Steve brings with him over 30 years of rail industry experience. He joined Regional Railways Northeast in the early 90's and quickly become a Conductor. He progressed through the grades across several TOCs into leadership roles. Steve had responsibility for strategic development and delivery of major operations schemes for Northern – he then progressed to the role of Regional Director for Northern's biggest region. Most recently he has held the position of Operations Director for Network Rail, where he has led on the strategic delivery of infrastructure planning and operations on the East Midlands route.