Johannes Braun

Johannes Braun has in-depth expertise in railways and maglev systems. From 1997 to 2006 he was involved in the project management and the site management of infrastructure projects/turnkey transportation systems with Siemens AG. From 2001 to 2003, he was the Site General Manager of the German Consortium Shanghai Maglev Transrapid Project, which built the first commercial maglev magnetic railway line (in operation since 2004) with a cruising speed of 431 km/h.

Moreover, he used to work for Alstom Transport Deutschland GmbH as Head of the Business Unit Signaling, High-Speed Trains and Infrastructure. Since 2011, Johannes Braun has been working for the Goldschmidt Group as President of the Business Unit Rail Solutions and as a Group Vice President.