All People articles – Page 29
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Marcel Theis
Marcel Theis has been appointed Chief Commercial Officer of CFL Cargo, having joined the company as Head of Supply Chain Management in September 2009. He succeeds Marc Polini, who has moved on to become CEO of CFL Cargo’s maintenance subsidiary Ateliers de Pétange.
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Victor Chavez
Victor Chavez became CEO of Thales UK on January 1, having served as Deputy CEO since October 2008. He replaces Alex Dorrian, who has moved on to become Chairman while retaining his additional role as Executive Vice-President of Thales SA. Current Chairman Lord Freeman will stay on as a Director ...
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Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd
Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd has been named as Minister for Infrastructure in the new Swedish government.
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Isaías Táboas
Isaías Táboas has been appointed Spain’s Secretary of State for Transport. He previously held various posts at Renfe, and worked as an advisor to Iberrail and Comfersa.
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Janine Pilloud
Janine Pilloud has been named as the next head of Swiss Federal Railways’ Passenger division, succeeding Urs Schlegel who has been acting divisional manager; she will also join the SBB Board in the first quarter of 2011. The head of SBB’s long-distance passenger unit Vincent Ducrot will be leaving in ...
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Andreas Schulz
Andreas Schulz has been named Head of Intermodal at DB Schenker Rail, a position held for the past year by Karsten Sachsenröder in addition to his role as Board Member, Sales.
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Klaus Pederson - DSB
Klaus Pederson has been named Chief Financial Officer of Danish passenger operator DSB, succeeding Bartal Kass, who is moving to head the new company which will merge the maintenance activities of DSB and DSB S-tog from January 1. DSB has also named Jakob Hoyer as its new Communications ...
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Ice moves up at BNSF
Carl Ice has been named President & Chief Operating Officer at BNSF Railway with effect from November 1, taking up a newly created post alongside Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Matt Rose. Pointing out that ‘our alignment and teamwork have been a hallmark of BNSF's success’, Rose said the splitting ...
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Al Engel takes on high speed
Al Engel, currently Vice-President & High Speed Rail Director at Aecom, is to join Amtrak as Vice-President. He will head a new department with the aim of growing and developing Amtrak’s role in high speed rail.
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