As well as working for Network Rail, chartered engineer Mr England has worked for the Highways Agency and Thames Water. In his new role he will be focusing on developing more customer driven and efficient management of the company鈥檚 asset base.
Mr England said: 鈥淚鈥檓 looking forward to taking on this challenge and managing one of the most extensive and historic asset bases in the world. We have shown our ability to deliver projects to improve the nation鈥檚 rail infrastructure over the past few years and it promises to be even busier in the coming decade.
鈥淏y remaining customer focused and efficient in everything we do, we can keep Network Rail at the forefront of Britain鈥檚 infrastructure.鈥�
Mr England reports to Network Rail chief executive David Higgins.
Mr Higgins said: 鈥淛erry England鈥檚 experience within Network Rail as director of engineering, and latterly signal and power asset management, stands him in good stead for taking charge of our infrastructure. His appointment is well-deserved, and one of his first steps will be to build on the post-devolution team to deliver a leadership structure closely aligned with customer-focused service.鈥�
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