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RAILSTAFF AWARDS
RAILSTAFF MAY - JUNE 2022
RAILSTAFF
AWARDS MEET THE INDEPENDENT PANEL JUDGES
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ail Media is delighted to announce the independent panel judges of the 2022 RailStaff Awards, which takes place on Thursday 24 November at the NEC, Birmingham The RailStaff Awards have been recognising the extraordinary achievements of rail industry employees since 2007. The ceremony shows appreciation for the people who deliver the railway - from drivers to cleaners, and engineers to station staff. Often these are stories of lives saved, careers turned around and adversity conquered.
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Meet our industry leading independent panel:
ADELINE GINN MBE Adeline Ginn is marketing, legal and EDI director at Egis Transport Solutions, a multi-disciplinary project management and consultancy business, and part of the French engineering and construction Group, Egis. Prior to joining Egis, Adeline spent 20 years at Angel Trains, one of Britain’s leading rolling stock companies, acting as sole legal counsel of their European business for 7 years and then as General Counsel. In April 2012, Adeline created Women in Rail, which aims to improve gender balance, diversity and inclusion across all grades and roles within the UK railway sector.
DR JENNY ILLINGSWORTH Jenny Illingsworth is head of business operations at Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education (BCRRE) at University of Birmingham. Jenny manages the day-to-day running of the Centre, which includes looking after its 150+ academics, professional services staff, research students, and associates. Her work includes oversight of the Centre’s business, including marketing, communications, strategy development and programme development.
DYAN CROWTHER OBE Chief executive officer of High Speed 1, Dyan Crowther has over 30 years’ experience in the rail industry. Prior to joining HS1, Dyan was the chief operating officer at Govia Thameslink Railway. She has worked in several senior director roles at Network Rail including route managing director of the West Coast Main Line and director of operations. Dyan has extensive experience in the boardroom having sat on the board of an NHS Trust for five years, been a trustee for the Railway Children registered charity, and been a member of the British Transport Police Authority and the Advisory Panel to Crossrail.
FIONA WESTCOUGH Fiona Westcough is the chair of the Young Rail Professionals (YRP) and joined the rail industry in 2019 as a Graduate Engineer at Atkins (member of the SNC-Lavalin Group). In her time as a graduate, she supported two RAILSTAFFAWARDS.COM | @RAILSTAFFAWARDS | FACEBOOK.COM/THERAILSTAFFAWARDS
