Gunnar Lindahl linkedin.com/in/gunnar-lindahl
David Linford linkedin.com/in/dlinford
■ Career history: Operations Director, Network Rail, UK
■ Career history: Regional Director - West Europe, PPG Industries, UK Market Manager - UK&I and EMEA Segment Manager, PPG Industries, UK EMEA Segment Manager, PPG Industries, UK Global Key Account Manager, PPG Industries, UK and Southeast Asia
Head of Network Delivery, Network Rail, UK Senior Incident Officer, Network Rail, UK Service Controller, Transport for London, UK
■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK BSc, Geography with Transport Planning, University of Leeds, UK
■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK
■ Nationality: British
■ Nationality: Swedish British
■ Languages:
English (native)
■ Languages:
Swedish (native) English (fluent)
■ Career achievements: Created a strategy and led a project team that secured over £12 million of new business. Focusing on sustainability and product enhancements, showed an effective pipeline of innovation that over the years will allow this OEM to continue to be a market leader. Quadrupled annual turnover within four years of managing one of the most well know technology companies globally. Integrated new ways of working and implemented new systems with teams in China and Malaysia that accelerated response times. Managed a project across the UK, USA and China, that led to the company’s coating being used globally for a market leading flooring product. Offered one product for all manufacturing locations and a significant cost reduction versus competition, securing the business for five years (US$4 million per year).
■ Career achievements: Led a successful multi-million-pound programme to transform Network Rail’s control centres which deliver train services and manage disruption in real time across the network. Sponsored the remit of the programme which had a vision to place teams closer to the passenger experience. Achieved a 45% reduction of medium and high potential safety incidents across the network during a time when the Covid-19 pandemic was threatening the rail industry’s ability to innovate. Led the Southern Region of Network Rail as Gold Commander from July 2022, throughout the long-running industrial dispute with trade unions. Set up a crisis management team with a strategy to engage the workforce, and protect employees, passengers and stakeholders from adverse impacts.
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