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Wednesday 20 Jul 2016

Network Rail Consulting appoints Jason Wassermann to lead Middle East operations

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Network Rail Consulting, a wholly owned subsidiary of Network Rail – the owner and operator of Britain’s railway infrastructure – has appointed Jason Wassermann as its new regional director for the Middle East.

Mr Wassermann is a chartered civil engineer with over 26 years' international commercial experience and a proven international business leader with a strong record of accomplishment within both the private and public sectors.

Jason began his career at British Rail in 1990 as a civil engineering management trainee and spent a number of years as a permanent way maintenance engineer before joining Carillion in 1995.  Whilst at Carillion he was director of contracts and director of resource management before joining Siemens Plc in 2004.  During his time at Siemens he was initially projects and operations director before progressing to managing director - rail control and information business, with 200 staff and a portfolio of 60 contracts worth over £120m. Most recently, Jason has been the head of nuclear at Capula Limited since 2014, leading the systems integration team in delivering complex safety critical programmes across the nuclear industry.

Commenting on his new appointment, Jason said: “I'm looking forward to helping take Network Rail Consulting into a new and ambitious period of growth. Network Rail Consulting has a well-established consultancy team in the Middle East and my aim will be to extend the breadth and depth of the services that we offer our clients in the Gulf region.”

Network Rail Consulting’s managing director, Nigel Ash, said: “Jason brings a wealth of international commercial experience and rail industry knowledge that will be invaluable in growing our business in the region.” 

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About Network Rail Consulting

• Network Rail Consulting is a wholly owned subsidiary of Network Rail, the owner and operator of Britain’s railway infrastructure.
• Network Rail Consulting aims to harness the vast range of skills and experience available within Network Rail to demonstrate British expertise overseas and be an international ambassador for Britain’s rail industry. It will also help channel innovation back into our core business, helping deliver a better value railway for Britain.
• The board of directors of Network Rail Consulting comprises Susan Cooklin (chair), Nigel Ash (managing director), Mike Prager (finance & commercial director), Graham Hopkins (non-executive director) and Tom Downs (non-executive director).
• Network Rail Consulting is selling the full range of rail expertise within Network Rail including:
  • Advisory: Re-structuring, privatisation, institutional, policy development and reviews, audits, procurement, bid support, rail operations including retail optimisation
  • Strategic Planning: Transport master plans, market assessments, demand forecasting, project appraisal and route utilisation strategies
  • Asset Management: Developing conceptual asset management frameworks, route asset management plans
  • Operations & Maintenance: Practical operating advice, timetabling and simulation modelling, maintenance regimes and outsourced operate and maintain contracts
  • Infrastructure Projects: Outputs definition, pre-feasibility, feasibility, project and programme management
• More information can be found at networkrailconsulting.com