The Whitehall Lecture – ‘UK Transport – are we investing enough to avoid gridlock and meet the capacity challenge?’ Given by Richard Brown CBE, DL
| Date & Time: | February 9, 2017 6:00 pm | Add to Calendar (.ics) |
| Venue: | Simmons & Simmons |
Richard Brown CBE, DL.
Richard Brown is a Non-Executive Director of the Department of Transport, Network Rail and HS2 Ltd. He was Chief Executive of Eurostar from August 2002 to April 2010 and Chairman until June 2013. Prior to this he was Commercial Director and a main Board Director of National Express Group plc, where he set up its UK Trains Division.
He is currently Chairman of Catalyst Housing Ltd and Deputy President of the French Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain.
Richard has spent 36 years in the transport industry, and was a Director of British Rail’s Intercity Division before privatisation. Richard is a past President of Railteam and of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, and was twice Chairman of the Association of Train Operating Companies.
Richard was appointed CBE in 2007. He was educated at Cambridge, University College London, and Harvard.
Registration is from 5.30pm and the lecture will start promptly at 6pm and is followed by a drinks reception.
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