Neil McDonald

Neil joined the Corporation Board in November 2018. He has 38 years’ experience in the rail industry having started out as an engineering apprentice. After 27 years in engineering he moved into general management as Managing Director of the Industrial business unit of EWS Railways/DB, followed by a period as Head of Sales. In 2015, he became the Chief Operating Officer of the first heavy haul Railway in the UAE, a joint venture between DB and Etihad Rail. For five years he was a Non-Executive Director of the Railway Safety and Standards Board, representing freight members. He brings 15 years’ executive management experience to the corporation board.