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32. John O'Brien, Chairman, Veolia Transport UK

Helping Connex bounce back

16 January 2009

 

It wasn’t exactly a dream start at Connex for John O’Brien. Just three days after joining the French group as its UK Chairman in June 2003, he was told by the Strategic Rail Authority that his new employers were to be stripped of their South Eastern rail franchise. Alleging financial mismanagement as the reason for its decision, the SRA was effectively booting Connex out of the UK.

O’Brien stayed with the group, now called Veolia Transport, and has guided it back into the UK...

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