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Morson Group, the recruitment and talent specialist, has appointed Joanne Lake as non-executive director to help drive strategic growth within its core STEM markets – in particular, rail, engineering, nuclear, aerospace and infrastructure – whilst capitalising on increasing demand...

Maritime Transport, operator of the new rail freight hub at East Midlands Gateway, has announced three new appointments to its senior management team.Vincent Van Mackelenbergh will join Maritime’s board of management as chief commercial officer from 1 February, while...

Steve Cordwell has been announced as the new business development manager for specialist piling, civils and resource company the Universal Group.Steve, who has spent twenty-five years in the rail industry, has a wealth of business development experience from his...

Piling, geotechnical and ground engineering contractor Van Elle has appointed David Buckley to lead its specialist rail division.With a geotechnical background, David joins Van Elle from Balfour Beatty, where he was most recently the director and general manager of...

Geobear, the company, formerly known as Uretek, which helps infrastructure and general construction asset owners, contractors and design consulting firms with cracks on the structures, reduced bearing capacity of foundation soil, water ingress, wear and tear caused by dynamic...

Claire Mann has been appointed managing director of South Western Railway (SWR), to start early in 2021.With more than two decades of experience in the transport sector, Claire has held a number of senior leadership roles in the rail...

Story Contracting has appointed Bobby Forbes to be Commercial Director of its Story Scotland division.Bobby, who brings with him over 30 years of experience, will support Story Scotland with its strategic growth plans and ensure that its commercial team...

Andy McLaren, former head of track projects at Babcock International, has been appointed to the role of regional director Scotland at Readypower Terrawise.With a wealth of experience in rail, built up during a long and successful career, Andy will...

East West Railway Company has appointed two new non-executive Directors of the Company, with effect from 1 November 2020.Professor Lynette J Ryals, OBE, MK:U chief executive, is leading the development of a proposed STEM-focused university in Milton Keynes and...

Atkins has announced that Dave Bennett will be joining as operations, improvements & innovation director for its UK and Europe business on 4 January 2021.His previous role was as head of operations and business continuity at AECOM. A civil...