On June 28 the UIC General Assembly ratified the appointment of Luc Aliadière as Chief Executive. He took over from Philippe Roumeguère on July 1.
At the general meeting on June 16 Wilhelm Patzner was elected to the board of UIRR, the International Union of Combined Road-Rail Transport Companies, following the resignation of Stefan Hofer.
Warren Truss became Australia’s Minister for Transport & Regional Services in July, after John Anderson stepped down for health and family reasons.
Lee Chul succeeded Shin Kwang-soon as President of Korea Railroad Corp on June 29.
Uganda Railways Corp did not renew the contract of Managing Director Daudi Mirungi when it expired on June 30. The contract of Chief Internal Auditor Barbara Muchilwa has been terminated.
The SNCB-Holding board voted on July 1 to appoint Michel Allé as Director-General, Finance.
Dr Werner Müller has been appointed Chairman of the supervisory board of German Railway, succeeding Dr Michael Frenzel who has stepped down.
TransNamib Holdings has announced the appointment of new board members to three-year terms. Mbetjiha Mbakutua is from the University of Namibia, Tarah Shaanika from the Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Riaan Potgieter from Prowealth Group, Martin Fabianus from Geomar Consulting Engineers and Foibe Jacobs from NamPower.
Francisco Javier Rión has been appointed CEO of TFM in Mexico, replacing interim CEO Vincente Corta Fernandez.
Network Rail announced the appointment of Ron McAulay to the new post of Director, Scotland, on July 14. Peter Leppard has succeeded him as Route Director, Scotland, on an acting basis.
Susan Rix, Rob Holloway and John West have joined the board of QR in Queensland, and Warren McLachlan has been reappointed as a Director. Prof Ted Brown and Clare Endicott have left the QR board to join Port of Brisbane Corp.
Nasser Ahmed Saeed has been appointed Assistant Director-General for the Dubai Metro & Public Transport Affairs by the deputy ruler of Dubai. Essa Al Haj Al Maidour has been appointed Assistant Director-General for General Project Affairs.
Dr Malcolm Reed has been appointed Chief Executive of Scotland’s National Transport Agency with effect from this month. He is replaced on an interim basis as Director-General of Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive by Aidan O’Donnell. John Anderson becomes a non-executive director of SPT Authority.
The board of directors of Genesee & Wyoming Inc elected David C Hurley as a director with effect from July 15.
Transport for London’s Managing Director of Surface Transport Peter Hendy has been appointed Chairman of Britain’s Commission for Integrated Transport. His three-year term began on July 1.
Chris Austin has joined Britain’s Association of Train Operating Companies as Director of Public Policy, replacing Steve Bramall.
John E Foster has been promoted to Vice-President and Chief Mechanical Officer at Kansas City Southern, replacing James EFisk who has become Vice-President at Electro-Motive Diesel.
Jon Veitch has joined Arriva Trains Wales as Fleet Director.
This month Michael Burns moves from being Executive Director of San Francisco Municipal Railway to become General Manager of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority.
Louis S Thompson has joined the board of Seneca Group, where he will be a strategic consultant and advise on international marketing for rail industry projects.
Mowlem has appointed Colin Graidage as Managing Director of its UK rail business Mowlem Railways, succeeding Mike Austin.
Former Spoornet Chief Executive Officer Zandile Jakavula has been appointed Chairman of Boss Logistics, after investment company Mendo acquired a 30% stake.
AMEC has appointed Kevin Beauchamp as Managing Director of its UK rail engineering business AMEC Spie Rail, replacing John Moss who has moved to the construction services business.
ISiri was appointed Acting General Manager of Israel Railways following the resignation of Yossi Mor on July 19. Yoram Cohen has been appointed to the new post of Deputy General Manager of Commercial & Real Estate Development; Ilya Wolkov, Deputy General Manager for Planning & Development, and Harel Even, Deputy General Manager, Infrastructure Operation & Maintenance.
