Finch ‘fortunate’ to be under no pressure to be in the rail business

Dean Finch’s job as chief executive of National Express Group has many unique features at present, and not many of them would be envied by his peers at rival transport companies. However, there is one feature of his role that he suspects they would relish.

Finch acknowledges that the fall out from the group’s default at the East Coast intercity franchise last year means that in all likelihood NEG faces a spell out of the rail industry when its remaining East Anglia and Essex...