Famous five for Spencer Rail Samantha Wadsworth has joined Spencer Rail as Programme Director for the Wessex Package 7 platform lengthening programme. She previously worked for Network Rail. Tom Kerins re-joins Spencer Rail as Programme Director for the £15m Gravesend blockade. Tom has just returned from a spell in Australia. He is also the Programme Director for East Kent Phase 2. Neil Owen has joined the West London Lines team as Project Director. He previously worked for Network Rail Asset Management. Paul Ritchie has joined as Operations Director for Signalling and Telecoms – and brings with him 25 years of national and international experience in both electrical and mechanical engineering. Martin Oates has joined as Operations Director for the platform lengthening programme West London Lines and will oversee a project at Purley. He was most recently a Senior Project Manager on the £100m Three Bridges depot, working for Siemens and the Department for Transport (DfT). Says Raj Sinha, Managing Director of Spencer Rail, ‘We’d like to welcome all new starters to the team. They will support our existing team and are in turn supported by colleagues from across our wider group of companies. We’re confident that the new additions will build on the already strong teams we have in place to ensure we continue to focus all our energies on delivering safe, efficient and innovative projects on behalf of all our clients.’
Martin Oates.
Paul Ritchie.
Neil Owen.
Tom Kerins.
Creative for Eurostar
Men at work
Christopher Jenner takes up the newly created role of Creative Director at Eurostar. The job will emphasise the importance of creative design in new and existing projects across Eurostar’s business. Jenner’s arrival coincides with Eurostar’s planned investment of £700 million in a new fleet. The appointment recognises the important role physical design plays in delivering top quality transport. Says Nick Mercer, Commercial Director, Eurostar, ‘The success of our business rests on the strength of our product and we have a long history of breaking the mould to bring our customers the very best travel experience. All aspects of the Eurostar physical environment work together to bring our brand to life and our travellers demand and deserve the
Peter Koning has been appointed to lead Network Rail Consulting in Australia and New Zealand. Based in Sydney, New South Wales, Peter joins NRC from AECOM Australia, where he was director in charge of rail operations, asset management and rail reform. Peter has been directly involved in some of Australia’s most important rail programmes, including the recent East Coast high-speed rail study. Koning has a strong background in rail operations, strategic planning and system regulation, having previously worked for British Rail and Network Rail. Peter joined British Rail at Ipswich in 1979. He read for a BA degree in Transport at Portsmouth University and an MSc in Transport and Distribution at Salford. He has worked on the Crossrail project, the
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very best. We have some exciting projects in the pipeline which will continue this tradition of innovation and excellence.’ In his work Christopher Jenner combines both heritage and tradition with a sense of the contemporary. Born in South Africa, he graduated from Cape Town and lived in Paris, Tel Aviv and Hong Kong before settling in London. Jenner was awarded ‘British Breakthrough Talent’ for 2012 by FX magazine.
Channel Tunnel Rail Link and was previously Deputy Director European Affairs at Railtrack. A productive almost six year stint at AECOM saw him involved with Portuguese High Speed Rail, Rail Baltica - connecting Estonia and Poland and the Bulgarian Transport Plan. Koning also worked on the Felixstowe - Nuneaton upgrade project. Latterly at AECOM in Australia he has worked on the North West Rail Link, Sydney as Shadow Rail Operator and at the Sydney Light Rail Program Phase 2 as well as the Cross River Rail Project in Brisbane. www.railstaff.co.uk