Simon Fletcher

Jean-Pierre Loubinoux

Director General

International Union of Railways (UIC)

In March 2009, Jean-Pierre was appointed Director-General of UIC, the worldwide association representing the rail sector and encompassing 240 railways across all the continents. Jean-Pierre holds a large scope of responsibilities at international and professional level. In 2014 he was appointed Member ofthe High-level Advisory Group to the United Nations Secretary General on Sustainable Transport. He is Chairman of AFFI (the French association of railway engineers and managers), Member of the Chartered Institute of Transport and Member of the Board of the US HighSpeed Rail Association. From 2001 to 2009 Jean-Pierre was Chairman and CEO of SNCF International.

Rumaih Al Rumaih

President

Public Transport Authority, Saudi Arabia

Rumaih has worked in both Government and Private Sectors, including Research, Education, and Transportation. He was very instrumental in the development of policies and strategies within the Government Transport Sector. Prior to being appointed as PTA President in Oct. 2016, he was the president of Saudi Railway Organization (SRO) and acting Governor of Saudi Railways Commission. Before that he held the CEO position of Saudi Railway Company (SAR) for over five years. Dr. Rumaih also led the development and acceleration of the Saudi National Railways Strategic Master Plan 2016 to 2030. The plan is expected to see future railway growth in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with 25 different lines covering 15,000km.

Joachim Winter

Senior Scientist & Project Manager "Next Generation Train - NGT"

German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Joachim joined DLR in 2008, at the Insitute of Vehicle Concepts in Stuttgart. He soon became Project Manager of the “Next Generation Train – NGT“, and then Senior Scientist in 2013. From 1987 to 2001 he held various management positions with Daimler Group, Dornier Lufthart, Mercedes Research, Dasa, and Adtranz. Joachim holds a doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from Uni Duisburg, where he was also Scientific Assistant Professor.

Elisabeth Werner

Director Land Transport, DG Move

European Commission (EC)

Elisabeth Werner, an Austrian national, joined the Commission in 1996. She has held various posts in the European Commission dealing with budget, budget control and anti-fraud, incl. as Commission Spokesperson, Member of Cabinet 2004-2008 (Vice-President Siim Kallas, Commissioner for Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud) and Head of unit responsible for relations with the Court of Auditors and budgetary discharge. In 2010-2014 she joined DG MOVE and headed the Planning, inter-institutional and communication unit for European transport policy. At the start of the Juncker Commission, Mrs Werner joined the cabinet of Vice President Kristalina Georgieva, in charge of Budget and Human resources, first as senior expert and as Head of Cabinet until end 2016. Since 2017 Mrs Werner is back to DG Mobility and Transport and was recently she appointed Director for Land Transport (rail and road).

Prof. Roger Vickerman

Emeritus Professor of European Economics

University of Kent

Elisabeth Werner

Director Land Transport, DG Move

European Commission (EC)

Elisabeth Werner, an Austrian national, joined the Commission in 1996. She has held various posts in the European Commission dealing with budget, budget control and anti-fraud, incl. as Commission Spokesperson, Member of Cabinet 2004-2008 (Vice-President Siim Kallas, Commissioner for Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud) and Head of unit responsible for relations with the Court of Auditors and budgetary discharge. In 2010-2014 she joined DG MOVE and headed the Planning, inter-institutional and communication unit for European transport policy. At the start of the Juncker Commission, Mrs Werner joined the cabinet of Vice President Kristalina Georgieva, in charge of Budget and Human resources, first as senior expert and as Head of Cabinet until end 2016. Since 2017 Mrs Werner is back to DG Mobility and Transport and was recently she appointed Director for Land Transport (rail and road).

Libor Lochman

Executive Director

Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER)

Libor has been Executive Director of CER since 1st January 2012. Prior to his role as CER Deputy Executive Director and leader of technical affairs (2007-2011), he acted as director of the Railway Test Centre, a facility for testing European rolling stock, infrastructure and signalling components, in Prague (2000-2005). Libor Lochman, born in 1963 in Czechoslovakia, graduated at the Transport University in Zilina and has a doctorate in electronics from the West-Bohemian University Plzen. He has a strong background in Control-Command and signalling systems.

Pavel Krtek

CEO & Chairman

Czech Railways

Pavel studied at Ecole Central Paris. He began his career at Lafarge Cement. He then worked for the petrochemical oil refinery group Unipetrol for nine years (member of Board). He then worked in the field of investment funds. In February 2014, he became a member of the Board of Directors of České dráhy, a.s. and on 1 March 2014 he became CFO of ČD. Pavel Krtek has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of České dráhy, a.s. since 10 November 2014. He is a member of Management Committee of Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) since 1 January 2016.

Peter Köhler

CEO

LEO Express

Peter is leading LEO Express, as a multimodal door-to-door railway and bus transportation company, focusing on superior but affordable customer services.

Laura Wright

Head of International Policy

Rail Delivery Group

Carole Coune

Acting Secretary General

European Rail Freight Association

Carole has served in different functions in Belgium in the field of railways (SNCB, cabinet of Ministers and Belgian Ministry of Transport). In particular she has played a key role in the restructuring of the Belgian state operator SNCB and in the establishment of the Belgian rail Regulatory Body. Today Carole has her own consultancy company, managing projects for different companies and is currently acting as ERFA Secretary General (from February 2018).

Florian Litterst

Deputy Head of Inspection Department

ERC.RAIL

Florian is deputy head of ERC.RAIL’s inspection department. He has a long history of expertise in matters of functional safety, railway operation and the testing of railway vehicles. He is one of the EBA-accredited assessors in Germany for functional safety and functional testing of rolling stock. Florian is also responsible for ERC-RAIL’s international projects.

Tommaso Spanevello

Public Affairs Manager

UNIFE

Tommaso works as public affairs manager at UNIFE, where he is in charge of research & innovation, sustainable mobility and digitalisation. Prior to joining UNIFE, he led the policy activities of the association representing the European rail infrastructure managers (EIM). International jurist by formation, Tommaso studied at the University of Verona (Italy) and at the University of Richmond (USA).

Giorgio Travaini

Head of Research & Innovation

Shift2Rail

As Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking’s Head of Research & Innovation, Giorgio is responsible for coordination of the JU’s programme with a view to ensuring that the activities contribute to the fulfilment of the objectives of the S2R Master Plan