Independent Transportation/Trucking/Railroad Professional
Canterbury, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Interim Programme Manager at Transport for London
- Past
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- Interim Station Manager - St Pancras International at London & Continental Railway
- Sponsor Analyst - Victoria Line at Metronet
- Business Support Manager at Eurotunnel
- Education
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- Imperial College London
- Winchester College
- Connections
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- Industry
- Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
- Websites
David Hampson-Ghani’s Summary
I am an independent interim manager/consultant with over 20 years experience in the customer facing railway operations sector. I have hands-on practical expertise in line management and start-up assignments, as well as business process re-engineering, customer strategy and customer experience design and implementation, and all aspects of recruitment training, learning and development of front-line operational staff.
A qualified Chartered Engineer, with a degree in Civil Engineering from Imperial College London, I have recently gained the Prince2 Practitioner qualification. I am a member of the Chartered Institute for Logistics and Transport, and a member of the Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce
David Hampson-Ghani’s Specialties:
Customer service, customer strategy, customer experience design, coaching and training, railway operations, railway service delivery, project management (Prince2 Practitioner), programme management, business development, change management, market research, operations management
David Hampson-Ghani’s Experience
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Interim Programme Manager
Transport for London
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; SBS; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)
February 2008 — Present (6 months)
South Barn Solutions Ltd is a company set up to deliver high quality project management, business consultancy and interim management for the transport sector. Primarily but not exclusively engaged in railway operations.
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Interim Station Manager - St Pancras International
London & Continental Railway
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)
November 2006 — August 2007 (10 months)
Interim Station Manager responsible for all aspects of operational preparedness including recruitment, training and development of new and existing staff, as well as the creation of the new station operation procedures. Responsible for stakeholder management including local authorities, contractors, suppliers and other transport organisations.
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Sponsor Analyst - Victoria Line
Metronet
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)
April 2006 — December 2006 (9 months)
Part of the Asset Management Team overseeing the major upgrade programme on the Victoria Line. Responsible among other things for delivering a depot capacity model for Northumberland Park and for researching a business case for a new connection to Network Rail.
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Business Support Manager
Eurotunnel
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)
March 1985 — July 2005 (20 years 5 months)
David Hampson-Ghani’s Education
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Imperial College London
BSc, Civil Engineering, 1977 — 1980
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Winchester College
1971 — 1976
- Activities and Societies:
- Moberley House (Toyes)
Head of House 1976
School Captain of Swimming 1975-6
School record for 50m butterfly, 100m & 200m individual medley
Coxwain of 1st & 2nd Eight Rowing Club
Additional Information
David Hampson-Ghani’s Websites:
David Hampson-Ghani’s Interests:
Snowboarding, private flying (PPL holder), mountain trekking
David Hampson-Ghani’s Groups:
Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport, Institution of Civil Engineering
Institution of Civil Engineering
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LinkedIn UK 1st Million Members - (IV) member
David Hampson-Ghani’s Honors:
MICE, C.Eng, MILT
Prince2 Practitioner
David Hampson-Ghani’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
