2021. Matthew has been with FirstGroup since 2006, holding a number of senior leadership roles, including Great Western Railway (GWR)’s Interim Managing Director, GWR Commercial Development...

Porterbrook, the rolling stock owner and asset manager, today announced the appointment of Mark Wyborn as its new Head of Freight Commercial. Mark will be responsible for developing Porterbrook's first dedicated freight strategy, as well as building strong commercial partnerships...

Geobear has strengthened its expertise in the rail sector with the appointment of Dr Mohammed Wehbi as Rail Technical Director. Wehbi is a Civil Engineer who specialises in geotechnics and transportation. He has previously worked in Network Rail as a...

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has appointed Sir Jon Thompson as a Non-Executive Director to the High Speed 2 (HS2) Limited Board. Sir Jon will represent Government’s interests on the board, as was recommended by the independent Oakervee Review of HS2. He brings strong...

Mal Drury-Rose has been appointed as Assistant Director for Rail for the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (CA). Mal will join the CA on 26 April bringing with him over 30 years of leadership and knowledge of the rail industry...

XRAIL Group are fast becoming an internationally recognised Rail Infrastructures Services and survey provider. Following on from the ongoing successful supply to UK main line and metro companies, XRAIL has expanded into the international rail markets of the UAE,...

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) today announced the appointment of Eddie Aston as chief executive officer of its UK/Europe Region. The G&W UK/Europe Region employs 3,100 people in the UK and continental Europe and comprises: i) Freightliner, the UK’s...