Tom Desmond is currently the Operations Director for Wessex Route in Network Rail. Tom has worked in a variety of front-line operational roles across Western Route and more strategic roles in the System Operator, most recently the Director of Operational Delivery which included being the professional head of Control for Network Rail. Tom led on delivery of the Queen’s funeral and King’s coronation plans as well as leading on network-wide operational technology and national industrial relations before moving back into front-line operational leadership in Wessex Route and is now in the thick of the integration of track and train with SWR colleagues.
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