Successor appointed to lead DB Cargo UK
DB Cargo UK’s current CFO Andrea Rossi will become the company’s new CEO from 1 September 2020. DB Cargo AG, the railfreight company’s European parent company, announced its decision after concluding a lengthy process to appoint a successor to the current CEO Hans-Georg Werner, who informed them back in 2015 that he would retire when his current four-year contract came to an end later this year.
Rossi has worked for DB Cargo UK for the past seven years. He was promoted to head of planning and reporting at DB Cargo AG in 2006 before moving to the UK to become a DB Cargo UK board member and CFO in 2013.
He said: "I am under no illusion that I am taking over the helm at yet another challenging time for the railfreight sector but, as we have proved before, our colleagues at DB Cargo UK have the skills and determination to overcome adversity." (mw)