People News
New director for South West Trains-Network Rail Alliance
Sharon Vye Parminter has joined as Safety and Assurance director, and in the process has become the third female director within the Alliance. She has 19 years’ experience in delivering a safe railway, most recently with First Great Western, and before that First Capital Connect and Intercity.
Andy Thomas
Andy Thomas new head of rail operations at Mott MacDonald
Thomas’s brief is to enhance and grow the consultancy’s service offering in this area. With extensive experience in rail, he has worked for companies including Network Rail, Central Trains, London Midland and ScotRail. Robert Gray, Mott MacDonald’s rail director, said: ‘Andy has delivered projects that have improved train, safety and organisational performance throughout his career.’
Bombardier Transportation appoints Francis Paonessa
Paonessa is the new president of Rolling Stock and Services UK and chairman of Bombardier Transportation UK. He joined the company in 2010 as president of the Rolling Stock business based in Derby and over the past three years has ‘led the transformation of rolling stock manufacturing in Derby’.
Laurent Troger, president, Rolling Stock Atlantic and Services, Bombardier Transportation, said: ‘With this appointment we continue to simplify our businesses in the UK, by consolidating our rolling stock and services business to provide one face to the customer.’
Sir Peter Hendy elected president of the International Association of Public Transport
Commissioner of Transport for London (TfL), Hendy will take over from Ousmane Thiam. He said: ‘TfL is at the cutting edge of transportation and a leader in innovation of world transport. The UITP is vital in sharing knowledge and expertise with world cities and we will be working together to make the case globally that investment in transport delivers growth and jobs.’ Visit www.
uitp.org
Eversholt Rail appoints chief operating officer
Andy Course is the new COO of Eversholt Rail and is responsible for engineering, asset management and projects, and procurement. Course was previously with PwC and before that spent more than 20 years in the Royal Navy. Mary Kenny, CEO of
Eversholt Rail, said: ‘Andy’s experience in the private and public sector will prove invaluable to us at what is a pivotal time for the rail industry.’
July/August 2013 Page 143
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100 |
Page 101 |
Page 102 |
Page 103 |
Page 104 |
Page 105 |
Page 106 |
Page 107 |
Page 108 |
Page 109 |
Page 110 |
Page 111 |
Page 112 |
Page 113 |
Page 114 |
Page 115 |
Page 116 |
Page 117 |
Page 118 |
Page 119 |
Page 120 |
Page 121 |
Page 122 |
Page 123 |
Page 124 |
Page 125 |
Page 126 |
Page 127 |
Page 128 |
Page 129 |
Page 130 |
Page 131 |
Page 132 |
Page 133 |
Page 134 |
Page 135 |
Page 136 |
Page 137 |
Page 138 |
Page 139 |
Page 140 |
Page 141 |
Page 142 |
Page 143 |
Page 144 |
Page 145 |
Page 146 |
Page 147 |
Page 148