WELCOME TO GLOBAL RAIL 2025
With the demand for moving passengers and goods growing at an unprecedented rate, the emergence of a new global paradigm, characterised by green transitions, shorter innovation cycles, changing consumer preferences, and rapid growth of emerging economies, has propelled rail's clear advantages over other transport modes, into the spotlight.
Acting as a backbone for the integration of air, sea, road and shared mobility systems, rail networks have the potential to revolutionise global transport networks, paving the way for the interconnected transport ecosystems of the future.
Global Rail 2025 unites transport and network operators, port authorities, financiers, freight and logistics providers, integrated transport systems, technologists, solution providers, transport planners and engineers, to accelerate the transition towards smart, integrated, and sustainable transport ecosystems.
SPEAKERS AND VISIONARIES FROM THE PAST EDITION
His Excellency Suhail Mohamed AlMazrouei
Minister of Energy and Infrastructure
United Arab Emirates
H.E. Jasem Mohamed AlBudaiwi
Secretary General
Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf
H.E. Hon. Fred Byamukama
State Minister of Transport
Uganda
H.E. Mothanna Gharaibeh
Minister of Investment
Jordan
H.E. Ngalle Bibehe Jean Ernest Massena
Minister of Transport
Cameroon
H.E. Óscar Puente
Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility
Spain
H.E Lee Seong-hai
Chairman and CEO
Korea National Railway
H.E. Shadi Malak
CEO
Etihad Rail
Hassan Al Mutawa
Director - Rail Operations
Roads and Transport Authority (RTA)
H. E. Abdullah Al Marzouqi
Director General
Integrated Transport Centre (DMT)
Raül Blanco Díaz
Chairman & CEO
Renfe-Operadora
Pierre Verzat
CEO
SYSTRA
Andrew DeLeone
President
Alstom Africa, Middle East & Central Asia (AMECA) Region
H.E. Abdulla Bin Damithan
CEO & Managing Director
DP World GCC
Omar Al Mahrizi
CEO
Asyad Ports
Jeffrey Sim Vee Ming
Group CEO, Non Independent Executive Director
SBS Transit
Muhsin Alrustom
Group CFO
Asyad
Saif Al Qubaisi
Senior Vice President - UAE Industries
Mubadala
Adel Saleh Mohamed Al Jaberi
Acting CEO & SVP Asset (Shah)
ADNOC Sour Gas
Michael Peter
CEO
Siemens Mobility
Olli Pohjanvirta
CEO
Nurminen Logistics
Josu Imaz
CEO – Rolling Stock & Member of the Executive Board
CAF
Howard Rosen
Chairman
Rail Working Group
Dr. Lin Peng
Director of National Engineering Research Center
CRRC
Eng. Mohamad Mahmoud
CEO
Trojan Construction Group
Ahmed AlMusawa AlHashemi
CEO
Hafeet Rail
Nasir Al Shamsi
Chief Transport Officer
BEEAH
Mustafa Koçar
CEO
Kalyon Holding
Armando Fombella
General Manager and Project Director
Renfe KSA
Dr. Fan Zhu
Chief Technology Officer
Bayanat
Sergio Vázquez Torrón
CEO and Chairman
Ineco
Thomas Pramotedham
CEO
Presight
Jerome Frost
Chair
Arup
Rahul Mithal
Chairman and Managing Director
RITES
Jack Zhang
Executive Vice President, Locomotive
Progress Rail
Guillermo Cobelo Fernandez
Chief Institutional Relations Officer & Global Head of Commercial Affairs
Técnicas Reunidas SA
Mohammad Jaber
Managing Director DSV Air & Sea Abu Dhabi & COO, DSV Solutions, Abu Dhabi
Abbas Husain
Global Head, Infrastructure & Development Finance Group
Standard Chartered Bank
Carlo Palasciano Villamagna
Executive Chairman
Mercitalia Logistics
Ekaterina Kozyreva
President, IEC International
Co-Founder, InfraEconomy Group
Javier Pérez Fortea
CEO
Globalvia
Jean-Bruno Delrue
CEO
MESEA, a subsidiary of VINCI Railways and SYSTRA
Andrea Giuricin
CEO
TRA Consulting
Andrés de León
CEO
HyperloopTT
Ronnie Ntuli
Chairman
Thelo Group
Sacha Parneix
Vice-President Commercial
Alstom AMECA
Martin Ausserdorfer
CEO, Railtraction Company (Italy)
Member of the Board, Brenner Base Tunnel
Faisal Ameer Malik
Chief Technology Officer
Huawei ME & CA
Vijay Bains
Chief Sustainability Officer and Group Head
ESG Emirates NBD, Dubai
Saurabh Kumar
Executive Director, Project Finance
Standard Chartered Bank
Daniel Wright
Group COO
Gulftainer
Ahmed Al Katheeri
Senior Vice President for Supply Chain Management
Borouge
Alaa AbuSiam
CEO, Middle East & South Asia
Egis
Ayman Ashour
CEO
Siemens Mobility, Turnkey MEA and Siemens Mobility UAE
Amadou Diallo
CEO
DHL Global Forwarding Middle East & Africa
Nicolas Petrovic
CEO
Etihad Rail Mobility
Gunther Ferk
CEO
Etihad Rail Freight
Ali Tabbal
Chief Financial Officer
Etihad Rail
Sue Barrett
Head of Infrastructure, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Adam Harris
Co-Head, Business Group
UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Joanna Mobed
Co-Head of Global Origination
UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Dr. Hazem Mobarak
CEO
Yas Projects
Jens Oliver Schünzel
Head of Land-based Transportation
KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH
Keith Lawson
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Asia Pacific, Middle East & Europe
Jacobs
Russell Jackson
EVP Global Transit
AECOM
Dillon Twombly
Chief Revenue Officer
Via Transportation Inc
Amer Kakish
CEO
Ittihad International Investment
Dr. Naser Al Bustami
CEO
Stevin Rock LLC
Martha Lawrence
Senior Railway Specialist
World Bank
Muneeza Mehmood Alam
Senior Transport Economist (MENA)
World Bank
Prof. Paul Plummer
Director, Birmingham Centre for Rail Research and Education (BCRRE), Lead for UK Rail Research Network (UKRRIN)
Maria Marques
Global Deputy Director, Transport
Egis
Matthew Botelle
VP PMC & Rail Practice Lead, Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA)
Parsons
Samantha Rowles
Operations Director – Transport
Serco
Michael Sutherland
Global Director – Urban Solutions
Hatch
Juliet Mian
Director, Climate Services and Sustainability
Arup
Dirk Slodzinski
Director of Mobility Consulting
DB Engineering & Consulting GmbH (DB E&C)
Lee Yam Lim
Head of Downtown Line (DTL)
SBS Transit
Frank Beckers
Senior Financial Advisor
Hafeet Rail
Sunil Prasad
Head - Aerospace and Rail
L & T Technology Services
Dr. Christian Gasparic
Partner, Dubai, UAE
Kearney, Worldwide Lead for the Kearney Center of Advanced Mobility
Helmut Scholze
Senior Partner, MEA Mobility and Infrastructure Lead, Dubai, UAE,
Kearney
TC Chew
Global Rail Business Leader
Arup
Dr. Zhu Shenggao
Vice President of AI
Huawei Cloud Middle East & Central Asia
Dominik Fürste
CEO
Rail-Flow GmbH
Paul Taylor
Partner, Regional Head of Arbitration
Al Tamimi Company
Simone Gorini
CEO
Iryo
Dr Séverine Maréchal
Director
SYSTRA
Christoph Kaupat
Project Manager
European Union Agency for Railways
Elliott Sawford
Partner - Energy and Infrastructure Projects
Allen & Overy Shearman
Vadim Pokotilo
Partner
McKinsey & Company
Khaled Al Sakran
CEO and Founder
SHIP247
Stephen Knight
Partner and Co-head, Middle East Banking and Finance Practice
Dentons
Paolo Guglielminetti
Partner, Global Railways and Roads Leader
PwC Italia
Dominic Holt
Partner, Infrastructure and Government
PwC Middle East
Ziad Goush
Director Infrastructure, Finance & PPP
PwC Middle East
Dominik Baumeister
Partner, Transport and Logistics Global and Middle East Lead
PwC Middle East
Alexander Kondrat
Director, Transport and Logistics, Middle East Rail Team Lead
PwC Middle East
Ramzi Imam
Partner, Technology and Consulting in Digital Mobility
PwC Middle East
Iryna Telychko
General Legal Counsel
Etihad Rail
Simon Kirby
Director, Advisory
PwC
Dr. Daniel Haag
Director
PwC Strategy& (Germany) GmbH
Mina Al Oraibi
Editor-in-chief
The National
Adhraa Almansoori
Director Public Policy & Sustainability
Etihad Rail
Sebastien Mangeant
Chief Operating Officer
Abu Dhabi Transport
Omar Alsebeyi
Executive Director of Commercial & Performance
Etihad Rail
Capt. Abdulkareem Al Masabi
CEO
ADNOC L&S
Leonardo Rodrigues
Director of Revenue Management and Network Planning
Etihad Cargo
Tolga AKKAŞ
CEO
Doğuş Construction
T Kumaresan
Executive Vice President & Head Minerals & Metals
Larsen & Toubro Construction
Matthias Plavec
Railway Specialist
World Bank Global Transport Unit
Leonard Carga
Acting Manager Director
Etihad Cargo
Frank McCrorie
Chief Operations Officer
Abu Dhabi Airports
Qusai Kankazar
Deputy Managing Director of Noatum Logistics – Middle East
AD Ports Group
Ian Horseman Sewell
Chief Commercial Officer
CPCS
Graeme Overall
Chief Strategy & Commercial Officer
Etihad Rail
Salim A. Essaid
Business Editor
The National
Tammy Samuel
Partner and Co- head of Rail and Road
Stephenson Harwood
Ding Sansan
Deputy Chief Engineer CRRC QINGDAO SIFANG Co., Ltd,
Director, China National Key Laboratory of High-speed Maglev Transportation Technology
Sami Amin
Senior Director of Operations
Careem
Tamer Shafik
Vice President – Business Development
Orascom Construction
Andrew Ward
Director, Transport & Logistics (Aviation)
PwC Middle East
Ekaterina Sheremet
Associate Partner
Mckinsey and Company
Vadim Pokotilo
Partner
Mckinsey & Company
Eng. Mohamad Risal Wasal
A. TD. M. M., IPM, ASEAN Eng. Director General of Railways
Ministry of Transportation Republic of Indonesia
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