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Nick joined Rock in January 2017. He brings over twenty-five years of experience in the railway industry in both the UK and mainland Europe, with a particular focus on the rolling stock market.

Since the beginning of 2019 Nick has played a leading role in the development of Rock’s business in mainland Europe. Working with a team of Rock Rail experts and industry advisors and engaging with regional government, local transport authorities, operators, manufacturers, stakeholders and influencers, Nick has played a lead role in establishing Rock Rail in Germany. This work culminated in July 2022 with the successful financial close of a funding for a new fleet of 17 Alstom Double-Deck EMUs for Deutsche Bahn to operate Main-Weser services in the Frankfurt/Hessen region, followed in December of 2023 with the financial close of the financing of a new fleet of 18 Siemens Mireo EMUs for Deutsche Bahn to operated Mitteldeutsches S-Bahn-Netz 2025 plus Lot 1 in the Leipzig region.  Following the close of these transactions, Nick is now also leading project management and asset management activities for both of these fleets during their build and delivery phases. Prior to 2019 Nick’s activities have included being asset and project management lead for Rock on both the Moorgate Class 717 and the Greater Anglia Class 745 and Class 755 trains.

Nick’s career includes two executive roles at major rolling stock manufacturers. Firstly at Hitachi Rail Europe, where he was responsible for the sales, commercial and strategic planning activities of Hitachi’s rail business in both the UK and Europe. He developed, led and implemented Hitachi Rail Europe’s early new business strategy for mainland Europe including senior level engagement with SBB (Switzerland) and DB (Germany). More recently Nick was UK Sales Director and a member of the Executive Management Team at Siemens Rail Systems with responsibility for overall Sales performance of the Rail Systems Division in the UK.

Prior to this Nick worked for the ROSCO HSBC Rail (now Eversholt Rail Group) for nearly ten years in a number of roles. He held overall responsibility for all activities relating to its portfolio of Intercity and Freight rolling stock assets, including relationship management, engineering and project management.

Nick brings with him a comprehensive knowledge of the UK and European rolling stock market and will continue to take a lead role in Rock Rail’s business development and asset management capabilities as it continues to grow its rolling stock portfolio in Germany and Mainland Europe.

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