Briscoe succeeds Rowlands as HS2 chair

Transport secretary Andrew Adonis has announced the appointment of Sir Brian Briscoe as the new chairman of HS2, the company established by the government to advise on the development of high-speed rail services between London and Scotland.

Briscoe joined the HS2 Board in February 2009 as a non-executive director and has previously held the posts of chief executive of the Local Government Association and chair of the Independent Transport Commissions for Cambridge and Reading, as well as...