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 […]
Mike Kean
Mike joined the business in December 2018 in the newly created role of Chief Operating Officer heading up Rock Rail’s expanding asset management operations. Most recently he has taken up the role of Chief Originations Officer responsible for new rolling stock and rail infrastructure opportunities and fleet delivery across all markets. With over 10 years […]
Steve Dodd
Steve joined Rock in November 2017 as Commercial Director. Steve has over twenty-five years of experience in the railway industry, with a career encompassing London Underground and UK heavy rail predominantly within the rolling stock arena. Steve has worked for train operators, rolling stock manufacturers and government agencies as a manager, project manager, adviser and […]