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Dr Sebastian Jürgens will leave DB on September 30 to join the board at Hamburger Hafen und Logistik. He will be replaced as head of DB's Intermodal Business Area by Hans-Georg Werner (right).

Michel Aymeric has been appointed Managing Director at French rail safety authority EPSF.

Mike Coupe has moved from Balfour Beatty to join Parsons Brinckerhoff's UK rail operation as Regional Director North. Ian Johnson and John Morris have been promoted internally to the positions of Regional Director South and Technical & Assurance Director respectively.

Ulrich Gygi has been named as the next President of Swiss Federal Railways, replacing Thierry Lalive d'Epinay whose term expires at the end of this year.

Peter Espy has been appointed Vice-President at US transport consultancy TranSystems.

Václav Andrýsek has been named Executive Director at Czech freight operator CD Cargo, following Jaroslav Richter's move to logistics and warehousing subsidiary CD Logistics.

Matthew Colledge has been elected Chairman of the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority, while Keith Whitmore has been appointed Vice-Chairman.

Thomas Kenna has been promoted from Marketing Director to President & Director General at Panama Canal Railway, succeeding David Starling.

José Syr has replaced Albert Coenet as General Manager at SNCB's rail freight division B-Cargo.

Thomas Prendergast has succeeded Pat Jacobsen as CEO at Vancouver transport authority TransLink.

Alexander Tsanov has been named Executive Director at Sofia-based rolling stock manufacturer Tramcar, following the dismissal of Hristosko Vretenarov.

Robert Jeremy has left his position as Director, Mergers & Acquisitions, at Australian transport infrastructure company Asciano.

Yuthana Thapcharoen has been named Governor of Thailand's state railway.

Syed Nasir Ahmad Zaidi has been promoted to General Manager (Operations) at PR, replacing Assad Saeed who has been appointed General Manager (Manufacturing & Services), in succession to Farooq Aziz who takes up the new post of General Manager (Welfare & Training). Managing Director, Dryports, Rashid Mehmood succeeds Zaidi as Additional General Manager, Freight, while Junaid Qureshi becomes Managing Director of Pakistan Railway Advisory & Consultancy Services.

Gulzar Sultan has been named Additional Managing Director at Railway Construction Corp of Pakistan, where Maqbool Ahmad Magsi becomes Project Director in place of Asif Mateen who has become Deputy Chief Engineer, Bridges.

Abdul Hameed Razi has been appointed Secretary of Pracs in place of Akbar Ali. Habibur Rahman has been named Joint Director, Passenger, and is replaced as Joint Director, Operations, by Abid Mehmood.

Didier Lallement has been confirmed as the French Commissioner General for Transport.

Michael Deegan, former chair of the National Transport Commission, has been appointed Infrastructure Co-ordinator at Infrastructure Australia.

Denis Martin will step down as Director, Rolling Stock at SNCF on September 1 2008. He will be succeeded by Alain Bullot, who is currently a Director at Fret SNCF.

Minoru Arai has taken over as Director, Technology Planning Department, and Director General, Research & Development Centre, for East Japan Railway. He succeeds Takashi Endo who has become Executive Director of East Japan Transport Technology Co.

Matthias Raith has announced his intention to resign from the board of Polish logistics company CTL.

Jim Collins, Steve Hewitt, Gloria Hutt, Alan Jones, Michael May and Roy McGowan have been promoted to become directors at UK transport consultancy Steer Davies Gleave.

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FEVE President named
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Ángel Villalba has been appointed as the new President of Spanish metre-gauge operator FEVE. Formerly Operations Director, Amador Robles is now Director General, while Corporate Services Director Juan Díez moves to the new post of Assistant Director General. José Antonio Sebastián joins the company as Communications Director. Operations Director Amanda Ferrara was formerly Research & Development Manager. Replacing Corporate Services, the new Finance & Property directorate is headed by Ignacio González, formerly Managing Director, Property. The new Human Resources & Labour Relations directorate is headed by Jesús Benítez, formerly Managing Director, Human Resources. Director of Legal Services Valentín Pérez has been appointed Secretary General. Infrastructure Director Roberto Campo was formerly Managing Director, Workshops.

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CSX vote too close to cal
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Four of the five nominees proposed by investment funds TCI and 3G for election to the CSX board (RG 6.08 p359) have been elected, according to preliminary figures published on July 16 by independent scrutineer IVC Associates. CSX had not announced the results of the vote at its annual general meeting on June 25, claiming the result was too close. TCI founder Chris Hohn, 3G Managing Director Alex Behring, former CN director Gilbert Lamphere and London Underground Managing Director Tim O'Toole will join the 12-strong board, subject to confirmation of the appointments at a reconvened AGM on July 25.

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Low-floor work honoured
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Harry Hondius, Railway Gazette International's Belgian correspondent, was awarded an honorary Doctorate by Prof Dr-Ing Dr hc Dietrich Hoeborn, Dekan of the Architecture, Civil Engineering, Machinery & Safety faculty at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal on July 11, recognising his work over the past 20 years in reporting and explaining the development of low-floor trams and light rail vehicles. The university's Rector Prof Dr rer pol Volker Ronge said Hondius had 'made a name world-wide for his technical understanding', and had identified as early as 2001 the risk that an excess of innovations might not be commercially sustainable in the longer term.

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