Mandisa Mondi
Ms. Mandisa joined Transnet in 1999 as an Environmental Planning Manager and quickly moved her way up the ranks, in a series of promotions. She held the roles of Senior Manager: Environment, Executive Manager: Safety, Health and Environment, General Manager: Enterprise Risk Management, General Manager: Mineral Mining and Chrome, General Manager: Coal, a stint as […]
Takunda Madanha
Mr Takunda Madanha is an accredited Marketing Practitioner with over 24 years combined practical working experience in mining, manufacturing, confectionary, insurance and rail transport industries. Takunda is a product of the National University of Science and Technology (NUST), where he obtained B.Comm [Honours] and Msc. Degrees majoring in Marketing. Notably, he graduated his Masters Degree […]
Pulane Tshabalala Kingston
Pulane Tshabalala Kingston is the Chief Executive Officer and controlling shareholder of voestalpine VAE SA, a member of the voestalpine Railway Systems group, which is the global market leader for railway turnout system solutions. She is qualified lawyer, entrepreneur, social activist and patron of the arts who has served on a number of Boards of […]
Mabuza Shabalala
Mabuza is a highly accomplished executive and leader with over 20 years of experience in the railway industry. Appointed as the Sales Executive in June 2021, he is now the Sales and Marketing Director overseeing the Sub-Saharan Region for Pandrol South Africa. Mabuza obtained his National Diploma in Civil Engineering at Mangosuthu University of Technology […]
Richard Aaroe
Educated at a military academy with a specialisation in strategy, management, and administration, Richard brings over 30 years of experience in project management, operations leadership across various companies, and board membership. Throughout his career, he has overseen significant turnovers, managed large and complex programmes, and founded companies in multiple European countries. Over the past 10+ […]
Prof. Hannes Gräbe
Jacob Chionyere
Mr Jacob Chionyere is a holder of BSC Honours Degree in Economics – University of Zimbabwe (UZ) – (2003) and MSC Finance and Investments – National University of Science and Technology (NUST) – 2022. Mr Jacob is currently the Head of Strategy and Planning with National Railways of Zimbabwe – Chief Strategy & Planning Manager
Nicolas Gregoir
Nicolas has been the Chief Operating Officer of Lobito Atlantic Railway (LAR) since November 2023 and has been involved in the mobilization of the project since 2021. Nicolas has over 20 years’ experience in logistics and railways, mainly on the African continent, having been involved in various projects in Angola, Gabon, DRC, Madagascar, Tanzania and […]
Thembi Lekganyane
Howard Rosen
The Rail Working Group is a not-for-profit association constituted under Swiss law representing a broad cross-section of the global railway community. For a complete list of our members and more about us, please visit our website at www.railworkinggroup.org Howard Rosen C.B.E, M.A. (Oxon) Howard Rosen was born in 1955 and grew up in London. He studied law […]