Genesee & Wyoming Announces Organizational Changes
October 02 2018 - 4:30PM
Business Wire
Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W)(NYSE:GWR) today announced
the following organizational changes:
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Michael Miller (Photo: Business Wire)
Michael Miller is promoted to President, North America,
effective immediately. The heads of G&W’s seven North American
operating regions and Chief Commercial Officer, North America, now
report to Miller, who previously served in the Chief Commercial
Officer role since joining G&W in 2010.
David Brown continues in his role as Chief Operating
Officer with responsibilities for the safety, mechanical,
engineering, dispatch, service design and customer service
departments in the United States as well as operating oversight of
G&W’s international operations in the U.K./Europe, Australia
and Canada. Mr. Brown previously served as Executive Vice President
and Chief Operating Officer of CSX Transportation prior to joining
G&W in 2012.
Mike Peters is promoted to Chief Commercial Officer,
North America, and leads G&W’s corporate commercial, industrial
development, real estate, fleet management and commercial support
teams. Mr. Peters previously served as Senior Vice President of
Industrial Development and Real Estate since joining G&W in
2013.
Jack Hellmann, G&W’s Chairman and CEO commented, “With our
North American business experiencing strong growth and a promising
outlook, we are focused on capturing this value for our
stockholders, intensifying our concentration on our customers, and
enhancing the operational support of our railroads. With Michael
Miller’s proven leadership, knowledge of our customers and
commitment to commercial growth coupled with David Brown’s deep
operating expertise and commitment to uniform excellence across our
footprint of 121 railroads, we believe these organizational changes
will further strengthen the trajectory of our business.”
About G&W
G&W owns or leases 121 freight railroads organized in nine
locally managed operating regions with 8,000 employees serving
3,000 customers.
- G&W’s seven North American regions
serve 41 U.S. states and four Canadian provinces and include 115
short line and regional freight railroads with more than 13,000
track-miles.
- G&W’s Australia Region serves New
South Wales, the Northern Territory and South Australia and
operates the 1,400-mile Tarcoola-to-Darwin rail line. The Australia
Region is 51.1% owned by G&W and 48.9% owned by a consortium of
funds and clients managed by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real
Assets.
- G&W’s UK/Europe Region includes the
U.K.’s largest rail maritime intermodal operator and second-largest
freight rail provider, as well as regional rail services in
Continental Europe.
G&W subsidiaries and joint ventures also provide rail
service at more than 40 major ports, rail-ferry service between the
U.S. Southeast and Mexico, transload services, contract coal
loading, and industrial railcar switching and repair.
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding
Genesee & Wyoming's business which are not historical facts are
"forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties.
For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause
actual results to differ from those contained in the
forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors" in the Company's
Annual Report or Form 10-K for the most recently ended fiscal
year.
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G&W Corporate CommunicationsMichael Williams,
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