Experience

Porterbrook

• United Kingdom
• Rail Transportation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Freight

  • May 2021 - Present



GB Railfreight

• United Kingdom
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Head Of Strategic Development

  • May 2020 - May 2021

• General Manager Infrastructure

  • Jan 2017 - May 2020

  • Commercially responsible for the delivery of all services provided by GB Railfreight to Network Rail Infrastructure haulage, Crossrail (ATC), HS1• Acting as a strategic contractual focal point for internal and external stakeholders • Manage budgets related to the delivery of Customer’s train services, including producing financial projections, being accountable for costs of delivery • Leading the Internal and external commercial liaison to ensure train plans are delivered to the Customer’s requirements and KPI's set in line with contractual requirement • Lead negotiations of contracts and financial arrangements with Customers at bidding and/or Contract renewal stages. Show less

• Senior Contract Manager

  • Oct 2016 - Jan 2017

  • Lead, manage and implement various contracts on behalf of GBRf including Crossrail tunnel build, Network Rail seasonal trains and HS1 contracts• Act as the key internal and external contact for delivery of all contracts within the portfolio• Responsible for the finance and financial trend analysis relating to all aspects of the portfolio• Implementing KPI’s to ensure all stakeholder are receiving a cost effective service to the highest standards• Take the strategic view to ensure high delivery outputs and challenge any inefficiencies• Collate new tenders for new business to increase revenue and return on sales figures Show less

• Contract Manager (Seasonal and Special Services)

  • Sep 2014 - Oct 2016

  Responsible for establishing, implementing and delivering all aspects of GBRf obligations with C610 Crossrail and Network Rail Seasonal contracts. • Manage the daily delivery of Seasonal trains across three Network Rail routes• Manage the GBRf delivery of the C610 Crossrail contract by supplying traction and man power to complete the tunnel construction. • Developing and implementing the strategy for the lifecycle of both contracts.• Responsible for all financial controls relating to both C610 and Network Rail seasonal contracts.• Commercial management of numerous complex customers and supplier relations.• Liaising with customers to deliver the most cost effective and efficient service.• Continually look at opportunities to build and maximise the UK Rail freight network with GBRf Show less



Network Rail

• United Kingdom
• Rail Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Route Control Manager

  • Jun 2011 - Sep 2014

  Lead on an on-going basis, good working relationships with Network Rail staff, train operators, contractors and other key industry partners to deliver an effective safe railway during normal and disruptive events.

• Project Manager (Secondment)

  • Sep 2013 - Dec 2013

  • Lead a regional strategy for the South East to implement a new rail head treatment train, to improve industry management of autumn weather events• Work with industry stakeholders (TOC’s and FOC’s) to maximise the autumn railhead treatment, whilst significantly improving the daily treatment coverage percentage• Accountable for the management of railhead treatment trains for LSE (London South East)• Identify and lead a team of experts to enhance results• Create and implement a structure to ensure delivery of autumn was enhanced from an industry perspective Show less

• Project Manager (Secondment)

  • Mar 2012 - Sep 2012

  • Responsible for designing and managing the operational plans for Sussex during the 2012 Olympics, which included: maintenance plans, manning gold control and working closely with the BTP and the Olympic delivery team. • Introduced a new role during the Olympics 2012 to take a helicopter view on operational matters, ensuring senior stakeholders are fully briefed and updated throughout the games.• Leading a strategy to enhance the information flow to the end user (the passenger) during the games, whilst ensuring the key messages are actioned internally• Working with the Olympic authority to engage the general public to find out what was important to people who were travelling to the games• Create a 24/7 joint (TOC / NR) role which took a holistic view to ensure operations ran smoothly Show less

• Train Running Controller

  • Nov 2007 - Jun 2011

  Manage train services on the Sussex and adjoining routes during normal operation and disruptive events.



Southern Railway

• Rail Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Operations Trainee

  • May 2006 - Nov 2007

  Learn all aspects of Operations within Southern Railway as well undertaking various projects.Various placements with Southern Railway in order to understand the complete business for an operations perspective this included:• Understand all roles within Control• Work closely with the Performance section to fully understand performance• Be the Author of the autumn and winter plans to understand the impact of weather on railway operations • Manage a control office move• Work with stations to understand the commercial side of the business Show less

• Service engineer

  • Jan 2004 - May 2006

  Responsible for carrying out repairs fault finding and maintenance work on the 377 trains.