NEW NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR APPOINTED

Thursday 20 Sep 2007

NEW NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR APPOINTED

Region & Route:: National

Network Rail is pleased to announce the appointment of Stephen Russell as a non-executive director with effect from 19 September 2007. Mr Russell is the former Chief Executive of Boots Group PLC (2000 -2003), working there since he started his first job at the company in 1967. He was instrumental in developing Boots’s business and customer focus. In addition, Mr Russell holds several non-executive directorships including Barclays PLC – where he is chairman of the audit committee and a member of the board risk committee and Business Control Systems Group. He is also a trustee of St John's Ambulance and Tommy's, the baby charity. Announcing Mr Russell's appointment, Network Rail’s Chairman, Ian McAllister, said: “Stephen Russell brings a wealth of corporate experience to our Board. He will be a great addition to the existing non-executive talent. Stephen’s focus on customers and skills of risk analysis at Boots and Barclays are particular skills we welcome. I look forward to working with him as we continue our task of delivering a safe and reliable railway.” Cambridge-educated Mr Russell, born in 1945, is married with two children and has a big interest in sport, especially cricket, having played for Surrey. Network Rail’s Board will now comprise three executive directors and eight non-executives including the Chairman.

Contact information

Passengers / community members
Network Rail national helpline
03457 11 41 41

Latest travel advice
Please visit National Rail Enquiries

Journalists
Network Rail press office - National
020 3356 8700
mediarelations@networkrail.co.uk

About Network Rail

We own, operate and develop Britain's railway infrastructure; that's 20,000 miles of track, 30,000 bridges, tunnels and viaducts and the thousands of signals, level crossings and stations. We run 20 of the UK's largest stations while all the others, over 2,500, are run by the country's train operating companies.

Usually, there are almost five million journeys made in the UK and over 600 freight trains run on the network. People depend on Britain's railway for their daily commute, to visit friends and loved ones and to get them home safe every day. Our role is to deliver a safe and reliable railway, so we carefully manage and deliver thousands of projects every year that form part of the multi-billion pound Railway Upgrade Plan, to grow and expand the nation's railway network to respond to the tremendous growth and demand the railway has experienced - a doubling of passenger journeys over the past 20 years.

Media centre