UK RAIL SUMMIT

17TH APRIL 2026

KPMG
15 CANADA SQUARE
LONDON E14 5GL

AGENDA

  08:45-09:45      

  Opening Addresses:

  Chaired by Anthony Smith, Chair, Independent Rail Retailers

  • Ministerial Address: Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill CBE, Minister of State for Transport (invited)
  • Keynote Address: Jeremy Westlake, Chief Executive, Network Rail (invited)

  10:00-11:15

  Session 1: Lessons for GBR's new Model: What can existing vertically integrated areas tell us?

  Chaired by Ed Thomas, Partner, UK Head of Transport & Global Chair, Public
  Transport, KPMG

  • Alex Hynes, Chief Executive, DFTO (invited)
  • Steve White, MD, Southeastern Railway 
  • Marie Daly, Chief Operating Officer, Transport for Wales & Chair, Women in Rail
  • Jamie Burles, Managing Director, Anglia Railways (invited)
  • Thomas Ableman, Founder, Freewheeling
  11.15-11:45

  Refreshment Break

  11:45-13:00

  Session 2: Making devolution work in a centralised GBR

  Chaired by Jason Prince, Director, Urban Transport Group

  • Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire (invited)
  • Andy Lord, Transport Commissioner for London
  • Vernon Everitt CBE, Transport Commissioner for Greater Manchester
  • James Price, Chief Executive, Transport for Wales (invited)
  • Bill Reeve, Director of Rail Reform, Transport Scotland (invited)
  13:00-14:00

  Lunch

  14:00-15:15

  Session 3: Keeping innovation alive within the rail industry

  • Toufic Machnouk, Managing Director, GBRX
  • Christoph Pasternak, Chief Executive, Eurofima
  • Catriona Meehan, Director of Public Affairs, Omio 
  15:15

  Close

SPEAKERS


  • SPEAKERS

  • Thomas Ableman

    Founder
    Freewheeling
  • Julia Buckley MP

    Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury
  • Marie Daly

    Chief Operating Officer
    Transport for Wales
  • Vernon Everitt CBE

    Transport Commissioner for Greater Manchester
  • Andy Lord

    Transport Commissioner for London
  • Catriona Meehan

    Director of Public Affairs
    Omio
  • Christoph Pasternak

    Chief Executive
    Eurofima
  • Jason Prince

    Director
    Urban Transport Group
  • Anthony Smith

    Chair
    Independent Rail Retailers
  • Edward Thomas

    Partner, UK Head of Transport and Global Chair, Public Transport
    KPMG LLP
  • Steve White

    Managing Director
    Southeastern
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