Fiind un promotor al transportului durabil, Alstom dezvoltă şi comercializează cea mai completă gamă de sisteme, echipamente şi servicii din sectorul feroviar. Alstom administrează sisteme complete de transport, de la material rulant, sisteme de semnalizare şi infrastructură oferind soluţii la cheie. Compania Alstom este nr. 1 în domeniul feroviar de mare viteză şi de foarte mare viteză.
Alstom este prezentă în peste 60 de ţări. Alstom oferă o gamă largă de material rulant care acoperă întreaga piaţă de transport feroviar: de la vehicule de mare viteză la vehicule uşoare pentru transportul urban, trenuri de metrou, tramvaie, trenuri suburbane şi regionale şi locomotive. În plus, Alstom este o sursă inteligentă de informaţii şi sisteme de infrastructură. Serviciile sale acoperă întreţinerea, reabilitarea şi lanţul logistic pentru furnizarea pieselor, proiecte de top la cheie, training şi consultanţă tehnică. Având în vedere legăturile profesionale şi geografice puternice ale companiei, politica Alstom este astfel structurată încât să ofere cele mai bune servicii clienţilor săi.

Grupul Grampet este cel mai mare grup feroviar privat din România şi din Europa de Sud-Est. Înfiinţat în 1999, Grupul Grampet include mai multe companii cu activităţi în toate sectoarele de cale ferată, de la transportul de mărfuri, fabricarea materialului rulant şi reparaţii până la management logistic. Grupul Grampet reuneşte programe complexe pentru dezvoltarea şi modernizarea companiilor-membre şi este responsabil pentru controlul strategic al tuturor diviziunilor sale. În ultimii ani, grupul şi-a extins activitatea şi, în prezent, oferă servicii în România, Bulgaria, Ungaria, Germania, Austria, Serbia, Muntenegru, Ucraina şi Republica Moldova. Promovând un nivel extrem de competitiv şi mereu concentrat pe nevoile clienţilor, cu o cotă de piaţă mereu în creştere în fiecare an, Grupul Grampet a devenit o prezenţă puternică în Europa Centrală şi de Sud-Est. În perioada următoare, Grupul Grampet îşi va extinde activitatea pe pieţele din Cehia, Slovacia şi Grecia. În acelaşi timp, procedurile de înfiinţare a două case de expediţii în Kazahstan şi China au fost iniţiate. În acest fel, Grupul Grampet poate furniza transport feroviar şi servicii logistice clienţilor pe rutele care leagă Marea Nordului de Marea Adriatică şi Marea Neagră.

Domeniul nostru de activitate cuprinde o gamă largă de soluţii, începând de la automatizarea şi alimentarea cu energie electrică a instalaţiilor feroviare, continuând cu producţia de material rulant şi extinzându-se până la livrarea de instalaţii feroviare la cheie şi dezvoltarea unor concepte moderne de service.

Cu o experienţă de peste 30 de ani, voestalpine VAE APCAROM şi-a consolidat în tot acest timp poziţia pe piaţa românească, fiind singura companie românească care fabrică şi furnizează aparate de cale ferată pentru căile ferate, metrou şi un partener de încredere pentru tramvai şi companii cu linii industriale proprii.
Aparţinând unui grup cu tehnologie la standarde înalte, voestalpine VAE APCAROM şi-a perfecţionat sistemul tehnologic şi de producţie pentru a ajunge la calitate şi cost eficient pentru produsele sale. Din momentul integrării, începând cu anul 1998, în grupul VAE Austria, compania noastră a livrat aparate de cale şi piese de schimb pentru diferite pieţe externe din Europa sau de pe alte continente: Africa, Asia, America.
Principalul domeniu de activitate este producţia de aparate de cale. Pentru cel de-al doilea domeniu de activitate - producţia de tirfoane şi SI-uri, voestalpine VAE APCAROM a livrat aceste produse atât în Europa, cât şi în Africa şi Asia.

Kapsch CarrierCom se adreseaza clientilor din România in calitate de integrator si furnizor de solutii complexe, din domeniul informaticii si comunicatiilor. Kapsch ste integrator de sisteme și furnizor global de soluții de telecomunicații complete pentru operatori publici și feroviari, transport urban și companii în căutare de soluții de asset management în timp real.

Ronside Steel performs a series of specific railways works including: construction, repair, maintenance of power lines, bridges and railroads consolidations. Ronside Steel is proud of the accomplishments of its employees who have chosen to put their skills and experience in the execution of construction works such as bridges, viaducts, overpasses, steel structures.

ASTRA Vagoane Calatori was founded in 1891 and has an uninterrupted activity of design, production and trade in the rolling stock industry. ASTRA produces a wide range of components and parts for rail vehicles: bodyshells, doors, windows, electric cabinets. ASTRA also performs maintenance for its end customers, a service required by an increasing number of rail operators. Made by an expert, the maintenance done by ASTRA allows an increased reliability and availability of the fleet. Design, engineering, new projects and solutions are elaborated in its own Research & Design & Engineering center.

Atelierele CFR Grivita S.A is a company with a long history in passenger coach repairs, modernization and rebuilding. The plant has been established in 1897 and was specialized in steam engines and passenger coach repairs. Over the years we have improved our technology and expertise, achieving a present top position among coach repair companies, covering home and international passenger coaches with special regime, sleeping coaches, restaurant coaches, saloon coaches, historic trains and administrative staff coaches.

Electroputere VFU S.A. Pascani - design, manufacture, modernization and repairing of freight and passenger coaches, as well as manufacture of spare parts for coaches

Grup Feroviar Român S.A. is an integrally private company. Its main object of activity is the provision of freight railway transport services and services related to railway transport. Our registered results, our potential and our availability, our own fleet of wagons and locomotives, our transport, maintenance and repair capacities are destined to guarantee secure and quality services and they recommend our company as one of the most important railway operators in Romania.

Our mission is to “keep the locomotives on the tracks” and thus to facilitate the development of the rail transports in the most optimal conditions, meeting the highest standards in this field. We have highly skilled, professional, determined staff and most importantly, a real passion for locomotives. This passion keeps us focused on achieving our goals by using the most innovative and newest technologies in the field in order to meet the most complex and customized requirements.

REVA Simeria is a member of Grampet Group and it was established in 1869, having a long tradition in repairing rolling stock. The company holds specific units and workshops: assembly units, hammer and spring shop, mechanical processing, tool shop, chemical analysis laboratory, metrological laboratory, END laboratory, etc., specialised technologies and staff.

Mr. Gilles Peterhans studied finance and economics at the University of St. Gallen - School of Management, Economics, Law, Social Sciences and International Affairs (HSG) in Switzerland. After he graduated in 2001, he transitioned through various field of operating positions in the railway industry. In 2003, he first joined Rexwal, a Swiss rolling stock leasing company, and was shortly promoted to the position of Chief Executive Officer. In 2005, he took over the CEO responsibilities of the newly founded railway undertakings. Recently, Mr. Peterhans focused on originating and executing of private placements and was involved in merger acquisitions transactions. Since January 2013, he acts as Secretary General of UIP – International Union of Wagon Keepers.

Mr. Dennis SCHUT M.A. & M.Sc. is the head of the Research & Innovation Unit of the UIC – the International Union of Railways. In January 2007, he was appointed as senior research adviser for the UIC and holds office at UIC Brussels as well as in the UIC headquarters in Paris. Mr. Schut holds a degree in Social Sciences from the University of Leiden with a major in communication and organisation. From 1978 he has worked as a senior policy adviser for the Netherlands Ministry of Transport in Transport Safety, as well as in International Policy. From 2003 – 2007 he has served as scientific project officer at the Directorate-General for Transport and the Directorate-General for Research of the European Commission in Brussels and, since 2007 is working for the UIC. Among other tasks he acted as secretary to ERRAC – the European Rail Research Advisory Council to the EC and has coordinated a number of EC funded rail research project such as GLOBAL VIEW, ERRAC ROADMAP and FOSTER-RAIL and has been involved in a number of other EC funded projects such as TRANSSLO, TRANSNEW, SPECTRUM, HERMES, MARATHON, SETRIS and REFINET. He has been member of the Multi-modal ETP Task Force preparing the co-modal Infrastructure Roadmap presented to the European Commission in June 2013 and is currently involved in the South East Europe Alliance for Rail Innovation SEESARI.

His professional experience, accumulated in his over 20 years of activity in fields such as management, railway business development, project management and implementation, research or academic, have allowed him to have representative positions in private or state companies in Romania and Europe, in the railway industry and operation field.
He was responsible, individually or in complex teams, for strategies of procurement, restructuring, market repositioning or integration in the structure demanded by the shareholders or the tutelary authority of companies such as: Romvag S.A (Romania), Karsdorfer Eisenbahn – KEG (Private Railway from Germany), Romanian Railway Authority (AFER).
He created, developed and managed railway engineering companies such as Forschung Mess-und Daten-Technik Zentrum (Germany) and Sistematic Engineering (Romania), and represented the Romanian Railway Company in the Managing Board for Applied Research and Drafting of International Railway Norms within the European Railway Research Institute – ERRI (the Netherlands) – the Research Body of UIC (International Railway Union).
In February 2015 he was selected after an international procedure as Board Member and CEO of the Romanian Railway Company -CFR SA.
In August 2015 he was proposed as vice-president of Community of European Railways -CER
From November 17 2015 until the 7th of July 2016 he was the Romanian Minister of Transport.

Mr. Valentin Dorobantu graduated from “Politehnica” University of Bucharest, Faculty of Transport and from the Academy of Economic Studies, Faculty of Commerce. He was traffic operator and head of station at SNCFR SA (Romanian Railways) and held several positions at SNTFC CFR Calatori (Romanian Passenger Railway Operator), such as: head of station, exploitation manager, deputy general manager, CEO, Member of the Board and Member of Directorate.
He was counsellor at Ferest Logistics SRL and manager at Infer Consulting SRL.
Currently, he is chairman of the Board of the Patronal Organisation of Romanian Private Railway Companies.

Severin Göbl is a graduated engineer and economist, head of Rail Cargo Hungaria International Pricing unit. He has over 20 years experience in energy sector in rail logistics and freight forwarding business. Severin started his logistics career by joining Vienna based OMV in 1998. During the years with OMV he filled different positions in supply & logistics, sales and strategic development areas, End of 2007 Severin joined MOL as Logistics director, he managed MOL Group’s rail and waterway transportation division including its refinery railway facilities and its extensive shunting railway operations in 4 flagship companies. In 2015 he joined the Austrian state owned Rail Cargo Group (RCG) taking over high complexity international projects. In his current role he is responsible for international train concepts and corridor train solutions, as well as for coordination and development RCG market activities in CEE countries.

Mr. Gabriel Popa graduated from “Politehnica” University of Bucharest, Faculty of Transports in 1985. Until 1990, he worked at Romanian Railways and was scientific researcher at the Institute of Research and Design for Transport.
He was consultant manager at SC Beta Electronic SRL and Nightserve Ltd – UK. He published over 80 articles and publications on transport and was involved in over 50 scientific and commercial research projects with implementation in railway and urban transport, as well as communication systems.
At present, he is professor PhD Eng. at the Rolling Stock Department of the Faculty of Transport of “Politehnica” University of Bucharest.

Ovidiu Anicai has joined ITC in 1984 and has conducted / conducts R & D in computer science for many clients in a variety of industries. He carried out consulting activities for IBM during 2003-2006, 2016-2017 consulting activities for rail energy efficiency for Louis Berger.
Ovidiu brings over 33 years of experience in IT, business development and innovation management. Currently coordinates the experimental and applied research in the sector of applied informatics to ITC.

Ştefan Iovan has graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics of the University of Timişoara in 1979. He is PhD in Mathematics of the University of Timişoara from 2007. Ştefan Iovan is the author or coauthor of more than 175 works published and/or presented at national and international conferences. At present, he works as IT Consultant/Counselor at Informatica Feroviara SA and is Associated Professor at the Computer Science Faculty of Universitatea de Vest of Timișoara.

Mr. Ralf-Charley Schultze lives in Vienna with his family. Before going to Austria he was responsible during five years within the freight department of the Swiss railways (SBB Cargo) for the combined traffic, the automotive business and the partner management. In this time he had the opportunity to practice liberalization and to experience so called competition. He has an international background, speaks fluently five languages and studied law in Germany, France and England. 10 years in different logistics and forwarding companies in Europe gave him a solid logistics background and enabled him understanding, organizing and implementing logistic processes, meeting the real needs of the market. During the last five years he was director for multimodal logistics within the GEFCO group, responsible for the development of multimodal business all over Europe, with a strong focus on Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia. Currently, Mr. Ralf-Charley Schultze is President of the UIRR, the international union for road-rail combined transport in Brussels.

Fiind un promotor al transportului durabil, Alstom dezvoltă şi comercializează cea mai completă gamă de sisteme, echipamente şi servicii din sectorul feroviar. Alstom administrează sisteme complete de transport, de la material rulant, sisteme de semnalizare şi infrastructură oferind soluţii la cheie. Compania Alstom este nr. 1 în domeniul feroviar de mare viteză şi de foarte mare viteză.
Alstom este prezentă în peste 60 de ţări. Alstom oferă o gamă largă de material rulant care acoperă întreaga piaţă de transport feroviar: de la vehicule de mare viteză la vehicule uşoare pentru transportul urban, trenuri de metrou, tramvaie, trenuri suburbane şi regionale şi locomotive. În plus, Alstom este o sursă inteligentă de informaţii şi sisteme de infrastructură. Serviciile sale acoperă întreţinerea, reabilitarea şi lanţul logistic pentru furnizarea pieselor, proiecte de top la cheie, training şi consultanţă tehnică. Având în vedere legăturile profesionale şi geografice puternice ale companiei, politica Alstom este astfel structurată încât să ofere cele mai bune servicii clienţilor săi.

Grupul Grampet este cel mai mare grup feroviar privat din România şi din Europa de Sud-Est. Înfiinţat în 1999, Grupul Grampet include mai multe companii cu activităţi în toate sectoarele de cale ferată, de la transportul de mărfuri, fabricarea materialului rulant şi reparaţii până la management logistic. Grupul Grampet reuneşte programe complexe pentru dezvoltarea şi modernizarea companiilor-membre şi este responsabil pentru controlul strategic al tuturor diviziunilor sale. În ultimii ani, grupul şi-a extins activitatea şi, în prezent, oferă servicii în România, Bulgaria, Ungaria, Germania, Austria, Serbia, Muntenegru, Ucraina şi Republica Moldova. Promovând un nivel extrem de competitiv şi mereu concentrat pe nevoile clienţilor, cu o cotă de piaţă mereu în creştere în fiecare an, Grupul Grampet a devenit o prezenţă puternică în Europa Centrală şi de Sud-Est. În perioada următoare, Grupul Grampet îşi va extinde activitatea pe pieţele din Cehia, Slovacia şi Grecia. În acelaşi timp, procedurile de înfiinţare a două case de expediţii în Kazahstan şi China au fost iniţiate. În acest fel, Grupul Grampet poate furniza transport feroviar şi servicii logistice clienţilor pe rutele care leagă Marea Nordului de Marea Adriatică şi Marea Neagră.

Domeniul nostru de activitate cuprinde o gamă largă de soluţii, începând de la automatizarea şi alimentarea cu energie electrică a instalaţiilor feroviare, continuând cu producţia de material rulant şi extinzându-se până la livrarea de instalaţii feroviare la cheie şi dezvoltarea unor concepte moderne de service.

Cu o experienţă de peste 30 de ani, voestalpine VAE APCAROM şi-a consolidat în tot acest timp poziţia pe piaţa românească, fiind singura companie românească care fabrică şi furnizează aparate de cale ferată pentru căile ferate, metrou şi un partener de încredere pentru tramvai şi companii cu linii industriale proprii.
Aparţinând unui grup cu tehnologie la standarde înalte, voestalpine VAE APCAROM şi-a perfecţionat sistemul tehnologic şi de producţie pentru a ajunge la calitate şi cost eficient pentru produsele sale. Din momentul integrării, începând cu anul 1998, în grupul VAE Austria, compania noastră a livrat aparate de cale şi piese de schimb pentru diferite pieţe externe din Europa sau de pe alte continente: Africa, Asia, America.
Principalul domeniu de activitate este producţia de aparate de cale. Pentru cel de-al doilea domeniu de activitate - producţia de tirfoane şi SI-uri, voestalpine VAE APCAROM a livrat aceste produse atât în Europa, cât şi în Africa şi Asia.

Kapsch CarrierCom se adreseaza clientilor din România in calitate de integrator si furnizor de solutii complexe, din domeniul informaticii si comunicatiilor. Kapsch ste integrator de sisteme și furnizor global de soluții de telecomunicații complete pentru operatori publici și feroviari, transport urban și companii în căutare de soluții de asset management în timp real.

Ronside Steel performs a series of specific railways works including: construction, repair, maintenance of power lines, bridges and railroads consolidations. Ronside Steel is proud of the accomplishments of its employees who have chosen to put their skills and experience in the execution of construction works such as bridges, viaducts, overpasses, steel structures.

A firm of engineering consultants which is closely involved in the very complex procedures to furnish safety proofs, verification and homologation for the rolling stock troughout Europe. Our aim is a safe, reliable and economic railway system.

Alfred Net is a Romanian company established in 2004, ISO9001 and ISO27001 certified, that is acting as systems integrator and solutions provider for the following domains: security & intelligence, telephony & telecommunications, ITS – intelligent transportation systems and Digital Signage.

With more than 100 years experience, FCC Construcción is the infrastructure division of FCC Group, an international leader in, the international environmental services, water management and construction.
FCC Construcción is listed as one of the top fifteen construction companies in the world.
Its activities span the breadth of the engineering and construction sectors, and it is a company of reference for civil works (roads, railways, airports, hydraulic and marine works, tunnels and bridges), as well as residential and non-residential building works on hospitals, football stadiums, museums and offices.
FCC Construcción has a proven track record in delivering concession projects. Under the umbrella of FCC Industrial, it also has a group of subsidiary companies that specialise in the industrial and energy sector works, as well as other activities connected to the construction sector.

ISAF S.A. is a company specialized in the field of manufacturing and mounting of railway installations and equipments, for electrified railway and urban transport, as follows: automation, signalling, telecommunications, radiocommunications and high voltage installations.

SPIACT CRAIOVA is a company operating in the field of railway industrial production, equipment, centralization and remote control, whose products, services and works are designed mainly for the railway infrastructure.
Our mission is to offer security in railway transport by producing supervision and tracking equipment for train, which correspond to the compulsory standards of circulation on the railway track, also in the respect of protecting the environment.

Due to a continuous experience of almost 80 years in railroad construction, SWIETELSKY became one of the leading railway contruction companies in Europe. In railway sector, SWIETELSKY provides civil construction services related to railway buildings, metro construction-special civil and underground engineering, municipal underground construction, civil and underground construction.

ÜNTEL KABLO is one of the leading cable manufacturers in Europe, with its modern, innovator, high technology factory and has been established in 1972 to manufacture specialty rubber and PVC cables. ÜNTEL KABLO aims to be become one of the leading cable manufacturers in the world keeping the customer services and the product quality as most important.
ÜNTEL KABLO, provides solutions by evaluating customer demands and expectations according to target country’s standards and requirements, and has approximately 150 blue and 35 white collar workers. Not only focusing on standard quality, ÜNTEL KABLO also researches and develops its products to get better quality result and customer satisfaction. That’s why ÜNTEL KABLO is the leading producer in its sector and influences other manufacturers.

Vossloh is a leading global rail technology company. Rail infrastructure is the core business of the Group. We offer our customers throughout the world integrated solutions from a single source. We make an important contribution to the mobility of people and the transport of commodities – safe, sustainable and environmentally friendly.

Wiebe România SRL is registered as Romanian legal person since 2003 as subsidiary of the German holding H.F. Wiebe GmbH & Co.KG. Wiebe România has constantly consolidated its position in the market of railway and tram infrastructure constructions and civil engineering. The perserverence, professionalism and experience of the staff has encountered a fertile expression environment in the technological environment promoted by the company’s management policy.

The ASTALDI GROUP is one of Italy’s leading Contractors, and one of the top 25 in Europe in the construction segment.

Active for more than 90 years internationally, it addresses the market by developing complex, integrated projects in the field of designing, developing, and operating public infrastructure and large-scale civil engineering works, mainly in the segments of Transport Infrastructure, Energy Production Plants, Civil and Industrial Construction, Facility Management, Plant Engineering, and Management of Complex Systems.

TPF ROMANIA has already affirmed itself as one of the leaders in the engineering and consulting fields, working both with private companies and major international organisations (World Bank, EBRD, EU).
First established in Romania in 1995, TPF has implemented a large number of projects, and is currently undergoing a vigorous expansion of its activities.
TPF Romania approaches the engineering field from a multidisciplinary and dynamic perspective, specialising, among others, in design & build, energy efficiency and project management.

He worked as Engineer in Signalling Centralization Blocking, Head of Centralisation Remote Control Department, Installation Manager CFR SA (1998-2000, 2003-2005) and Service Manager AFER (2001-2003, 2005-2009). Since 2009 until 2012 he has been Executive Manager AFER and since 2012 he has been occupying the position of Scientific Secretary within the same company.
He represented CFR SA at UIC for the projects on interoperability. He was Associate Professor at the Technical University in Cluj-Napoca in 1992/1993 and 1993/1994 and professor at the Polytechnics University in Bucharest since 1999, where he introduced the classes Track control elements and the operation of railway remote control equipments and transport management.
Ioan Buciuman elaborated several technical and scientific works on railway remote control and railway transport management and published speciality books in 1983, 1988, 2002 and 2008.
In 2006, he obtained his PhD from the Polytechnics University in Bucharest, with the thesis “Contributions to the modernization and maintenance of the command-control-signalling installations in Romania in view of achieving the interoperability in the Trans-European railway transport”.

Jean-Pierre Loubinoux was born in 1956. A graduate of the Ecole Centrale Paris, he worked at the French Foreign Trade Delegation to Hong Kong (1977-1978) before joining French railways SNCF in 1978, where he held various responsibilities including Director of the SNCF General Delegation in North-America and Chief Executive of French Railways UK Ltd in Britain. He then joined the SNCF Freight Department where he successively managed the Coal-Steel Business Unit and the Human Resources, Data Processing and Finance Department before being appointed Chief Executive of SNCF Freight International (2001) and from 2001 to 2009 Chairman and CEO of SNCF International and SNCF Director of International Development.
In March 2009, Jean-Pierre Loubinoux was appointed Director-General of the International Union of Railways (UIC), the worldwide association representing the rail sector and encompassing 200 railways across all the continents. His mandate was renewed at the June 2010 UIC General Assembly in Tokyo and is set to run until March 2013.
Jean-Pierre Loubinoux has been awarded the Legion of Honour and is a holder of the Silver Medal of the French Ministry of Equipment, Transport and Tourism.
In September 2011, Jean-Pierre Loubinoux received his insignia as Commander of the French National Order of Merit – one of the highest decorations in France along with the Legion of Honour.

Mr. Chiper graduated in 1994, from the “Politehnica” University of Bucharest, Faculty of Transport - Rolling Stock Section, and has a diploma in mechanical engineering.
Marius Chiper has began his activity as locomotive engineer in former SNCFR in 1994, and he had a technical evolution as
Technical Inspector at AFER, Chief of Railway Division at a private Railway Undertaking, Project Manager and Chief of Project Management Unit at CFR.
Currently he is General Manager of CFR SA.

After working 5 years at SNCFR, in 1999 he joined the team of inspectors at the Romanian Railway Authority – AFER, in the field of railway safety.
He militated for the implementation of the European regulation framework in the Romanian legislation and the creation of the adequate institutional support structure.
After having worked in the private sector, where he contributed to the promotion of railway transport and the opportunities provided by the Romanian market at international level, in 2009 he became, once again, director of OIFR.
Currently, he is General Manager of AFER.

His scientific career started in 2002 when he joined the Institute for Railway Engineering at Vienna University of Technology. In 2005 he graduated as a Ph.D. by submission of his thesis “Choice of Location for Wayside Train Monitoring Systems”. He was involved in several studies for Infra Managers to cover their network by WTMS in a safe and economic way. Finally, he became a Docent for the area of railway operation in 2011. Moreover he carried out many studies by simulation of railway operation to compare headways between conventional signalling and the new European Train Control System (ETCS).

Mr. Frumosu has more than 30 years experience of railways development in an international environment. Graduated as a Transport Engineer in Romania, developed his education with an MBA from Oxford Brookes University and a PhD in Development Strategy at the Academy of Economics, currently studying Commercial Law at University of London. In UK he worked on the first PPP initiative in urban transportation – privatisation of Norther Line passenger services of London Underground. Subsequently his career spanned for more than two decades on railways projects in Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia. Since 2014 he joined the EIB as Senior Transport Expert for project implementation support to the SOP-T beneficiaries.

Born on 8 November 1961, Mr Oţoiu Marcel is now the General Manager of the Romanian National Centre for Railway Qualification and Training (CENAFER). He ensures the general manager of the institution and he represents CENAFER in the relationships with third parties. He also deals with communications issues and maintains collaboration regarding the design, implementation and finalization of projects.
He has a vast railway experience and he completed various training courses within CFR (the National Railway Company) where he worked for a long period of time.

Mr. Robson is a time-served railway man having worked in the industry for 39 years. During this time he has held various senior positions both in the UK and in Europe including that of Secretary General of the European Rail Infrastructure Managers (EIM). In the UK Michael Robson has experience of working at a senior level in an integrated railway, British Rail, a private stock market listed infrastructure company, Railtrack, and a company limited by guarantee and privately financed, Network Rail, where he was responsible for developing and implementing the Network Rail policy on European issues.
During his 7 years working in Europe, he gained an excellent knowledge of how the European institutions work along with developing an excellent network of contacts. He was on the Board of the European Railway Agency (ERA) where he was involved in developing the strategy of the ERA and in reviewing the progress of the development of TSIs.
Working in different environments has given him a unique insight into European and world railway structures their complexities and cultures. During his career, he has been involved in Operations, Performance, Timetabling, and Contract Management, Asset Management, Funding, Technical Specification of Interoperability (TSI), Passenger and Freight Marketing and other retail activities in addition to the usual General Management and Project work.
Michael Robson is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Transport & Logistics and the Institute of Management.

Corneliu Luscalov graduated from the Civil Technical University of Bucharest, Faculty of Railways, Roads and Bridges, Specialization: Railway Superstructure. He is a M.Sc, candidate for a Doctor in Science - D.Sc. degree and a invited lector of the Faculty of Railways, Roads and Bridges, Railway Superstructure.
During 1993 - 1998, he worked for Romanian Railway Register - REFER, Research Department for Railways and Art Works, being 1st Degree Scientific Researcher. Since 1998 until 2002 he worked for Romanian Railway Authority - AFER, at the Railway Infrastructure Laboratory, as 1st Degree Technical Expert, Assistant of Laboratory Chief. Since 2002 he has been working as Senior Technical Executive of Romanian subsidiary of Vossloh Fastening Systems GmbH, Vossloh Tehnica Feroviară srl. From 2007 he is the Romanian Railway Industry Association – AIF, Infrastructure Department Director.

Sergiu Giorgian Rădulescu was born on 16 July 1958. He graduated from the University of Brasov, the Technological Faculty of Machine Construction. He has graduated from a CODECS course including the following: management of change, driving art, mentoring, project management, negotiation techniques in acquisitions. Until 2007, he was section engineer, design engineer and head of designing.
Mr. Rădulescu currently is Head of Research and Design of voestalpine Vae Apcarom SA Buzau.

Claudiu Valentin Stoilescu was born on 4th Octomber 1989 in Buzau. He graduated from the University of Agronomic Science and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, the Faculty of Land Reclamation and Environmental Engineering, Geodesy Engineering specialization. Since he graduated in 2013, he worked in the sales domain, promoting topographical services. He graduated from courses such as Lean 6 Sigma and Successful Communication in organizational environment. He currently is a marketing specialist in voestalpine VAE APCAROM.

Jacques de Liniers was born in 1969. He graduated the Université de Nantes in France, with a degree in civil engineering.
He has an Executive MBA in Marketing, Management and Finance, graduated at EDHEC Business School France.
Since 1992 Jacques was introduced in to the civil engineering industry.
His experience speaks for itself, with more than 22 years core in building and civil engineering in Ile de France, overseas, Central Europe in major construction projects in this field: 6 years at SCGPM (Spie Batignolle), 7 years at CBC company (VINCI CONSTRUCTION), 3 years at SAFEGE (SUEZ environment) and 8 years at COLAS (the BOUYGUES Groupe). His work experience has included a various range of positions, from site manager to branch director.
In 2016 Jacques was appointed as Managing Director for Colas Rail Romania and ISAF branches (Romania, Greece and Bulgaria), and became responsible for the day to day running of the business.

He graduated from the University of Galati, Romania, in 1989, afterwards he continued his training at Ecole de Technologie Supérieure (Montréal, Canada) – 1995 – 1996; Universite de Montreal (Montreal, Canada) – 1994; George Washington University (Washington D.C.) – 1995, FGT Montreal, Canada - 1994 – 1996; University of Chicago Graduate School of Business – 1999; International Faculty of Finance – London – July 2010.
He held several management positions, before joining Alstom Romania as Project Manager & Director of Operations from 2004 to 2007. Currently he is Managing Director Systems & Infrastructure at Alstom Romania