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18-19 June 2025
Porterbrook’s Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre

2024 Speakers

Kathryn Adams

Commercial Director
Prolectric

Andy Bagnall

Chief Executive,
Rail Partners

David Brown

Managing Director
Arriva Trains

Niall Caroll

Transport Sector Manager
FuelActive

Julie Carrier

Chief Commercial Officer UK & Europe
Unipart Rail

Daisy Chapman-Chamberlain

Innovation Manager
East West Rail

Elaine Clark

Chief Executive Officer
Rail Forum

Lily Clarke

Field Ecologist
Chevron Green Services

Shamit Gaiger

Managing Director
West Coast Partnership Development

Syeda Ghufran

Director of Engineering and Asset Management
Siemens Mobility (UK)

Lorna Gibson

Training Director
QTS

Xavier Guilhen

Technical Client Service Manager
Trough-Tec Systems

George Hazel

Director
E-Rail

Phil Hibberd

Group Head of Safety, Security & Sustainability at Transport UK and
Vice Chair of the IOSH Railway Group Committee

Ben Lane

Project Director for East Coast Digital Programme
Siemens Mobility

Caroline Lee

Senior Social Value Advisor
Volker Rail

Cate Lough

Head of Business Development
One Big Circle

Max Lytle

Chief Executive Officer
FuelActive

Milda Manomaityte

Innovation Director
RIA

Julianna Moats

National Communications Manager
Young Rail Professionals

Kathryn Oldale

Head of Strategy & Policy & Communications
DB Cargo UK Ltd

Kevin Orton

Business Development Director
Unipart

Martin Osman

Consultancy Director
Chevron Green Services

Dan Palmer

Business Development Manager
Chevron Green Services

Owen Pearson

Innovation Lead
Prolectric

Jamie Pogson

Research & Development Engineer
Pandrol

Emma Porter

Managing Director
Story Plant

Bonnie Price

CEO
Young Rail Professionals

Lucy Prior MBE

Business Growth Director
HIRD Group

Sam Riley

Recruitment Consultant, Advance TRS and
External Engagement Manager, Young Rail Professionals

Mike Roberts

Railway Chaplin
Railway Mission

Neil Robertson

Chief Executive
NSAR

Dickon Ross

Editor
RAIL

Johnny Schute

Chief Operating Officer
RSSB

Simon Skinner

Engineering Director
SPL Powerlines

John Stevens

Director
Excalibur Screwbolts

Chris Swan

Head of Rail UK & Europe
Tarmac

Mark Thompson

CEO / Inventor
AceOn Group

Kate Turner

Head of Operations and Service Delivery - North
DB Cargo

Mick Whelan

General Secretary
ASLEF

Julian Worth

Freight Lead
CILT

Matthew Wright

Policy & Regulatory Affairs Manager
Freightliner

Oleg Yakovenko

Director of Strategy and Transformation
Ukrzaliznytsya (JSC Ukrainian Railway)

Viacheslav Yeromin

Member of the Management Board
Ukrzaliznytsya (JSC Ukrainian Railway)