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Sir David Higgins new chairman of HS2 Ltd Currently chief executive of Network Rail, Higgins succeeds Doug Oakervee who will be standing down at the end of the year. Higgins will join HS2 Ltd on 1st January 2014 on a part- time basis before taking up the post full-time from March. Secretary of State for Transport Patrick McLoughlin said that Oakervee’s ‘energy and professionalism have ensured that the detailed proposals for Phase 1 of HS2 will be introduced to Parliament on schedule later this year.
‘The appointment of Sir David Higgins to replace Doug Oakervee ensures that we will continue to have leaders at the heart of HS2 who have a track record of delivery.’ Oakervee will remain in post to oversee the introduction of the government’s Hybrid Bill before the end of this year. The Bill will secure Parliamentary approval for Phase 1 of the 350 mile route between London and Birmingham, allowing work to start in 2017.
New head of signalling at Parsons Brinckerhoff The global engineering consultancy has appointed Matthew Lupton as its new UK head of signalling. Since joining Parsons Brinckerhoff’s rail engineering team in the Manchester office in 2011 as principal engineer, Lupton has led the company’s signalling work on a number of major programmes, including NWEP and HS2, as well as assisting Network Rail with the delivery of the outer area schemes for the Northern Hub. Prior to joining Parsons Brinckerhoff, Lupton worked on West Coast route modernisation, Evergreen 3, Stafford re-signalling, and the North London Line improvement programme.
Ian Johnson, UK operations director for Rail Engineering and Design, said: ‘I am confident Matthew will strengthen our multidisciplinary capability.’
Network Rail appoints Chris Gibb as a non-executive director Gibb, 50, (right) was COO of Virgin Rail Group. Last year, he undertook a six-month secondment to Network Rail to lead a taskforce focused on improving the performance and reliability of the WCML, resulting in the implementation of a targeted programme of investment to tackle the most common causes of delay. Gibb, who describes himself as ‘a lifetime railwayman’ joined British Rail as a clerical officer in 1981.
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New board member for EAL
EAL has appointed Dr Ben Dunlop to its board of directors. Dunlop, electrification director for Atkins’ rail business, joins EAL as the organisation embarks on its journey into the rail qualifications market (see Business News, this issue). He joins alongside Julia Chippendale (pictured), who was announced as EAL’s new managing director at the start of September.
Dr Dunlop said: ‘The rail industry needs skilled
engineers to deliver its maintenance and investment plans, so the challenge now is to encourage the next generation into the sector. EAL is supporting employers do just that with the release of its new rail qualifications and I am delighted to be joining the board at this exciting time.’
New management team in place at Virgin Rail Group
The Group has confirmed details of its management team moving forward as Tony Collins, chief executive officer and Chris Gibb have retired after combined service of nearly 25 years. Collins was with
Virgin Trains for nearly 14 years, nine of those as CEO. He said the time was the right time to hand over to a new team with the decision over the next WCML franchise scheduled for 2017. He will remain as a consultant to VRG. The new management
team will be overseen by joint executive chairmen Patrick McCall and Martin Griffiths from shareholders Virgin Group
and Stagecoach Group. Phil Whittingham, as director of finance, is stepping up to become the lead executive. Phil Bearpark, production director, will become director operations and customer service and will also be the safety system duty holder. Patrick McGrath remains as director human resources, while Graham Leech, executive director commercial, and Andy Cross, director business support, will also continue in their current positions. Sir Richard Branson said: ‘Tony, Chris and
the team at Virgin Trains have transformed the West Coast Main Line from a laughing stock into Europe’s busiest long distance rail service.’
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