David Higgins, currently Chief Executive of the Olympic Delivery Authority, has been appointed Chief Executive of Network Rail from February 2011.
Mr Higgins is currently a Non-Executive Director of Network Rail and will continue in that role until he takes up his new position next year.
Iain Coucher, the current Chief Executive of Network Rail, is stepping down at the end of October and Director, Asset Management Peter Henderson will become Acting Chief Executive until February 2011. www.networkrail.co.uk
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