DESTINATION RAIL Executive Board Member
Robsons’ International Railway Consultancy, United Kingdom

Michael Robson is Managing Director of Robsons’ International Railway Consultancy which was established in 2010. Prior to setting up his consultancy Michael was Secretary General of the European Rail Infrastructure Managers (EIM) from 2006 to 2010, having previously held senior positions in British Rail, Railtrack and Network Rail during which time he served as a Board Member of the European Railway Agency Board. He is currently a member of the EURNEX Advisory Board, the Institute of Transport and Logistics, the Institute of Management as well as being the Chairman of the SMARTRAIL project Board from 2011 to 2014.
Mr Robson has experience in managing operations, passenger sales, general management, freight, performance regimes, asset management, research and project funding, train and engineering planning in both nationalized and private railways.
Mr Robson is experienced in studying the effects of new and proposed European Railway legislation on the rail sector.His recent experience has covered the trends in infrastructure investment, maintenance and renewal in addition to new rail projects mostly in Europe but with some world exposure, research and development projects. He is also experienced in work on financing and replacement of rolling stock (locomotives, passenger vehicles and freight wagons), development of new train services and investment schemes, in addition to safety and security aspects of the operational railway. He is a well known Chairman and presenter at railway conferences in addition to lecturing at Loughborough University and the UIC.