ALL INDIA RAIL SAFETY COUNCIL
INTERNATIONAL
HONARABLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Mr, Mr,Phillip Barker
Director ,
Rail Safety Consulting Australia
Brisbane, Australia
Mr,Anson Jack
Professor, International Director
Birmingham Centre for
Railway Research & Education
University of Birmingham
Mrs ,ISABELLE FONVERNE
Senior Advisor, Safety
UIC - International union of railways
France
Mr,Robert Hopkin
Head of Education Development,
Rail Research and Education
United Kingdom
Mr, Joao Pombo
Professor of Railway Technology
The University of Huddersfield
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Mr, Sukarm Marwah
Former Addnl. Director General
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Iraq
Dr Aldo Raineri
Head of Courses - Safety Science
CQ University
Greater Brisbane Area
AUSTRALIA
Mr, Daniele Bozzolo
Member of the Board of Appeal
European Union Agency for Railways
Senior Railway Transportation System Solutions Consultant
Piossasco, Piedmont, Italy
Mr, Mr,Philip Marquis BSc. MBA
Director, Rail Development ,
Oman Rail
Sultanate of Oman
Mr, VANSTEENKISTE
Former General Manager
Service Unit Information Technology ,
Belgian Railways
Belgium
Mr, John Hewitt, CEng FIRSE
International Railway Signalling and
Communications Specialist
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Mr,Luke Stark
Rail Safety Manager ,
Transport for Greater Manchester
Bollington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Mr,Mohamed Mahmoud A.Ghadi ,
MBA,PMP,AVS
Rail Project Director,
Qatar Railways,
Qatar
Mr,John O`Brien (FITOL)
UK & International Railway Training,
The National Skills Academy for Rail (NSAR)
Skelmersdale, Lancashire,
Mr,Pedro Neves
Manager,
Railway Signalling Design and Construction
Bergen , Norway
Mr, Carsten Lindstedt SPN
Rail safety manager,
DB Station & Service AG
Railway safety management,
risk management and process management
Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Mr,Nicholas
Center for Railway Research & Education,
Broad College of Business,
Michigan State University
North America
Mr,Andrew Moller
Rail Safety Manager
Training and Development
Perth, Australia
Mr, Ahmed Gaber
Senior Signaling & Telecom Engineer,
Egyptian national railway (ENR)
Egypt
Mr,Daniel Woods
Project Manager,
Railway Engineering, Railway Maintenance
Strategies & Rail Operations.
Singapore
Mr, Bore Erkechov
Railway Regulatory Agency
Republic of Macedonia
Mr,Laurie Wilson
Rail Infrastructure, Safety Specialist
Hervey Bay, Queensland,
Australia
Mr, Roosevelt Jackson-Altez
Technical Project Manager
International Railroad Consulting
Windham, New Hampshire, United States
Bobby Narain, MBA (IntBus), JP
Railway Radio Communications Pty Ltd
Sydney, New South Wales,
Phil Campbell OAM
General Manager ,
Technical Standards
Australian Rail Track Corporation
Greater Adelaide
Mr,Javier Moreno
Technical Manager ,Rail Infrastructure
Parliament of the Brussels
Brussels Capital,
Mr,Charles Leonard
Principal, Rail Safe Training,inc.
Sioux City,
Iowa
Mr, Luc Vansteenkiste
Former Director function
Belgian Railways.
Zelfstandig consultant,
bij Luanconsultant
Bruges Metropolitan – Belgian
Mr, Dr,HabibHadj-Mabrouk
Researcher in railway safety
French institute of science and technology of transport,
Spatial planning, development and networks
Mr, Richard Clark
Senior Rail Training Specialist,
CERT Training
Mr,Peter Johnson
Managing Director ,
Rail Systems & Assurance Consulting Ltd.
United Arab Emirates
Mr,Perry Ramsey
Senior Operations
Technical Advisor to the CEO
Saudi Railway Company.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Mr,Prabhas Kumar B.E, MBA
Manager/AFC-CCHS
International Speaker
Ministry of Transport and Communications,
Mr, Benny Andersen
Director Railway Division,
Greenwood Engineering
Copenhagen , Denmark
Mr,Richard Aaroe
CEO & Chairman
Next Generation Rail Technologies
Spain
Mr,Patrick Reilly , MSc ,MIEI, MIRSE
Construction Director ,
Jacobs(Etihad Rail)
Ireland
Mr,Salvatore D'Alfonso
Head of Global Rail Solutions, Infrastructure
FS International press Gruppo
Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
Rome , Italy
Mr,Hunter Austegard
Safety Engineer,
Course Instructor
Key Note Speaker
Williamsburg, Virginia
Mr,Rakesh Patel (PGDMS, MIRO)
Rail Operations-Train Control
Etihad Rail DB
Mr,KC Tiwari
Transit Systems Planning & Management
Emerging Technology,
Road Safety Policy and Strategy
Myanmar
Mr,Hugo Lloyd
Lloyd rail Ireland.,
Mr, Prabhas Kumar B.E, MBA
AFC and System Performance Manager
Mr, Eng. Alex, Sosthenes Bunzu
Senior Signalling and Telecommunication Engineer
Tanzania Railways Corporation
Tanzania
Mr, Boetie Zandberg
Director Of Engineering
Railnet International
Cape Town , South Africa
Senior Railway Transportation System
Solutions Consultant
Piossasco, Piedmont,
Italy
Mr, Dr Mahier Al-Ani
Principal Civil Engineer
Office of Rail and Road UK
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Mr, Dr RS Bridger
Past President
Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and
Human Factors.
Consultant
Mr, Steve Roberts
Director
S and L Roberts (Railway Consulting) Ltd
Coventry, West Midlands,
International Railway Signalling &
Mr,Michael du Plooy
Managing Director,
Mike du Plooy Consultants,
Rail Operations Specialist
Johannesburg ,
South Africa
Mr, Sadegh Lajevardi
Railway structure quality and safety controler
Researcher , University of Minho
Guimaraes, Braga,
Portugal
Former Director function Belgian Railways.
Bruges Metropolitan
Belgian
Mrs,Philile (Portia) Nkuna MIRSE ARDA
Managing Director
Fazi Rail Academy
Johannesburg
Mr,Abhra Ray
Integrated Attribution Manager,
Network Rail
Mr.Stephen Collicott
Consultant / CEO
Former Technical Director
Railway Industry Association
Milton Keynes, England,
Mr,Apostolos Kalogeropoulos
General Manager
Rail Track Quality Expert Engineer
Grup Feroviar Roman SA Greece
Greece
Mr, Warren Naylor,
Sr,Former Chief Engineer
System Safety, Airworthiness,
and Safety of Flight
Baltimore, Maryland
Mr.Howard Smith, AICP, FITE
Principal
Transportation Planning
& Project Development Consultant
Greater Tampa Bay
Petersburg, Florida Area (USA)
Mr,Suleyman ACIKBAS
Rail Systems Professional
Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia
Mr,Malcolm G Owens
International Rail Industry Advisor,
Azerbaijan
Mr,Willem Strydom
Assessor & facilitator rail operations.
Train Driver for Sheltam - DRC,
Rail Consultant
Switzerland Railways
Switzerland
Mr, Jim Scott
President
Scott and Associates Inc. Railroad Operations
Consultants
Blountville, Tennessee
Mr, Richard Mark Evans
Consultant ,
Network Rail Consulting
Greater Boston,
Massachusetts
Dr Keerthan Poologanathan
Associate Professor
Northumbria University
Mr.Srinivasan Raman
Dangerous Goods Regulations Instructor
Training Professional
Muscat, Masqat, Oman
Mr,Lindsay Holt
Rail Safety & Compliance Manager,
Laing O'Rourke
Newcastle, Australia
Mr,Ahmad Kasraei
Railway Engineering Expert
Transportation infrastructures,
operation and maintenance
Ettehad Rah ECE
Iran
Mr, Dilipkumar J. Mishra
Manager (Fire protection system)
Metro One Operation Pvt.Ltd,
American Samoa
Mr,Mohamed Al-Wakil
Rail Traffic Signalling Engineer
Cairo Governorate,
Dr. Mabila Mathebula,
Railway Safety Specialist
Pretoria
Mr, John Ellison
Health And Safety Manager,
Colas Rail UK
Merseyside, United Kingdom
Mr,Gary Mogan
Rail Quality Safety & Business Consultant,
MGCM SERVICES LTD
New York,
Mr, Hany El Sisi
IT General Manager
Egyptian cairo metro company,
Mr,Raymond Koh
Business Development Manager (Rail Segment)
HIMA Asia Pacific Pte Ltd,
Mr, Prashant Gore
Senior Engineer (Safety & Risk- Transport)
Risktec Solutions
Mr,TomaBacic
Railway consultant, Sutton,
Mr, Jahangir Shaik
Rail Systems Assurance (RAMS),
Requirements & Configuration Management,
Interface Management,
Rail Systems Integration,
Mr,Paul Verghese
FCMI FIRO DipHE
EYC Global-Chief Executive Officer,
SME RAILWAYS
Greater London, United Kingdom
Mr,Don Crawford
Canadian Safety Professional (CRSP)
Calgary, Alberta,
Canada
Mr,Bruce Lever
Rail and Plant Services Ltd ,
Rail Consultancy
London, United Kingdom
Mr, Cindy Madonsela
Safety Practitioner ,
Transnet Freight Rail
Witbank , South Africa
Mr, Daniel Pyke
Rail expert
Railway business development professional
Gainsborough, England,
Hou Chuan Chim
Chief Railway Systems and Integration expert
SMEC (OCG-JRIS)
Petaling Jaya, Selangor,
Malaysia
Mr, Jerry Russell
HNTB -Rail Solutions -Rail Transit
Freight/Field Construction/PTC Engineer
Kansas City, Missouri
Mr, Louise Cheeseman
Hull Trains
Hull, United Kingdom
Copenhagen ,, Denmark
Mr, Doyle Rankins
President,
Rankins Rail Service, Inc.
North Little Rock, Arkansas
Mr,Ralf Simeth
General Manager,
Bei Industries, Logistics Service KFT
Érd, Pest,
Hungary
Mr,Charles Huang, M.B.A,NCNU EMBA
High Speed Train Driver
Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation.
Taichung City,
Taiwan
Mr,Marcus Mukoro
Chief Executive Officer
Reliance Rail International
Greater Houston,Texas
Mr, Oliver F. Lehmann, MSc, ACE, PMP
President , Project Business Foundation.
Trainer Project Management, Analyst.
Munich, Bavaria,
Germany
Mr, Keith Morey
CDM Integration Manager,
Newport, United Kingdom
Mr,Robert Bell ,B,Sc ME. MIME
International Technical Sales Manager
Unipart Rail
Mr,Tarek Alsayed
Transport and underground railways-Technical Office
Manager - subway running in Cairo and Maintenance and
Operation
The field of transport and underground railways
Cairo Metro
Consultant at Rolling Stock and Technical Office
Mr,Tamil Iniyan Balakrishnan
Business Development Manager ,
Asian Rail Academy
Kajang, Selangor,
Mr,John Dyer
Emergency Management Director
Emergency Management & Business Continuity Specialist
Kinmel Bay, Wales,
Mr,Arun J P
Director - Business Development
Korea Railroad Technical Corporation
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Mr,Schalk Bradbeer
Training, Development & Compliance Management
Johannesburg,
Mr,Kerry Schimelfenig,
OSHA Outreach Trainer,
Protective Equipment Expert,
NYC DOB SST, CSM, QSSP, NFPA-70E
United States
Mr, Eur. Ing. David J. Bainbridge
Chartered Engineer and Chartered Safety Professional
Project Director, Safe Work Improvement Program
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Mr,Les Zoghbi
Rail Operations Control
Greater Sydney
Mr,Steve Swift
Manager, Health and Safe Dept
West Midlands, England,
Mr,Brian Simpson
INCA SAFETY
Safety Director of People & Risk
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Mr,Jean-Baptiste
RAILWAY SAFETY EXPERT
ANOTECH ENERGY DOHA LLC.
Mr,Andy Wright,Grad IOSH,Cert.Ed.
Health and Safety ,Sustainability Officer
Barking & Dagenham College
London, England, United Kingdom
Mrs,Sanja Paic
President ,
safety.guru Institute traffic culture
and safety
Zagreb, CROATIA
Mr, David Yurchi
Rail speak ,Instructional Technologist
Training Consultant
Winnipeg,
Mr,Mircea Alexoaia
Senior Consultant, Rail Systems
Bruges , Belgium
Mr,Mark Seaden
M W Seaden Consultancy Ltd
Shoeburyness
Mr,Joseph I Bergmann
Real-time and Embedded Systems,
The Open Group
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Mr, Vladimir Mamalyga
Director , “Electrical Mechanics”
Ukraine
Mr,DEOGRATIAS MOSHA
Disaster management
kova disaster management foundation
Mr.Matthaios Lygkiaris
Civil Engineering Professional
Rail & Metro Expert
Mr,Gagan Mishra
ATC Railway Signaling Professional
Dubai Metro
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Mr,Herman Bruwer
Railway Safety Solutions (Pty) Ltd
Johannesburg, Gauteng,
Mr.John Abbott
Transport Safety Adviser
Parliamentary Council
Transport Safety
London, England,
Mr,George ALDEA
DRILLSTONE GROUP HSEQ MANAGER
TUNISIA COUNTRY MANAGER
DRILLSTONE ROMANIA
Prahova County, Romania
Mr.Dr. Steven Harrod
Technical University of Denmark
Copenhagen, Denmark
Mr, Ajmerr Kairon ,
East Railway Pte. Ltd.
Mr, Sergey Zelenin
Railway Signaling system expert
RINA
Russia
Mr, Michael MacMahon
Progress Rail
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
Mr, Peter Mihm
Principal Engineer
Consultoria Ferroviaria
Fulda, Hesse,
Mr, Ir.Shanmuga Sekar Thenappan
Ph.D. (Rail) Master in Transportation Eng.
HEAD OF BRIDGE & RAIL TRACK INFRA STRUCTURES
KL CONSULT AND ASSOCIATES
Rawang, Selangor,
Mr, K. M. O'NEAL
President/Chief Executive Officer
MKDS Pharmaceutical Lab
Helena, Montana,
Mr, Lachlan Campbell ,
Risk and Systems Safety Assurance Advisor
Metro Trains Melbourne
Greater Melbourne
Mr, Graeme Pelling
DirectorDirector
Pelling Rail Consultancy Services Ltd
Swimbridge, England,
Mr, Alex Warner
Tracsis Transport Consultancy,
Chair Surrey F.A,
Chair Network Rail Supervisory Board
Shepperton, England,
Mr, Roger Dixon
Director of Research
Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education
(BCRRE)
Leicester, England,
Mr, Kanthavela Kenny
CRO Management Sdn Bhd
Mr, Carl Shillito
Programme Director
Shannon Rail Services Limited
Mr, Brown Martin
Safety Manager
Nottinghamshire, England,
Mr, Kevin Smith
Editor-in-Chief
International Railway Journal
Falmouth, England,
Mr, Ayana Gebremichael
Railway Safety Service Director
and Business Development Advisor
Ethiopian Railways Corporation,
Ethiopia
Mr, Francisco Acedo
Technical Trainer
Human Factors and Railways Safety Culture
in ADIF
Greater Sevilla Metropolitan
Mr, Peter Dijkhuis
Urban Planner, Urban Designer &
Project Manager
Mr, Teodor Gradinariu
Adll joint director
Departement Systems Ferroviares
Asset Management at
UIC International union of railways
Greater Paris
Mr, Elias LAZAR
LINMAG Rail Milling Service
Laakirchen, Upper Austria,
Mr, KENNETH MWAKILUMA
Railways Safety Engineer
Tanzania Railways Corporations
