James Herriott
James joined Rock in September 2017, and is responsible for asset management activities for Rock’s owned operational fleets. James is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer with over 15 years’ experience in the rail industry, predominantly in rolling stock engineering. Since joining Rock, James has been the Lessor Representative responsible for the successful delivery of the 25 […]
Jenny Smith
Jenny joined Rock in December 2019. She is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer with over 15 years’ experience of work in the rail industry, predominantly within rolling stock maintenance. She brings a working knowledge of both UK and international rolling stock operations and maintenance practices. Before joining Rock Jenny spent 3 years working for Stagecoach on […]
Karlien Blackwell
Karlien joined Rock in February 2020 as a Financial Accountant to assist the Finance Managers on the UK projects and the Management Accountant on the wider Rock Rail Group. Karlien started just before the Covid lockdown and created a wholly digital Trial Balance review platform for all the projects, which is still used today. Prior […]
Kishan Sumanasekera
Kishan is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer with over 7 years rail experience in various companies within the rail industry. He gained his Masters in Aeronautical Engineering at Queen Mary University of London. Kishan uses his background in operational rail to implement effective solutions to problems using his analytical and problem-solving skills. He can express a […]
Mark Swindell
Mark founded Rock Rail in 2014, having established sister company Rock Infrastructure in 2011, following a highly successful career in law at Clifford Chance (10 years) and DLA Piper (18 years). Mark has over 35 years of experience working in the City of London, New York and Europe. For the last 28 years, he has […]
Matthew Allen
Matthew has over 18 years of experience of the infrastructure sector. Since joining Rock in 2011, Matthew has played a leading role in the negotiation of the commercial aspects of all of Rock’s fleet. He also played a lead role in the procurement and delivery of the Mersey Gateway Bridge PPP, which successfully opened in […]