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Speakers 
 Robert Brown,
Marketing Director,
Jeppesen
Robert Brown (b. 1960) is the Marketing Director of the Rail, Logistics and Terminals business unit of Jeppesen since 2004. Jeppesen’s portfolio of Rail Crew and Fleet resource optimisation solutions is marketed and sold to passenger and freight rail operators worldwide, and has its origins within the Carmen Systems and Opcom companies, acquired in 2006. Since his joining Carmen in 2001, Robert has made significant contributions to the organisation development of Carmen, as well as the recent development of the new Jeppesen organisation.
Prior to his work at Jeppesen, Robert has held the position of Managing Director within the Hogia Group, as well as other executive management roles. He has long and solid experience as a management consultant within the transportation, IT, and telecom industries, specialising in process and business control methods. He holds a degree in mathematics from the Australian National University.
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 Francisco José Cardoso dos Reis,
President,
Comboios de Portugal - Portuguese Railway Company
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Franco Castagnetti,
Overall NEWOPERA Project Manager,
New Opera
NewOPERA overall project manager, Vice chairman of The European Freight & Logistics Leaders Forum, former Director of Procurement & Supply Chain Management of Polimeri Europa Milano (ENI Energy Group), former Managing Director and member of the board of CNM, a shipping line and several other companies in the Intermodal industry.
Former member of the EU Freight Freeways advisory Team, and Task force Intermodality.
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Mike Clarke,
CADD Development Manager,
Scott Wilson Railways
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 Jean-Michel Dancoisne,
CEO,
Thalys International
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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 Gianluigi De Carlo,
CEO,
Galleria di Base del Brennero - Brenner Basistunnel BBT SE
Gianluigi De Carlo was born in Montebelluna in 1955 and graduated from Università degli Studi di Roma in civil and transportation engineering in 1979. He obtained registration as a professional engineer in 1980. He joined Ferrovie dello Stato in 1982 as head of the 2nd operational department of the Venice operations division. In 1991 he was nominated director and was in charge of investment planning activities which he subsequently implemented. Since 2003, Mr. Gianluigi De Carlo has been holding the position of CEO of the Galleria di Base del Brennero – Brenner Basistunnel BBT SE jointly held by Italy and Austria (50% respectively).
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 Ian Dobbs,
Chief Executive, Rail Division,
StageCoach Group
Educated at the University of Dundee, Nottingham-born Ian Dobbs spent 16 years with British Rail, progressing from graduate operations management trainee to Divisional Director at Great Eastern, where he was responsible for 5,000 employees.
Between 1988 and 1993 Ian steered the Great Eastern division through several major reorganisations, significant work practice reforms and a major capital works upgrade.
Ian was soon headhunted by the Victorian Government in Australia to lead its transport reform agenda as Chief Executive Officer of the Victorian Public Transport Corporation.
Ian restructured and reformed the public transport industry in the state with successes including a reduction in the state subsidy pa of over $250m with total cumulative savings of $1 billion and introducing quality and safety accreditation to all businesses. Ian also achieved previously unattained operational quality levels on all modal services.
Ian is married with two teenage children. In 2005 Ian persuaded his family to leave the sunshine of Australia to come back to England after accepting the challenge of heading up Stagecoach’s rail division, replacing retiring chairman Graham Eccles.
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Denis Douté,
VP International Corporate Development,
Fret SNCF
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Hubert du Mesnil,
Chief Executive Officer,
RFF
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 Carlos Alberto João Fernandes,
Member of the Board,
REFER EP
After graduating in Civil Engineering from the Higher Technical Institute (IST) in 1991, he took a Master’s degree in Transport at IST in 1995.
He has been a lecturer at IST since 1993, teaching Transport, Communications and Road Traffic Management among other disciplines.
Between 2000 and 2002, he was a member of the consortium providing financial advice to NAER on the tenders for the new Lisbon Airport and the privatisation of ANA, and was an Adviser to the Health Partnerships Mission secretariat between 201 and 2002.
From 2000 to 2005, he was Managing Director of Mobilidade, a company providing consultancy services in the area of Public-Private Partnerships for Transport, Energy and Environmental infrastructures.
From 1997 to 2002, he was assistant/adviser to the Secretary of State for Public Works, responsible for the restructuring and design of project finance plans in the roads sector.
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 Emilio Fernández Fernández,
Chairman and Executive Director,
Transfesa
Place and date of birth: 30th July, 1947. Vigo (Pontevedra)
Bachelor of Arts in Business Economics by the University of Santiago de Compostela.
Professional career.
1975-1979, General Manager at Louro Refrigeration Industry.
1979-1990, Executive Director of Transfesa.
1990-until the current year. Chairman and Executive Director of Transfesa.
Director of Helicsa. Director of Semat. Director of Capsa.
Director of LIESA. Member of STVA Board of Directors.
Chairman of FAPROVE, the P-wagons Spanish association
2005- Chairman of European Freight & Logistics Leaders Club
Transportes Ferroviarios Especiales, S.A., TRANSFESA, is the main private logistics operator specialized in rail freight transportation in Spain and one of the largest in Europe.
Since it was created in 1943, the Company, which is based in Madrid, has specialised in consolidation, transportation and delivery of goods, and its main objective is to become a comprehensive logistic operator for customers.
As far as international transportation is concerned, the company has 7,983 wagons with interchangeable axles, 2,455 swap-bodies and 341 trucks.
A total sale of 316.5 million euros and 308,085 deliveries were reported in 2004.
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Luis Fernandez Jimenez,
Director International Business,
Alcatel Solutions, Transport Solution Division
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 Mr Jan Forsberg,
President & CEO,
SJ
Jan Forsberg, president and CEO of SJ AB, Sweden’s leading rail operator. He has held this post for two years, having previously spent a decade in the air transport industry with SAS. Since Jan took up his position, SJ has stabilised its financial status, markedly improved basic quality within its operations and has undertaken measures to create a sound, profitable and competitive company in an increasingly deregulated rail market.
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Vicente Gago,
Executive Director of Programming and Technical Coordination of High Speed Lines,
ADIF
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 Detlef Golletz,
Assistant Director of Infrastructure,
SEEDA & IMPACTE
Detlef has been practising in Planning and Transport for over 20 years, firstly in the private sector, then for a number of public sector authorities. He studied in Berlin, Oxford and Glasgow and is a Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute. He has given lectures at TU Berlin, Bauhaus University Weimar, Oxford Brookes University and University College London. He recently published an article on polycentric development in the Kent Thames Gateway in a publication series of the German Planning Ministry (BBau).
He gained experience in environmental and landscape planning through working on a number of national garden festivals in Glasgow, Liverpool, Stoke on Trent and Ebw Vale. His work for a number of UK based consultancies involved environmental impact assessments for transport schemes, such as the Skye Bridge in Scotland, Navigation on the River Severn in England, Motorway widening schemes on the M40, road upgrading schemes in St Lucia and airfield extension works in Nevis. After German Unification, he set up a planning consultancy for Conran Roche (later EDAW) in Berlin and worked on economic regeneration programs in the area around Berlin. He devised the first economic programme for the Oder National Park. After the abolition of Apartheid, Detlef helped establish a planning office, jointly for Tibbalds Monro in London, a New York practice and a local practice in Johannesburg, South Africa. Here he worked on the regeneration and physical re-integration of Johannesburg Station and a number of mixed-use, multi cultural housing schemes.
Subsequently his work in the public sector concentrated on regeneration and transport infrastructure in the Thames Gateway, East London. He then joined the Civil Service and worked in the development unit of the Government Office for London, progressing government regeneration funding schemes for the new Wembley Stadium, South Bank cultural centre, the creation of a new development district of London South Central, reconstruction of the Elephant & Castle housing estates and was also involved in initial negotiations to locate the London Olympics in East London.
In the South East of England Development Agency he is heading a team of 10 planning, transport and architecture professionals. He is running three ERDF funded projects with a total value of € 59m making investments along the CTRL link and also in Reading, Hastings and the Ports of Southampton, Portsmouth Dover and Ramsgate. He also facilitates the implementation of a number of infrastructure projects of national and regional importance, such as rail access to Heathrow, the rail freight gauge enhancement between Southampton and the Midlands and East West Rail Link. He works closely with colleagues in the other eight RDAs on issues of joint interest, such as the RDA response to the Aviation White Paper, the current Ports Policy review and the development of RDA criteria to prioritise infrastructure investments of national economic importance.
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Enrico Grillo-Pasquarelli,
Head of Unit Rail Transport & interoperability,
European Commission
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Andrew Harvey,
Operations manager,
Keolis
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 Martin Huber,
Chief Executive Officer,
ÖBB - Austrian Federal Railways
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 Antoine Hurel,
Deputy Chief Executive Officer,
Veolia Transportation
Since 2004 Veolia Cargo
President
Veolia Transport's subsidiary spezialised in development and management of industrial activities, particularly rail freight business
Since 2000 Veolia Transport
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Veolia Environnement's Division spezialised in Transport business
1999-2004 Connex North America
Chairman and President
Subsidiary in charge of management and development of Connex's activities in USA. Boston Commuter Rail.
1996-2003 Connex Transport UK
Chief Executive, then Chairman Subsidiary in charge of management of Connex's activities in UK.
1995-1996 CFTA
Managing Director
Subsidiary in charge of all rail-related activities in France (passengers & freight)
1992-1995 CGEA Connex
Major Transport Projects Director
Major rail projects development. Acquisitions,
1988-1992 Parimétal
Deputy Managing Director
Medium size electric cable company
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 Mr Christopher Hurst,
Director, Projects Directorate,
European Investment Bank
Christopher HURST is Director of the Infrastructure Department of the EIB. Composed of teams of engineers and economists, this department is responsible for project identification, appraisal (covering technical, financial, economic and environmental aspects), the monitoring of project implementation, as well as for sector studies relating to the transport and water sectors.
He joined the bank in 1989 as an economist involved in the appraisal of infrastructure projects, firstly within in the EU and then in Eastern Europe, Asia and Latin America. For five years from 1996 to 2001, he was Head of the Bank’s Economic and Financial Studies Division and was responsible for studies covering a wide range of longer-term strategy issues.
Before joining the EIB, Mr Hurst held academic positions in Economics and Management Science at the Universities of Oxford and London and worked as a management consultant. He holds a Doctorate from Harvard University and is also a graduate from Imperial College, London.
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Christopher Jackson,
Editor,
Railway Gazette International
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 Paul Keser,
Business Unit Director, Rail,
AMADEUS
A Dutch national with 20 years experience in the technology industry, Mr. Paul Keser is the Business Unit Director of Rail in Amadeus, the worlds leading provider of IT solutions that enable success in the travel and tourism industry. As head of the unit, Mr. Keser has overall responsibility of Amadeus’ strategic and commercial direction and the partnership 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.
Mr. Keser has spent several years with Amadeus in various commercial senior management positions in the Travel Services and Tourism area before turning his hand towards the Rail industry. This experience will be put to good use during these challenging times where Railways are looking to diversify and become global travel sellers. Before joining Amadeus Mr. Keser spent several years with both technology and travel related companies, such as Budget Rent a Car and Olivetti. Mr. Keser also spent time as COO with a successful start-up and gained excellent experience on how to build a business from scratch, his degrees in Business Administration and Information Systems providing him a solid base to work from.
Mr. Keser is married and has three children.
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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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Michael Leining,
Head of Demand Management and Planning – Telecommunication,
DB Netz AG
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 Hans Leister,
General Manager, Germany,
Keolis
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 Miguel Llevat,
General Manager,
Comsa Rail Transport
Miquel LLEVAT (Reus, 1959), is a Civil Engineer specialised in Transports, Harbours and Urbanism, who has developed his professional career in the railway.
He started working in 1979 in the “Transportes Metropolitanos de Barcelona” (Barcelona Metropolitan Means of Transport), from where he joined the “Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya” (Railways of the Catalonian Government) carrying more than 60 million passengers per year, where he held several directive positions, the last one as the General Director between 1993 and 2000.
In 2000 he joined GRUPO COMSA, where he currently is in charge of the Technical Services Direction and, since January 2005, he is also the General Director of Transports and International Railways Business.
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 Johannes Ludewig,
Executive Director,
Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies
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 Ulf Lundin,
Director General,
Järnvägsstyrelsen - Swedish Rail Agency
Ulf Lundin has been the Director-General of the Swedish Rail Agency (SRA) since 2004. SRA is the regulatory body and safety authority for railways in Sweden. He is a board member of the European Railway Agency.
Between 1999 and 2004, he was in charge of the road and railway infrastructure division at the Ministry of Industry, Employment and Communications in Sweden.
He worked at the Ministry of Transport and Communications from 1991 to 1999, and prior to this, at the Swedish Board of Transport, a traffic planning agency.
He was born in Uppsala in 1961 and studied national economics and human geography at Stockholm University between 1980 and 1984.
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 Arthur-Iren Martini,
Secretary General,
Netzwerk Privatbahnen e.V.
Arthur Martini’s career started in the international power plant business.
In the late eighties Mr. Martini was CEO of a Joint Venture (Power Plant Manufacturing) in Istambul/Turkey. He then was CFO of a company for microbiological remediation of contaminated soils (Philipp Holzmann Group) and later joined Lyonnaise des Eau in Paris and Berlin as Vice President of the Water Privatisation Business in Central and Northern Europe. The full privatisation of the Rostock Water Works was a pioneer project at that time.
In the late ninetieth Arthur joined Vivendi, having bought the majority of the largest private Railway operator in Germany. He became Managing Director of that Group of Companies which later became “Connex Germany” which recently changed its name again to “Veolia Germany”.
Before Mr. Martini was appointed Secretary General of Netzwerk Privatbahnen early 2005 he was working in the field of executive search for Egon Zehnder International and he was partner of a medium sized Law Firm in Berlin.
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 Mr Richard Middleton,
Associate,
Steer Davies Gleave
ichard is currently leader of Steer Davies Gleave’s Private Finance Group, which supports both private sector bidders and government in the development and awarding and winning of concessions for rail, urban transport and road projects.
Richard has degrees in economics and business administration and before moving into consultancy was a senior manager in a number of railroad administrations, including British Rail and the NSW State Rail Authority, Sydney.
He has extensive experience in undertaking strategic reviews of rail businesses and ensuring their effective implementation. He had been involved in the privatisation of rail and bus businesses, both from the perspective of seller and buyer.
Richard has been project director for clients on a number of major concession bids around the world, where he received significant exposure to what works and does not work in the development of PPP in differing transport schemes.
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 Mauro Moretti,
CEO,
RFI (Italian Rail Network)
Born in Rimini on 29th October 1953, currently residing in Rome, married and father of a daughter.
ACADEMIC, PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS:
Degree in engineering, cum laude, from the University of Bologna in 1977;
Certified to practice as an engineer;
Entered on the Rolls of Engineers of the Province of Rome.
CURRENT ACTIVITIES:
Chief Executive Officer of RFI S.p.A. (Italian Railway Network) since July 2001.
OTHER POSITIONS CURRENTLY HELD:
Chairman of the Oversight Committee of the European Company BBT (Basic Brenner Tunnel) since 2005;
Chairman of the Scientific Committee of Eurail Speed 2005, the Fifth World High-Speed Railway Congress, for the UIC (Union Internationale des Chemins de Fer);
Chairman of the Board of Italian Railway Engineers since 2004;
Vice President of the Rome Industrialists Union since 2004;
Vice President AGENS, Confindustria, since 1999;
Co-Chairman of the Délégation Internationale pour les Affaires du Chemin de Fer du Simplon since 1999;
Member of the National Public Works Council since 2000;
Member of the Transportation Risk Section of the National Commission for the Forecasting and Prevention of Major Risks since 2000;
Member of the Executive Council of the CESIT, Centre for Studies and Research on Mass Transportation Systems, since 2001;
Board Member of Lyon Turin Ferroviaire S.a.S. since 2001;
Member of the Executive Committee of the Italian Tunnels Company since 2002;
Member of the Executive Committee of the ISTIEE, Institute for the Study of Transportation within European Economic Integration, since 2002;
Member of the Governing Council of the ANIE, National Federation of Electro-Technical and Electronics Enterprises of the Confindustria, since 2003;
Major of Mompeo (Rieti) since 2004.
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Mr Tariq Nazeer,
E-Business Segment Manager,
Hewlett-Packard
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Javier Perez Sanz,
Director General of Commuter and Mid Distance Services,
RENFE
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 Paul Plummer,
Director of Corporate Planning & Regulatory Affairs,
Network Rail
Paul Plummer is responsible for all aspects of Network Rail’s relationship with the UK Office of Rail Regulation and government on issues of economic regulation including periodic reviews of Network Rail’s income requirement. He is also responsible for the company’s business planning process and the development of route utilisation strategies.
He is also a member of the European Rail Infrastructure Manager (EIM) board, an organisation which promotes the interests of rail infrastructure managers within the European political and technical institutions, as well as working with other sector stakeholders to promote increased rail market liberalisation and competition.
He was formerly Chief Economist at the UK Office of Rail Regulation. Previously he has worked at NERA, N.M. Rothschild and Accenture where he advised governments and companies on corporate strategy, privatisation, regulation and finance primarily in the utilities sector.
In his spare time, Paul is a keen cricket and hockey player, as well as a father of four young children.
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 Michael Robson,
Secretary General,
European Rail Infrastructure Managers Association
Michael will take over the role as Secretary General of EIM (European Rail Infrastructure Managers) the 1st of September 2006. During the last 4 years Michael has been responsible for the development of Network Rail’s European policy, ensuring that Network Rail’s interests were promoted using appropriate media to do so.
This included raising the profile of Network Rail in Europe and the profile of European issues within Network Rail by targeting the company’s resources to the key areas of interest. Michael also participates at UIC and RNE meetings and forums in addition to European Commission and Parliament meetings, ensuring that the voice of Network Rail is heard in each of these organisations.
Michael is a career railwayman with a career spanning 35 years during which time he has held senior roles in both the operations and commercial fields. These roles have included responsibility for the national reorganisation and centralisation of Engineering Access Planning for Network Rail, development of the Network Statement and International Timetabling issues, performance management. He also led project based work developing a successful internet based possession planning system.
Apart from his formal responsibilities at Network Rail and shortly at EIM, Michael has also held the position of Director of Enterprise Ashford and of a number of other Enterprise Agencies. He is also former chairman of Ashford Chamber of Commerce and Industry and of the Northumbria Club. His hobbies include walking, gardening, travel, and good food and wine. Michael is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Transport & Logistics and the Institute of Management
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 Matthias Ruete,
Director General for Energy and Transport,
European Commission
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 Mr Henk Schaafstal,
Manager Logistics/Strategy Products,
Sabic Europe B.V.
Henk Schaafstal was born in 1957. He studied Chemical Engineering at the University of Groningen (The Netherlands) and started his career with DSM as Chemical Engineer in 1984. In 1985 his career changed towards the field of logistics and supply chain management. He fulfilled a wide range of “supply chain” related functions a.o. as logistic manager in the field of EPDM- and ABS production and as operations manager in a laboratory for the development of plastics applications.
In 2000 he took the European Master Logisticians course of VLM. He graduated as European Master Logistician (EM-log) in 2001. As from this date he held several functions related to the development and implementation of logistic strategy within SABIC. In this period he worked a lot in the field of rail- and intermodal transport developing and implementing several “new” rail concepts.
As from 2007 Henk will combine his current job with part time consultancy in the field of Supply Chain Management. Focus will be on creating innovative supply chain solutions with a focus on rail- and inter-modal transport.
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Giuseppe Smeriglio,
Managing Director,
FS Cargo
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 Mr Julian Smith,
Partner, Corporate Finance - Transport,
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Julian Smith is a Chartered Accountant, a partner in the PricewaterhouseCoopers UK firm in Corporate Finance, specialising in transport sector M&A and project finance, and the PricewaterhouseCoopers global network rail sector leader. He was a member of the team which advised London Underground on their Public Private Partnership, the largest PPP project to-date in the UK. He also advised Keolis and FirstGroup on the UK’s Trans-Pennine Express rail franchise and FirstGroup on the ScotRail and Greater Western franchises. He is currently advising the Scottish Borders, Midlothian and City of Edinburgh Councils on the Waverly Railway Project to build a new railway line south of Edinburgh in Scotland, and transport initiatives edinburgh (tie) on the Edinburgh Tram Network and the Edinburgh Airport Rail Link.
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 Jürgen Sorgenfrei,
Chairman,
Port of Hamburg
Dr. Jürgen Sorgenfrei is the chairman of Port of Hamburg Marketing Association since November 2001. Dr. Sorgenfrei, 51, is married and has two children. Since 1998 he has headed the market and project development department - with nine staff - for Hamburger Hafen- und Lagerhaus-AG (HHLA). A economics graduate, he gained his doctorate at the University of Hamburg's Institute of Transport in 1988. Dr. Sorgenfrei gathered his first port-related career experience with Hamburg Port Consulting GmbH, an HHLA consultancy firm. In 1991 he was appointed head of department in the TLM -Transport, Logistics and Management - field and chairman of the joint venture ISETEC Innovative Seaport Technologies.
The Port of Hamburg Association champions the interests of the Port of Hamburg while remaining neutral vis-à-vis firms and competitors within the port. The association serves as a central point of contact for the port’s customers from all over the world. It provides news and information on the performance and potential of Germany’s largest seaport, looks after clients and projects, organizes the port’s participation at trade fairs and exhibitions and stages port-specific seminars and international conferences.
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Ted Stephens,
Bentley Systems
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 Raimund Stüer,
CMO,
TX Logistik AG
Study of Business Management
Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität, Münster
Final degree: Dipl.-Kaufmann
TNT Express GmbH, Troisdorf
Different positions in the central division of Sales and Marketing
and functions as Sales and Branch director
Member of the board TNT Express Holding GmbH, Troisdorf
Director Sales and Marketing
In this function responsible for the development of national
courier and express services
Member of the board Deutsche Post Express und Transport GmbH, Bonn
Director Sales and Marketing
Responsible for the build-up and restructuring of several new business fields of Deutsche Post AG
Member of the Board Euro Express Deutsche Post AG, Bonn
Director Sales, Responsible for the build-up and directing of sales for the Parcel, Express and International-business unit
Member of the Board TX Logistik AG
Responsible for Sales and Marketing
International Development and Strategy
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 Arnold Trümpi,
Head of ETCS,
Swiss Federal Railways (SBB)
Arnold Trümpi (Master of Electrical Engineering and MBA, age 41) is dedicated ERTMS programme manager inside the infrastructure division of Swiss Federal Railways (SFR).
He joined SFR in 2001 after many years in the rolling stock industry and in consultant services. Within SFR he built up the new business unit ETCS dealing with the implementation of ERTMS throughout Switzerland.
Arnold Trümpi is responsible for all ERTMS migration and application aspects within SFR. In his role as head of the business unit ETCS he is reporting directly to the infrastructure director.
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Luc Vansteenkiste,
Managing Director, Network Access,
Infrabel SA
Luc Vansteenkiste is now Managing Director of the department Access to the Network of Infrabel, the Belgian infrastructure manager. The department Access to the Network is in charge with the repartition and attribution of the capacity of the railway infrastructure according to the needs of the railway operators and the determination of the rates, invoicing and perception of the charges for the use of infrastructure
When he began his professional career, he first spent some months in China teaching telecommunication at the University of Peking.
In 1993 he became IT Manager at Eurostar where he coordinated the creation of the inventory and distribution systems for ticket sales and check-in.
A few years later, he returned to the Eurostar Group as Managing Director, responsible for al the IT, Human resources and finance.
In-between, he managed the French and Belgian branch called Systrail and was in charge with the development and the exploitation of the reservation systems for high speed trains (Eurostar and Thalys).
In 2000 he returned to Belgium as Managing Director of IT at the Belgian Railways. In 2002 he managed IT as well as the telecommunications department.
During the reorganisation of the Belgian railway group into three separate entities, he became à member of the Executive Committee of Infrabel as Managing Director of Access to the Network.
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 Mr Tom Winsor,
Partner, White & Case,
Rail Regulator and International Rail Regulator, Great Britain 1999-2004
In 2004, Tom Winsor (47) joined White & Case's London office as a partner. From 1999-2004, he was UK Rail Regulator and International Rail Regulator, a time of considerable turbulence for the British railway industry. His policy was firm, fair and proportionate regulation of the monopoly and dominant elements of the railway industry, and reforms to the regulatory and contractual matrix to put right the shortcomings built into it at the time of privatisation in 1994-97. In 2001, Railtrack collapsed and the industry underwent a major upheaval with the creation of a successor, Network Rail. In his period of office, Mr Winsor carried out two major reviews of the financial framework of the British railway industry, setting Network Rail's income for the operation, maintenance and renewal of the national railway network at £22.2 billion for the five years 2004-09. He also carried out major reforms of the infrastructure provider's network licence, its principal instrument of accountability to the public interest, and of the contractual matrix between Network Rail and the passenger and freight train operators, providing a firm and sustainable underpinning to the separation of infrastructure and operations and recognising the intensity of the interdependence of the partners. He also sat in arbitration in major legal disputes.
As Rail Regulator, Mr Winsor was also a member of the group of nine economic regulators of the UK, and the senior member of the convention of European rail regulatory authorities.
Mr Winsor's practice at White & Case embraces infrastructure projects in the UK, Europe and elsewhere, and will include the development of work advising clients in regulatory dynamics, price reviews and connected matters. White & Case is a global law firm with 38 offices in 25 countries.
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