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Speakers 
 Mr Luc Aliadière,
Chief Executive,
UIC
Luc Aliadière was born in 1948 and studied mechanical and electrical engineering at the Ecole Spéciale des Travaux Publics (ESTP) in Paris. He joined SNCF in 1973, holding positions of responsibility in the Rolling Stock and Diesel Locomotive Maintenance division of the South-Eastern network (1973-1979), then the Paris Ile-de-France Region (1980-1987). From 1986 to 1988 he worked at Sofrerail where he was Director for the United States and Australia, and project manager for the Channel tunnel. In 1989 he was seconded to the European Commission as a railway expert at the Directorate General for Transport and was involved in the preparation of the Trans-European network of high speed rail links.
Following a post as European Director for Systra from 1990 to 1993, he spent 1994 to 1998 as Director for Strategy and Development at the SNCF’s mainline passenger business, and then became Assistant Director for the SNCF Paris Region (Ile-de-France). Luc Aliadière was Director for Environment at SNCF from 2002 to 2002, before becoming Director for European Affairs from 2002 to 2005. In this capacity he was particularly involved in the definition of SNCF’s European strategy and relations with all the institutions of the European Union. On 28 June 2005 the General Assembly of the UIC ratified the decision of the Executive Board to appoint Luc Aliadière as UIC Chief Executive from July 2005.
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 Mr Bruno Auger,
Keolis Rail Director,
Keolis Via GTI UK Ltd
Bruno started his career as a Consulting Engineer and during 4 years he worked for the biggest Industrials like Peugeot, Pechiney, Usinor, where he had to get industrial installations done at a high level of performance (Reliability, Quality) .
In 1992, he moved to the SNCF (French Railways). His first experience was as a Head Master of Valenciennes station.
He then became a responsible for the Operations Centre of Calais where he worked with Eurotunnel for Eurostar and International Railway freight.
He was then involved in the Management of the Quality Processes for Paris-Lille TGV (SNCF’s High Speed Services) as a Deputy Director for the North East Sector Passenger Main Lines.
He spent the last years as a Director for Paris Montparnasse Main Station where his role involved the management of the Ticket Sales Department (Annual Turnover of £100m) and the Customer Care (130 000 persons a day).
Then he joined Eurostar as an Operations Director where he has been successfully in charge of the Eurostar Missions.
He joined Keolis in 2001 as a Deputy Director of Keolis UK where he has been contributing to the development of Keolis activities, including the management of the TPE bid (awarded in August 2003) and of the IKF (offer submitted in July 2005).
He is now also the Head of the heavy rail development department within Keolis International Division.
Bruno is married with 3 children.
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Lord Tony Berkeley,
Chairman,
Rail Freight Group
Lord Berkeley is chairman of the Rail Freight Group, the representative body of theUK rail freight industry.
He was Public Affairs Manager of Eurotunnel from 1981 until the end of construction of the Channel Tunnel in 1994 and, before that, worked for George Wimpey on a number of multi-discipline projects around the world.
He sits in the House of Lords from 1994, firstly as a hereditary peer and latterly as a life peer, and was an opposition Transport Spokesperson 1996-7. He is an Alternate Member of the European Energy and Transport Forum, and a Steering Group member of the European Rail Freight Customer Platform. Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Transport.
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 Lord Tony Berkeley,
Chairman,
Rail Freight Group (UK)
Lord Berkeley is chairman of the Rail Freight Group, the representative body of theUK rail freight industry.
He was Public Affairs Manager of Eurotunnel from 1981 until the end of construction of the Channel Tunnel in 1994 and, before that, worked for George Wimpey on a number of multi-discipline projects around the world.
He sits in the House of Lords from 1994, firstly as a hereditary peer and latterly as a life peer, and was an opposition Transport Spokesperson 1996-7. He is an Alternate Member of the European Energy and Transport Forum, and a Steering Group member of the European Rail Freight Customer Platform. Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Transport.
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 Lord Tony Berkeley,
Chairman,
Rail Freight Group
Lord Berkeley is Chairman of the Rail Freight Group, the representative body of the UK rail freight industry.
He was Public Affairs Manager of Eurotunnel from 1981 until the end of construction of the Channel Tunnel in 1994 and, before that, worked for George Wimpey on a number of multi-discipline projects around the world.
Lord Berkeley sits in the House of Lords from 1994, firstly as a hereditary peer and latterly as a life peer, and was an opposition Transport Spokesperson 1996-7.
He is an Alternate Member of the European Energy and Transport Forum, and a Steering Group member of the European Rail Freight Customer Platform
A Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Transport.
Lord Berkeley is President of the UK Marine Pilots Association.
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Frank Bernard,
Director General TGV,
SNCF
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 Mr Jean-Marie Bertrand,
Director General, RFF, Chairman,
European Infrastructure Managers Association
Mr. Bertrand graduated in economics and political studies from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris. In 1976, after completing studies at the prestigious ENA (Ecole Nationale d'Administration—the French national school of public administration), he joined the French National Audit Office (Cours des Comptes) as an auditor.
From 1980 to 1983 he was second counselor at the French Embassy in Beijing. He then returned to the Cours des Comptes.
From 1989 to 1992 Mr. Bertrand was secretary general of the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), the renowned National Center for Scientific Research which spans a wide spectrum of scientific disciplines.
From 1993 to 1998 he was a director at the French Health and Social Affairs Department, in charge of administration, personnel and budget.
From January 1998 to October 2002 Mr. Bertrand was a counselor at the Cours des Comptes.
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Ms Jenny Block,
Partner EU and Competition,
Simmons and Simmons
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Mr Alain Bouchard,
Executive Vice-President, Director of Purchasing,
Arcelor Group
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Stephan Breu,
DB Netz AG
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 Mr Eddy Bruyninckx,
CEO,
Antwerp Port Authority
Educational record
- Secondary : Institute: St.Michielscollege, Brasschaat (1963-1969) section: Scientific A
- University (1969-1973)
- Candidature Political and Social Sciences: University Faculties Sint Ignatius Antwerp (UFSIA)
- Licentiate Sociology, Catholic University Leuven (KUL)
Career
- Assistant University Faculties Sint Ignatius (1974-1977) (Professor Dr.H. Deleeck)
- Inspector Ministry of Finance. First Laureate of the twelfth promotion (1977-1980)
- Deputy principal private secretary of Mr. Geens, President of the Flemisch Government (1981-1986)
- Secretary-General of the Social Economic Council of Flanders (1987-1990)
- Principal private secretary of Mr. Geens, President of the Flemisch Government (1991)
- From 1/2/1992 General Manager of the Port of Antwerp - from 1/1/1997 Chief Executive Officer of the Antwerp Municipal Port Authority
Committee member of:
- Member of the board of directors of the Belgian National Railways (NMBS)
- Member of the board of directors of the Office of Navigation
- Member of the board of directors of “nv Liefkenshoektunnel”
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 Mr Elio Catania,
CEO,
Ferrovie dello Stato
Elio Catania has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Ferrovie dello Stato Group since 2004.
He has spent most of his carreer in IBM, which he joined in 1970. He has worked in 4 continents and, among other positions, has been Vice President - Marketing for IBM Europe, with head offices in Paris, and President & Chief Executive Officer of IBM Italy.
In 1996, he moved to the United States to take up the position of President of IBM Latin America and from 1999 was President and Managing Director for Southern Europe.
He is a member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of Confindustria, the Italian Industry Association. He is also Vice President of “Assonime” and Vice President of the Council for Relations between Italy and the United States.
He is Vice President of CER (Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies) and a member of the Executive Committee of UIC (Union Internationale des Chemins de Fer).
Born in Catania in 1946, he graduated in Engineering at Rome University and in 1985 obtained a Master in Management Science at the Sloan School of the MIT in Boston. He is married and has two children.
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Francois Coart,
Director Rail Freight Development,
Eurotunnel
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 Mr Rudy Colle,
Director General,
UIRR
-Born on February 22, 1940 in Ghent, Belgium
-Graduate Economic Sciences University of Ghent
-Former Deputy Director General of SABENA World Airlines
-Appointed DG of UIRR in 1991, responsible for the strategy and the external relations of the Union. His priorities: promotion of internal and external cooperation between the member companies, and of the CT concept at political and industry levels.
-Honorary Consul for Ivory Coast in Belgium and advisor to the Minister of Foreign Trade of his country.
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 Mr Jean-Michel Dancoisne,
CEO,
Thalys
Since January 2004, Jean-Michel Dancoisne, a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique, Ecole des Mines in Paris, has been Chief Executive Officer of Thalys International, the Franco-Belgian company which is in charge of the international high-speed train service linking Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and Cologne. He previously managed a company specialising in rail-road intermodal transport. From 1990 to 1995, he played an active role, as the first Chief Executive Officer of “Grandes Lignes Internationales”, in setting up the SNCF’s international passenger structures and the operational launch of Eurostar. Prior to that he held several management positions at the SNCF, which he joined after starting his career at the French Ministry for Industry.
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 Mr Paul Davies,
Partner,
PricewaterhouseCoopers
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 Mr Marc Descheemaecker,
CEO,
SNCB
Education:
Degree in economics, UFSIA, Antwerp (1977)
Master’s degree in European Studies, College of Europe, Bruges (1978)
Career:
Business analist, Mc Kinsey, NL (1978-1980)
Marketing Manager, Black & Decker, D. (1980-1986)
General Manager Marketing & Sales, Prado nv (1986-1992)
Managing Director, Lederland, Vendex (1992-1996)
Managing Director, Abilis-Cemstobel, Vendex (1996-1999)
Executive Vice President, ISS International (1999-2002)
Managing Director SNCB Freight Division (2002- at present)
Directorship:
Biac
Financieel Economische Tijd
Several SNCB participations
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 Mr Klaus Ebeling,
Secretary General,
European Intermodal Association (EIA)
-Born 16.7.1937 in Braunschweig (Germany).
•Classical Grammar-School with School-Leaving Certificate (Abitur) in Hamburg. Legal training in Hamburg, Tübingen, Freiburg (University and Courts) with second State Examination in Law (Assessor), Hamburg, 1966. Political Sciences, Paris.
•1967: Entered the Germany Railways.
•1971: Taiwan, World Bank Study on Containerisation.
•1972: International Union of Railways UIC (Paris) as senior officer for Law, Economics and Finance.
•1974: Personal Advisor to the Chairman of the German Railways.
•1977: Head of International Affairs of the German Railways.
•1979: Deputy Secretary General of the UIC.
•1996: Executive Board Director of Deutsche Bahn AG for the Co-ordination of East-West Affairs and Reconstruction in the countries of former Yugoslavia; Advisor to the EBRD for the Reconstruction of the Railways in Bosnia-Herzegovina; Head of the Railways Steering Committee of Multimodal Pan-European Corridor II (Berlin - Moscow) and IV (from Germany through the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria to Greece/Turkey).
•2001 Head of the EU Office Brussels of Deutsche Bahn AG as Director for European Affairs.
•Currently Secretary General of the European Intermodal Association, Brussels and lawyer (registered in Frankfurt am Main)
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 Mr Gunther Ellwanger,
Former Director, Economics, Finance and Environment,
UIC
Gunther Ellwanger graduated in civil engineering from the University of Stuttgart and got a doctoral degree from the University of Darmstadt. He started working for the DB (German Railways) in 1970 in Stuttgart. In 1986 he became the Head of the Transport and Corporate Policy Department at the "Zentrale der DB" in Frankfurt.
From 1991 to December 1995 as well as from July 2000 until end of 2002 Mr Ellwanger has been working as the Director of the High Speed Division for the International Union of Railways (UIC), at the Headquarters in Paris. He chaired the project “Passenger Traffic Study 2010 – 2020”.
From January 1996 until June 2000 and from January 2003 until September 2004 he has been Director of the Economics, Finance and Environment Division of UIC. He chaired the UIC Working Groups Environment and External Effects.
In October 2004 Gunther Ellwanger went into semi-retirement. He continues some activities for UIC and he became a Member of the German organisation “Friends of Pro-Rail Alliance” (Allianz pro Schiene).
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 Mr Mark Falchi,
Secretary General,
European Rail Infrastructure Managers Association
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 Mr Mireille Faugere,
Director Voyages, France and Europe,
SNCF
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Mr Ian Fish,
Principal Consultant,
Vectra Group
After a 20 year career in the Royal Air Force, Ian became a leading consultant in the issues surrounding air command and control and the systems of systems that enable it. Following a masters course in the management of security, Ian joined NatWest Bank as Group Head of Business Continuity and Crisis Management. For the last 6 years Ian has been a principal consultant with Vectra Group Limited specialising in strategic level consultancy on security, business continuity, emergency response, crisis management and information risk management
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 Mr Peter Flinn,
Managing Director,
Vectra Group
Peter Flinn is Managing Director of Vectra Group Limited, an international safety engineering consultancy of some 150 people working in the nuclear, rail and process industries. Prior to this, he was MD of ABB Eutech, also an international technical consultancy.
Previously, he was MD of ABB Support Ltd and first joined ABB in Derby in 1991 as Head of Engineering of what is now Bombardier UK. He was closely involved in the restructuring of the rail company after ABB took full control, setting up and running the Bodyshell Division of which he was Director, based in York. In his earlier career, he worked as UK Quality Director for Leyland DAF Limited, the commercial vehicle organisation, in Lancashire and Scotland.
Peter is a chartered engineer by profession. He is an active member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and has been chairman of its Manufacturing Industries Division. He was also on the CBI Manufacturing Council between 1999 and 2002
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 Dr Michael Forbes,
CTO,
Carmen Systems AB
As Chief Technical Officer of Carmen's Rail and Logistics division, Dr Forbes has overall responsibility for the specification and design of Carmen’s major systems. He has more than fifteen years experience in developing information systems at Carmen. He has a broad range of technical skills in computing and advanced mathematics for applications.
Dr Forbes was project manager or team leader for the initial development of Carmen's core rail crew management and logistics systems and has managed the deployment of these products to major customers including SNCF, Amtrak, The Royal Mail and Australia Post. He was also been responsible for research and development work, particularly in the areas of supply chain logistics, rail crew scheduling and fleet scheduling.
Dr Forbes has a PhD in Operations Research from The University of Queensland.
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 Mr Philippe Gauderon,
Chief Operating Officer, Deputy of the passenger Traffic Division,
Swiss Federal Railways
Born in 1955, Philippe Gauderon has been Head of the Operating business unit of Swiss Federal Railways, Passenger Traffic division, since 2003. With over 6,200 employees, Operating is the Division's biggest business unit and responsible for preparing, running and maintaining passenger trains. The unit is also responsible for fleet procurement, servicing and withdrawal from service as well as for resource planning and management. Purchasing and logistics are also part of the unit's remit.
Milestones in Philippe Gauderon's career
1983 – 1985 Lawyer in Fribourg (Switzerland)
1985 – 1995 Various positions with the Federal Office of Transport, latterly Vice President and Head of the Planning department
1996 – 1998 Regional manager with Swiss Federal Railways SBB in Lausanne
1999 – 2003 Head of the Regional Traffic business unit and Deputy Head of the Passenger Traffic Division at Swiss Federal Railways SBB in Berne
Since 2003 Head of the Operating business unit and Deputy Head of the Passenger Traffic Division at Swiss Federal Railways SBB in Berne
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 Mr Jacques Gounon,
Chairman,
Eurotunnel
A graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique, Jacques Gounon (51) is a civil engineer by profession. He has held senior positions in French public administration with the Ministry of Equipment, the Ministry of Employment and the Ministry of Transport. He was recently country President of Alstom in France and Deputy Chief Executive of the Cegelec Group.
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Colin Hall,
Deputy Executive Director,
CER
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 Mrs Monika Heiming,
Secretary General,
European Rail Freight Association
Active in Brussels since 1993 as a lobbyist and manager of international associations and groupings. Her dual strengths - language and business management skills - qualify her well to tackle European multicultural issues and the challenges facing companies in their respective markets.
At UNIFE (from 1993 to 1997) she helped to develop the railway industry association, lobbying for multimodal, combined transport, the environment, EU Framework Programmes for R&D and CEECs. This gave her a very solid grounding in topical issues on the rapidly changing European railway market and familiarised her with the roles played by the various operators and stakeholders.
After a brief spell at a European tobacco association in 1998-1999, in 1999 she joined Europengineers eeig (5,000 staff working in 10 design offices active in 45 countries) to coordinate and market its activities. Here she continued to develop her railway know-how, focussing on infrastructure.
In November 2004 she joined ERFA, and in January 2005 was made its Secretary General, serving the organisation's 24 members by drawing on her 12 years of experience with European economic issues.
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 Monika Heiming,
Secretary General,
European Rail Freight Association
Active in Brussels since 1993 as a lobbyist and manager of international associations and groupings. Her dual strengths - language and business management skills - qualify her well to tackle European multicultural issues and the challenges facing companies in their respective markets.
At UNIFE (from 1993 to 1997) she helped to develop the railway industry association, lobbying for multimodal, combined transport, the environment, EU Framework Programmes for R&D and CEECs. This gave her a very solid grounding in topical issues on the rapidly changing European railway market and familiarised her with the roles played by the various operators and stakeholders.
After a brief spell at a European tobacco association in 1998-1999, in 1999 she joined Europengineers eeig (5,000 staff working in 10 design offices active in 45 countries) to coordinate and market its activities. Here she continued to develop her railway know-how, focussing on infrastructure.
In November 2004 she joined ERFA, and in January 2005 was made its Secretary General, serving the organisation's 24 members by drawing on her 12 years of experience with European economic issues.
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 Mr Murray Hughes,
Editor,
Railway Gazette International
Murray Hughes is Editor of the professional trade periodical Railway Gazette International which covers technical and commercial railway developments worldwide, circulating to senior railway managers and engineers in more than 135 countries.
He is also Editor-in-Chief of the fortnightly newsletter devoted to Britain's privatised railway industry, Rail Business Intelligence, previously Rail Privatisation News.
Murray has overall responsibility for Railway Gazette International's associated publications: Metro Report and Railway Directory, and the journal’s website, www.railwaygazette.com.
Murray holds a BA Hons in Applied Language Studies, and after spending a year with Swiss Federal Railways, he worked briefly for the International Union of Railways in Paris. He was Foreign Editor of Modern Railways before joining Railway Gazette International, where he became Editor in 1991.
His book on world high speed railway development, Rail 300 - The World High Speed Train Race, was published in 1988, and has since appeared in Spanish, Swedish, Japanese and German.
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 Mr Michael Kant,
Diretor of Sales, Domestic business,
Alcatel
Since 1979 at Alcatel SEL AG, various positions in R&D, project management and sales, since 2005 Director of Domestic Sales, Transport Automation Systems.
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 Mr Adrian Keller,
Head of Strategic Planning,
SBB Cargo
Adrian Keller (born 1966, Swiss)
Head of Corporate Services, Lawyer by training with SBB Cargo since 2001, previously as Head of the Legal Service and Head of Business Development. Former activities: M&A Department of worldwide operating Assurance company. Experienced about Strategy, Start ups, Strategic alliances, value chain.
Married, two children.
Leisure interests: Cycling, Football, Travelling
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 Mr Tamas Kozak,
Deputy General Manager,
MAV Hungarian State Railways
Mr. Kozák is an economist. He joined the Hungarian Railways as Deputy General Manager responsible for the Strategy in March 2005. He has experience in working for the government and for the multinational companies in different management positions as well. He is responsible for the preparation of the unbindling procedure of the MÁV Cargo business unit. He manages the establishment of the regional railways in the country, the property and portfolio development and also the building and rolling stock management. He deals with the strategy of the International relations of the MÁV Group.
He speaks: English and German
His hobbies: family, literature, teaching and sport
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 Mr Joachim Kroll,
Secretary General,
RailNetEurope
Since June 2004 Joachim Kroll has been Secretary General at RailNetEurope (RNE). RNE is an organisation of European Railway infrastructure managers from 23 different countries, being officially established as association for facilitating traffic on European rail infrastructure since January 2004. The main approach of RNE is to act as being one company in operational issues of cross border rail traffic, especially looking to Marketing, Sales and Operations. (further information at www.railneteurope.com)
Masters Degree in Business Administration at the university of Goettingen in 1992
Career
2002 Project Leader FreeFloat at DB Netz in Frankfurt
1998 Head of the department of Market Development at DB Netz in Frankfurt
1997 Consultant for Marketing and Strategy at Deutsche Eisenbahn Consult in Berlin and Frankfurt
1994 Expert for Benchmarking at the Corporate Development of Deutsche Bahn AG in Berlin
1993 First Professional experiences at an advertising agency in Frankfurt
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 Mr Bernhard Kunz,
Managing Director,
Hupac
Position Managing Director Hupac Group
Work experience
1978 – 1980 Danzas, Chiasso, European Traffic
1980 – 1985 Danzas, Cleveland (USA), Intermodal Product Manager (during the deregulation phase of the U.S.-transportation industry)
1985 – 1988 Danzas, Norfolk (USA), Branch Manager
1988 – 1992 Hupac SA, Chiasso, Director Operations
since 1993 Hupac SA, Chiasso, Managing Director
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 Mr Bert Kuypers,
Partner,
PricewaterhouseCoopers
QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
Certificate of Central and Eastern Europe Economics Studies K.U.Leuven, 1993
Certified in Production & Inventory Management (CPIM), APICS, 1993
Master in Business Administration, K.U.Leuven, 1986
Graduate degree in Applied Economics, K.U.Leuven, 1984
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
2005-Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
2004- 2005-Managing Partner, MCC
2002-2004 -Executive Director and COO, Roularta Media Group
1990-2002-Partner, PwC Consulting
1986-1990-Development and Project Manager, Shell
1984-1986 -Assistant Professor, K.U. Leuven
KEY EXPERIENCE
During his entire consulting career, Bert has build international experience in Business Strategy, Performance Improvement in areas like client service, logistics and financial management, as well as in Systems Implementations. He worked on ‘start-ups’ as well as on fundamental restructuring of various organisations and companies in Belgium, Europe and Asia. He has worked mainly for sectors like automotive, telecom, railways, airlines and postal services, with large experience in other sectors as well. Not only the ‘what to do’, but also the ‘how to do’ and moreover ‘doing it’ have always been important drivers for working with clients at all levels.
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 Luc Lallemand,
Infrabel
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
1988 Ahlers Shipping - deck officer
10/88-02/91 Accountant with Rossel Group & Co - coupled with university studies
02/91-09/91 DHL - International Accountant Worldwide co-ordination centre
09/91-08/95 SNCB - Financial advisor with treasury department
08/95-12/97 Budget advisor with the Cabinet of the Minister of Transport, in charge of SNCB, Maritime Transport Administration, BIAC and Belgocontrol
01/98-09/98 Deputy Head of the private office of the Minister of Transport
10/98-07/99 Head of the private office of the Minister of Transport
08/99-10/02 Deputy Head of the private office of the vice-premier.
Government dossiers regarding public enterprises and state participations, government finance and transport
Since 01/01 Director with “La Poste”, member of the Audit Committee and the Strategic Committee
Since 01/02 Member of the « Fondation des administrateurs »
11/02 – 12/04 Member of the Management Committee of SNCB and general Director Finance
-Director with Eurofima (European Company for the financing of rolling stock)
-Director with TUC Rail
-Director with Thalys International
-Director with Inter Ferry Boats
Since 03/04Director with Vinçotte
Since 10/04CEO Infrabel and Chairman Management Committee
-Chairman Board of Directors TUC RAIL
-Director with EUROSTATION
-Director with EURO LIEGE TGV
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 Mr Renaat Landuyt,
Minister,
Belgian Ministry of Mobility
Renaat LANDUYT was born in Ieper on January 28th 1959. After he graduated in 1982 and received a university degree of Law and baccalaureate in philosophy, he started working as a solicitor.
In 1984 he became a member of the socialist party (SP). Seven years later he was elected to the Parliament. As a member of parliament he was reporter of the committee of inquiry into “The Gang of Nijvel” and reporter of the parliamentary committee of inquiry into “Dutroux-Nihoul and accomplices”.
Renaat LANDUYT became Minister of the Flemish Government for Employment and Tourism in 1999. Three years later he was assigned to Vice-Minister-President of this Flemish Government. Since the 21st of July 2004 Renaat LANDUYT is the Minister for Mobility of the Federal Government in Belgium.
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 Mr Hans Leister,
Managing Director,
Connex Verkehr GmbH (Germany)
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 Mr Johannes Ludewig,
Executive Director,
Community of European Railways and Infrastructure Companies
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 Mr Adrian Lyons,
Director General,
The Railway Forum
Adrian Lyons was appointed Director General of The Railway Forum, the UK industry wide think tank and lobby group, in January 2001. He was formerly a Ministry of Defence (MOD) strategic planner and logistician as well as a career Army officer, reaching the rank of Major General. His final MOD appointment was to set up and lead the unified Defence supply chain organisation.
Mr Lyons has a particular interest in the development of European railway policies and the way they influence national transport needs and expectations as well as meeting value for money objectives.
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Carole Maczkovics,
Belgian Ministry of Mobility
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Mr Graham Marshall,
Security Specialist,
Network Rail
Graham Marshall is the Security Specialist for Network Rail. As such he is responsible for leading the corporate management of arrangements for counter terrorism security, crisis management and incident management preparedness. As part of this role he has special responsibility for the overall security arrangements associated with the Royal Train, the carriage of nuclear fuels and other high consequence dangerous goods and the carriage of certain military loads. He is also part of the Network Rail incident response arrangements and operates in support of the overall strategic commander of terrorist and catastrophic incidents.
Prior to joining the railway industry some 4 years ago Graham spent 31 years in the police service in the City of London. He retired in the rank of Chief Superintendent with overall command of all uniform operations within the force. As such he had command of general uniform patrol policing, specialist firearms teams, other support functions such as traffic, dogs and horses, communications and counter terrorism teams.
During his police career Graham had operational command of numerous incident and events. These included the ground command for the IRA terrorist explosion in Bishopsgate, City of London; overall command of three other smaller IRA explosions; command of various state occasions at the City Guildhall and St Paul’s Cathedral; command of military parades, Lord Mayor’s Show event and the Millennium Eve celebrations.
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Peter Menich,
Head of the Strategy Department,
MAV Hungarian State Railways
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 Martin Metz,
Senior Vice President,
DVB Bank AG
Martin Metz is Global Head of DVB Bank’s Land Transport Division and responsible for all rolling stock, logistics and bus financing worldwide. DVB Bank’s Land Transport Division has a substantial track record of structuring, arranging and financing asset based deals out of Frankfurt, Germany, and New York, USA.
Martin Metz joined DVB Bank in July 1999. Since then he has built up a substantial and diversified portfolio of structured finance transactions with well positioned and prominent domestic and international clients. Prior to joining DVB, Martin Metz worked in the Global Project Finance Group at investment bank CSFB, New York, and before that in the Land-based Transportation Team of KfW, Frankfurt.
Martin Metz holds a Master’s degree in Economics from University of Cologne.
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Mr Klaus J Meyer,
Secretary General,
European Rail Freight Customers Platform
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Jose Moreira Da Silva,
Simmons & Simmons
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Tim Murphy,
Senior Associate,
Booz Allen & Hamilton
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 Mr Chris Nash,
Professor of Transport Economics,
University of Leeds
Professor Nash is Professor of Transport Economics in the Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds (ITS), which is one of the leading transport research groups in Great Britain, with the top (5*) rating for the quality of its research. Prof Nash leads research in the fields of rail economics and transport infrastructure charges, in which fields he has led many projects for both the British government and the European Commission. He was co-ordinator for the PETS, CAPRI, UNITE and IMPRINT-EUROPE projects, which sought to advance the theory and implementation of marginal social cost based pricing in transport, including the quantification and valuation of transport externalities, and is about to lead a further European project in this area, GRACE. He has acted as expert advisor to many groups, including the High Level Group on Transport Infrastructure Charges of the EC, the Railways group of ECMT, and the Transport and European Union Select Committees of the British Parliament. He was a founder member of Rail Research UK, the British Universities’ rail research group. His publications number more than a hundred books, contributions to books and journal articles.
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Mr Drewin Nieuwenhuis,
General Manager,
UNIFE
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Ulrich Oser,
Head of Disposition and Information SYstems I NVII2,
DB Netz AG
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 Ing Massimo Paglialunga,
Head of International Projects,
Grand Stazioni S.p.A
Mr. Paglialunga is in charge of the international business in Grandi Stazioni S.p.A. a PPP established between Italian State Railways (FS) and Eurostazioni S.pA. with the initial aim of creating and implementing a new management style in the network of major stations in Italy.
From 2004 to mid 2005 he held position of Executive at Grandi Stazioni Ceská republika, and starting August 2005 he is seating in the board of the company.
He ha spent most of his career in developing private or PPP initiative in Asia, Europe and America being involved in industrial, utilities and transportation projects, he joined the FS Group in 1998, first in the consultancy arm of FS – Italferr S.p.A., then in Grandi Stazioni.
He holds a Master Degree in Transport Engineering from the University of Rome (Italy)” La Sapienza”
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Mr Pedro Perez del Campo,
Diretor of Environment, Project and Infrastructure Division,
ADIF
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 Mr Len Porter,
Chief Executive,
Rail Safety and Standards Board
Len Porter was appointed Chief Executive of Rail Safety and Standards Board in April 2003. He was previously Director for Global Transportation Business at Lloyds Register and a Director of Lloyd's Register MHA Ltd where he was responsible for developing services in the rail sector. Following an early career in the 1970's as a metallurgist in the aviation sector, several years were then spent as a project engineer, project manager and commercial diver on worldwide offshore oil and gas infrastructure inspection and maintenance contracts. This experience was used in the early 1980's to set up a successful engineering risk assessment and asset integrity management company which was acquired by Lloyd's Register in the mid-1990's.
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 Mr Tim Porter,
Director-Services Division,
THALES
Tim Porter joined Thales in 1997, and has been CEO of Thales Information Systems for the last six years. In addition, he has international sales & marketing responsibility for the Thales Services Division.
At Thales, Tim has worked with customers such as ATOC, Croydon Tram, London Underground, Virgin Trains and EWS, and has led Thales’ investment in the Rail Sector in the UK and the rest of Europe.
Tim graduated from Manchester University with a degree in Computer Science, and has worked in a variety of management roles for international Information Technology companies for the last 20 years.
Outside of work, Tim enjoys all sports, especially golf & skiing, and he is a School Governor and a Board member of the Education Action Zone in Manchester.
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 Mr M.R Ramakrishnan,
Managing Director,
Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS)
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 Isabel Ramos De Almeida,
Finance Director,
RAVE
•Joined RAVE- Rede Ferroviária de Alta Velocidade, SA, in July 2004 as Finance Director from Banco Totta & Açores (Group Santander), where she worked for 15 years, as general manager in several areas and projects.
•Previously she worked in the Portuguese Central Bank (Banco de Portugal) for 4 years.
•Up until 1998 she simultaneously lectured at two Portuguese Business Universities (Universidade Nova de Lisboa and Instituto Superior de Gestão).
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 Dr Karl-Friedrich Rausch,
Member of the Board of Management for Passenger Transport,
Deutsche Bahn Ag
Dr. Karl-Friedrich Rausch has headed Deutsche Bahn's Passenger Transport Corporate Division since 2003. He had previously been Chief Technical Officer since 1 January 2001.
Dr. Karl-Friedrich Rausch was born in Laubach, Hesse, on 19 July 1951. He studied business administration and engineering at the Technical University of Darmstadt between 1973 and 1980, where he was also employed as a research assistant from 1980 until receiving his doctorate in 1985.
Dr. Rausch was employed by Deutsche Lufthansa AG from 1985 to 2000, latterly as chairman of the Lufthansa Passage Airline division, where he was responsible for controlling, operational excellence, quality management, and the management and development of both Star Alliance and the expansion of Frankfurt International Airport. Prior to that, he had been temporarily responsible for production planning and control of aircraft maintenance and was managing director of Lufthansa CityLine GmbH for three years.
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 Ms Juliet Reingold,
Partner,
Simmons and Simmons
Juliet Reingold is a Partner in the Commercial Group and Head of the Simmons & Simmons Transport Sector Group. Ms Reingold specialises in major projects and public private partnerships focussing particularly on the transport/logistics, facilities management and defence sectors.
She also has experience across a wide range of commercial transactions including outsourcings, contractorisations, privatisations, partnering, distribution, supply and other procurement arrangements across a range of industry sectors.
In the transport sector, Ms Reingold has been involved in a number of major UK infrastructure and services projects including advising Railtrack Group PLC on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Project and on its proposed participation in the London Underground PPP as well as advising Network Rail on projects such as the Sunderland Metro PPP, on its refranchising programme, on various freight infrastructure haulage arrangements, on the Kings Cross Hub infrastructure arrangements and on the West Coast Main Line Project. She also advises TOC bidders for UK rail franchises.
Ms Reingold is currently advising Transport for London on the London Congestion Charging Scheme and its Western Extension and on feasibility options for a potential Low Emission Zone in London.
In the defence sector, Ms Reingold is currently advising the Ministry of Defence on a major transport and logistics PPP - the Future Defence Supply Chain Initiative. She also advised the Ministry of Defence on the Royal Dockyards privatisation, the contractorisation of the Atomic Weapons Establishment, on the PPP for the Warship Support Modernisation Initiative for the provision of services at HM Naval Bases and on the UK Military Flying Training System PPP.
Ms Reingold is a Member of The Institute of Logistics and Transport and is described in Legal 500 as being "highly experienced" in PFI/PPP work and "well known in rail".
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 Mr Heiner Rogge,
Chariman, Rail Committee,
CLECAT (European Association for Forwarding, Transport, Logistics and Customer Services)
Certified political economist
Studies of political economics
Career
Feb 2000 Managing Director of the German Association of Freight Forwarding and Logistics
May 1998-Jan 2000 Managing Director, Chamber of Commerce, Duisburg
1993-1998 Managing Director of a Private Railway Company
1991-1995 Managing Director, Chamber of Commerce of Munic and Upper Bavaria
1974-1991 Consultant, Traffic-Department, Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry
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 Mr Luca Ronzoni,
Attorney,
Ferrovie Nord Cargo
Education And Qualifications
1989 – University of San Diego California (UCSD), course and certificate in American English and Constitutional Law;
1992 - Degree in Law at the “University Cattolica - Sacro Cuore” of Milan - Italy topic of degree thesis Constitutional Law (prof. Giorgio Berti) "The historical roots concerning the constitutionality process of the laws”;
Languages
Italian: mother tongue, English, Spanish, French: excellent
Positions
Member of the Board of Company Executive S.r.l
Member of the Board of Company Novaphos S.p.A
Member of the Board of Company Piffaretti and Olivieri S.p.A
Member of the Board of Company Eurocombi S.p.A. (Cargo branch and logistic Ferrovie Nord Milano)
Attorney of Company Ferrovie Nord Cargo S.r.l
Publications
Author of some writings regarding the Administrative and Regional Laws such as:
Conflict of competences between State and Regions. Case of the State Properties, Regional Law
Repeal of the acts used for supplemented programmes of recovery
The right proceeding, constitutional and administrative profiles
Legislative Power of the Regions, constitutional profiles
Art. 117 Const.; a short consideration
Contribution
Since 1995 as Member of the Editorial Committee for Law reviews:
Law of Region
Studium Juris
Admnistrative law-courts
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 Mr John Ryder,
Design Solutions Manager,
Vectra Group Ltd
John Ryder is Head of Vectra Group’s Design Solutions Team, and has over 25 years experience in the design and specification of integrated security systems including the provision of hard use 24-hour operational rooms and buildings. These have included system specification for command and control environments and crisis management centres in the transportation, oil & gas, process, nuclear, and defence sectors. He has recently been involved in evaluating and specifying security requirements for a large Middle-East based Oil Company whose assets are widely dispersed.
During his career he has been involved in many projects involving complex system integration into sites and buildings where there have been requirements for discreet installations. John is a keen advocate of ensuring user requirements are at the heart of system design to ensure that the interfaces between systems and users are non-obtrusive and are integrated into the routine of day-to-day working.
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Mr Phillip Saunders,
EVP Commercial,
SN Brussels Airlines
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 Mr Stefano Scannali,
Systems Assurance Manager,
Vectra Group
Stef Scannali is Head of Vectra Group Ltd’s Systems Assurance team, and has 20 years experience of safety engineering and risk management for a wide variety of client organisations in the UK and overseas, covering a diverse range of industries including transportation, nuclear, defence, and oil & gas. He has also acted as a risk advisor for bidders of a number of PPP/PFI projects in the UK. He was recently the System Safety Lead Engineer for Infraspeed on the Dutch High Speed Rail Project, one of the largest European Railway PPP Projects to-date.
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 Mr Ignacio Serra,
Global Rail Sales Director,
Amadeus IT Group SA
A Spanish natural and an economist, Mr. Ignacio Serra is the Global Rail Sales Director in Amadeus, the worlds leading provider of IT solutions that enable success in the travel and tourism industry. As head of sales, Mr. Serra is responsible for the strategic and commercial relationship of Amadeus with all major Railways. Amadeus is currently distributing the services of 43 of the main railway companies all over the world, while facilitating the annual sale of over 50 million railway tickets.
Before joining Amadeus Mr. Serra spent several years in the Civil Engineering industry, holding different management positions in relation to challenging infrastructure projects financed by the European Commission, the World Bank and other Multilateral, Bilateral and Private Investors all over the world. He was heavily involved in different railway projects in Eastern and Western Europe. He started his career in the Banking & project financing industry.
Mr. Serra is married and has three children.
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 Jan-Willem Siebers,
Commercial Director,
High Speed Alliance
Jan-Willem Siebers is Commercial Director of High Speed Alliance (HSA), a 90% NS Dutch Railways and 10% KLM Royal Dutch Airlines responsible for the commercial introduction of high-speed rail in the Netherlands.
Prior to this assignment, Mr. Siebers was Vice President Passenger Sales & Marketing at KLM/Nedlloyd leisure subsidiary Martinair, Sales Director KLM Spain based in Madrid and had several international commercial positions within the KLM group.
Jan-Willem is 35 and married with 1 daughter and 1 son. He holds a Business Administration degree from the Erasmus University Rotterdam.
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 Dr Mike Sinclair-Williams,
Safety Manager,
Infraspeed
Mike Sinclair-Williams is currently leading the delivery of Safety and RAM targets on the Dutch High Speed Rail line, which is part of the Trans European Rail Network. He has combined his many years of experience in safety management with a PhD in safety risk management and an MBA from Henley. He is also a member of the Institution of Occupational Safety & Health as well as a member of the Institute of Directors in the UK. During his career he has led on a number of high profile PPP transport projects with a simple approach based on application of management tools and techniques to drive Board level understanding of safety forward. He is particularly interested in the interaction of different corporate cultures and business change management related to safety risk.
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 Mr Julian Smith,
Partner, Corporate Finance - Transport,
Pricewaterhousecoopers
Julian Smith is a Chartered Accountant and a partner in PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate Finance specialising in transport sector M&A and project finance, particularly for railway operators. He was a member of the team which advised London Underground on the Public Private Partnership, the largest PPP project to-date. He advised Keolis and FirstGroup on the UK’s Trans-Pennine Express rail franchise signed last year and FirstGroup on the Scotrail franchise which it won this year. He is also working on the Integrated Kent, East Coast and Greater Western franchises in the UK , advising Scottish Borders, Midlothian and City of Edinburgh Councils on the Waverley Railway Project to build a new line south of Edinburgh, and Surrey County Council on the Airtrack project which will provide a new rail link from Heathrow Airport to London Waterloo. He was co-author of PwC’s seminal paper on “Upgrading the Rail Network” in 2001 regarding the use of Special Purpose Financing vehicles for rail network enhancements and has recently published a paper on financing the EU’s Trans-European Transport Networks. Julian previously advised British Rail on the privatisation of its support businesses and the UK Shadow Strategic Rail Authority on the management and renegotiation of rail franchises. He has advised the Jordanian and Polish Governments on transport privatisation.
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 Mr Erich Soellinger,
Chief Financial Officer,
OBB- Austrian Federal Railways
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 Mr Rob Spierings,
Managing Director,
European Bulls
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 Mr Jan Sundling,
CEO,
Green Cargo
1965 – 1974 Employed at the Swedish Merchant Navy in various shipping companies.
1975 Military service as captain in the Swedish Navy.
1975 – 1978 Productioneconomist, Gränges Shipping.
1984 – 1986 Freight Manager of the Northern region, SAS Cargo.
1986 – 1990 Managing Director, Olsson & Wright.
1991 Managing director, Scanair.
1991 – 1992 Deputy Managing Director, SAS Operation.
1992- 1994 Managing Director Regular airline and Senior Deputy Managing Director, SAS Sweden.
1994-1998 Managing Director, ASG Sweden. Deputy Managing Director of the ASG Group.
1998 – 2000 Managing Director, PanNordicLogistics.
2000- 2001 Manager, SJ Cargo Group
2001 – CEO Green Cargo AB
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 Mr Johan Ter Poorten,
Director of external Relations,
Railion Nederland
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 Mr Frank Thomas,
Counsel,
Simmons and Simmons
Dr. Thomas has extensive experience in asset finance, leasing, air¬craft finance and tax law, acting for banks, airlines, municipalities and public entities in Germany. His work has involved advising on a variety of cross-border and domestic lease transactions relating to aircraft, rolling stock, helicopters and immovable assets / real estate such like waste water treatment plants, transit network system, hospitals and hydro power plants. Frank's practice area also covers bank facilities and other forms of financing as well as general cor¬porate restructuring.
Frank qualified as a German Rechtsanwalt in 1996. He qualified as a German tax lawyer (Fachanwalt für Steuerrecht) in 2000 and has a PhD from the University of Frankfurt am Main.
Frank joined Simmons & Simmons as a counsel in the Frankfurt office in January 2005 and is a member of the firm's international asset finance and leasing group. He started his leasing and asset finance career at Allen & Overy, Frankfurt, before founding his own law firm in 2000.
Frank is a member of the German association of tax lawyers. He regularly gives speeches at leasing and aircraft finance conferences in Europe and in the US and has published a book on the legal aspects of aircraft funds (GLLs) and a number of articles on asset finance and leasing topics.
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 Mr Dominik Tichelkamp,
Managing Director,
Volkswagen Transport GmbH
Mr Dominik Tichelkamp, Managing Director in Volkswagen Transport, has been working for the Volkswagen Group for almost 15 years. Mr Tichelkamp, 42 years of age, is German and has a shipping background. After the respective education in Bremen, Germany, he chose to work as a shipping agent for Nedlloyd Lines in London.
Prior to commencing his career at Volkswagen he completed his studies in Germany, emphasizing on Transportation and Logistics.
During his time in Volkswagen Mr Tichelkamp has been working as Transport Manager in Mexico and held various positions at Volkswagen Transport in Germany. He was responsible first for the European material and parts transports, later then worldwide.
In 2000 Mr Tichelkamp moved to Hungary and became Director Logistics at AUDI HUNGARIA Kft. in Györ. After 4 years in Hungary he returned to Germany and took his present position.
Volkswagen Transport is a daughter company of the Volkswagen Group, responsible for the worldwide planning, purchasing and implementing of transportation concepts. Additionally in the German plants VWT performs the necessary railway operations as well as the dispatch of goods and finished vehicles. Since shortly VWT also does the Central Container Management for the Group and has integrated the purchasing activities for contract logistics.
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 Mr Ad Toet,
Advisor Central and Eastern European Countries,
CER (community of European railways and infrastructure companies)
Mr. Ad Toet (49) started his career in 1979 as staff member of United Nations and has worked since 1991 in the field of railways development in many Central and East European countries. Co-operation with international institutions such as IBRD and EBRD gave him extensive knowledge and understanding of procedures for project preparation and appraisal. He has commercial experience with the development of intermodal shuttle services and Public Service Contracts on passenger transport. Since 2003 he is responsible for the special support given by the Community of European railway and infrastructure companies (CER) to its new members in enlarged Europe.
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 Klaus-Juergen Uhl,
CEO,
Vienna Consult
Klaus-Jürgen Uhl was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Vienna Consult in January 1998 after twelve years of consultancy work with Deutsche Eisenbahn-Consulting and five years as Head of International Freight Traffic Northern, Northwest and South Europe, Through-Traffic, Ferryboat and Shipping Man-agement of Deutsche Bahn AG.
As financial analyst, marketing and privatisation expert for railways, ports and road transport, he worked for the World Bank, European development agencies, and private companies in all five continents, in particular in South-East Asia and North/South America. Due to his Asian experience, he is particularly concerned with TQM, the establishment of international multi-modal chains of transport, and supply chains. Mr. Uhl studied Business and Economics at Brussels, Aberdeen and Mannheim University.
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 Mr Aad Veenman,
CEO,
NS Dutch Railways
From November 1st, 2002 President NV Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Education
- LTS (Junior Technical School), mechanic, 1962
- UTS (Senior Technical School), mechanical engineering, 1963
- HTS (Technical College), mechanical engineering, 1969
- Delft University of Technology, Master’s in mechanical engineering, 1974
- Delft University of Technology, Ph.D. in Technical Sciences, 1984
Track record
1988 - 2002 President and CEO Stork N.V.
1990 - 1998 Board of Management ‘Stork N.V.’
1989 - 1990 Corporate director ‘Corporate Development Stork’
1987 - 1991 Division director ‘Stork Engineering’
1986 - 1990 Managing director ‘Stork Alpha Engineering’
1977 - 1986 ‘Esmil International’ (Hoogovens), process/project engineer, marketing
1969 - 1981 ‘Delft University of Technology’, project engineer/lecturer
1989 - 1999 Part time professor at the Laboratory for Process Equipment at the Delft University of Technology
Non executive directorships
- Koninklijke Ten Cate nv
- Rabobank
- TenneT bv
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 Mr Marcel Verslype,
Executive Director,
European Rail Agency
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 Mr Jean-Arnold Vinois,
Head of Unit 'Rail Transport and Interoperability',
European Commission
Jean-Arnold VINOIS, 51, began his career in 1975 as barrister at the Brussels Bar. In 1981, he became legal adviser to UNICE, the Federation of European Industrialists and Employers. In July 1987, he joined the European Commission to work on the creation of the single market. Since 1992, he occupied within the Directorate General for Energy and Transport, several management posts dealing successively with human and financial resources, trans-european networks, transport research. Since August 2000, he is Head of the Unit responsible for Railway Transport and Interoperability
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Hans Volkers,
Business Management Consultant (Railway Branch & Asset Management),
Logica CMG
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Mr Christian Wolmar,
Journalist,
Transport Journalist
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 Mr David Wood,
Managing Director,
Blue Sky International
David is the CEO of Blue Sky Group (International) Ltd which a leader in the field of crisis management, security risk management and training.
Blue Sky Group works primarily in the Middle East where it is engaged at governmental level addressing the development of security strategies, structures and systems. It is also deeply engaged in the development of training within military, police and government agencies. David is a passionate advocate of the development of strong leadership at all levels of an organisation as a means of releasing the potential within it.
Prior to heading Blue Sky Group, David’s background was as a senior officer in the British Army and the SAS. There he was involved in crisis management at national level. He was also an instructor at the British Army’s prestigious Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
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