London, 2012-Jan-27
Taking overall responsibility for delivery of the Thameslink project for Siemens, David joins the company with over 35 years experience in major civil and transport related projects. For the past 20 years he has specialised in railway enterprises, ranging from mainline to suburban and metro networks. David has been involved in a broad spectrum of projects, from the definition of operational requirements through to system design, detailed engineering, construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance.
He was Programme Director for the successful introduction in December 2009 of a major timetable change involving 2000 services a day throughout south-east London and Kent, including the integration of a new, and the UK’s first, high speed commuter train service.
David said: “I’m delighted to be joining Siemens at a very exciting time. Thameslink is such an important project not only for Siemens, but the entire UK rail industry, so being appointed as Thameslink programme director for Siemens is a challenge which I take very seriously.”
Steve Scrimshaw, managing director for Siemens Rail Systems in the UK said: “I’m delighted to welcome David to Siemens. He has a first class reputation in the rail industry and I am looking forward to utilising his experience and expertise. His appointment comes at an exciting time - the Eurostar E320s are currently being built, and our Desiro Class 350/2s are setting new reliability records. Under the expertise of David we can now look forward to the Desiro City being delivered for Thameslink.”
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About Siemens
Siemens was established in the United Kingdom 169 years ago and now employs 12,972 people in the UK. Last year’s revenues were £4.4 billion*. As a leading global engineering and technology services company, Siemens provides innovative solutions to help tackle the world’s major challenges, across the key sectors of energy, industry, infrastructure & cities and healthcare. Siemens has offices and factories throughout the UK, with its headquarters in Frimley, Surrey. The company’s global headquarters is in Munich, Germany. For more information, visit www.siemens.co.uk
* Data includes intercompany revenue. Data may not be comparable with revenue reported in annual or interim reports.
As part of the Siemens Infrastructure & Cities Sector, Siemens Rail Systems Division provides expertise and technology in the full range of rail vehicles – from heavy rail to metros to trams and light-rail vehicles. In the UK, the Division employs around 650 people and maintains over 350 Siemens passenger trains for First TransPennine Express, South West Trains, Heathrow Express, National Express East Anglia, Northern Rail, London Midland and ScotRail.
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