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Steer Davies Gleave strengthens its Rail teams

Steer Davies Gleave are proud to announce the appointment of several new Associates who specialise in the UK rail sector.

By Steer

Steer Davies Gleave are proud to announce the appointment of several new Associates who specialise in the UK rail sector. Andrew Markham, David Smith and Michael Kilby are very welcome additions to the team and will further enhance our rail offer bringing extensive commercial and operations experience of the sector.


AMarkham
Andrew Markham: Andrew joins our advisory team as Head of Rail Demand Forecasting. He joins from Arriva UK, where he was Commercial Director, Bidding and brings extensive commercial experience of train operations including  business development,  franchise bidding and managing large multidisciplinary projects.  Previously Andrew held high profile roles as Revenue Director at DB Regio UK and Commercial Manager at GNER where he was responsible for demand forecasting, revenue management, timetable development, fares and ticketing.
 

DSmith
David Smith: David brings 30 years’ experience of railway operations, customer and contract management, freight and strategic planning. He joins from ATOC, where he was Rail Planning Manager delivering key schemes such as the increase in UK route electrification and assisting the DfT with key operator inputs for the next Control Period (CP5). During his career he has implemented Railfreight resource changes, managed major Freight  customer contracts , was Business and Operations Manager for Crossrail under Network South East, Operations Manager for North London Railways and worked in OPRAF and the SRA on a wide range of projects and franchise issues.

Michael K
MKilby
ilby
: Michael joins from Crossrail, where he was the Rolling Stock and Rail Systems Manager and later, Head of System Safety. He brings 23 years’ of rail experience, which includes extensive design and commissioning work in the UK, Europe and southeast Asia and a number of rolling stock and depot procurements both in the UK and overseas. His career highlights include leading the technical specification and procurement of the UK’s first High Speed (225kph) commuter fleet. Michael will develop our rolling stock and depot services offer to further enhance our capability in this market area.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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