Re: [Vic] Is the Cityrail boss a pom????

["chris@enet21.com.au" <chris@enet21.com.au>]

If he was any good he would be still in the UK in a nice management
position. Is his salary tax free? I don't know why the NSW govt thinks that
the best rail people come from the UK. What do the SRA staff think of him?

Chris


james_ccj@my-deja.com wrote:

> In article <phkH4.614$9l.747309@news0.optus.net.au>,
>   "Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> > chris@enet21.com.au wrote in message
> <38EDCC64.FE3EB13C@enet21.com.au>...
> > >I bet he holds a UK passport, therefore he is a pom.
> >
> > So do I and I am not a pom. :-)
> here we go again....the "a/s/l" game:-)
>
> Railway Digest praised Simon Lane been one of the best CEO. PTC(Vic)
> ever had. He also have good track record back in Scotrail. I think he
> is pretty good at it. He can't be blame for everything. The reason why
> Cityrail having some difficulty is simiply bad timing...plus years of
> ignorance from the government and inadequate funds compare with roads.
> Been a British citizen is not the problem....I guess anyone can run a
> good company regardless of where he/she came from...it's the experence
> counts.
>
> > >Did he get the sack in
> > >Melbourne or empty the executive money pot before moving on for new
> feeding
> > >grounds in the SRA?
> >
> > These sorts of positions tend to rotate around, a few years here, a
> few
> > years there.
> That's right ....I think NSW government saw his achievements over in
> Vic and ask him to fix up rails in NSW. He replaced the troubled "David
> Hamilton" (I think) who made a mess.
>
> > Dave
> >
> >
>
> --
> Cheers
>
> James
>
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