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4th Annual Middle East

Rail Opportunities
6 7 May 2013 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Linking the Middle East: Fuelling Economy

Confirmed Speakers and Panelists

Abdullah Balhaddad
Saudi Railways Organization, Vice
President, Member of Railway Land
Bridge Project Steering Committee,
Saudi Arabia
Dr. Ramiz Al Assar
World Bank Group, Senior Transport
Specialist, Saudi Arabia
Eng. Abdullah Almotawa
Arriyadh Development Authority,
Director, Saudi Arabia
Mohamed Al Falasi
Etihad Rail, Senior GCC Relations
Coodinator, UAE
Faleh Al-Mutairi
Gulf Cooperation Council
Secreteriat General, Sr. projects
Engineer, Saudi Arabia
Craig Tengstrom
T-Tracks Saudi, Contracts Director,
South Africa
Engineer Hamad Bin Yousef
Saudi Railway Company, Civil &
Track Supervisor, Saudi Arabia
Jalal Almarhoon, Standard
Chartered Capital Saudi Arabia,
Head of Project and Export Finance,
Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Al Musawa Al Hashemi
Etihad Rail, Government Relations
Manager, UAE
John Thomas
Etihad Rail, Regulatory Affairs Advisor,
UAE

Ibrahim Al-Sabti
Gulf Cooperation Council
Secreteriat General, Director of
Transport Department, Saudi Arabia
Rabii Ouadi
Huawei Technologies
Head of Business Development MENA
Eng. Mohammed Mubarak Al
Mamary, Ministry of Transport &
Communications, Assistant Director
for Design, Oman

P. Takis Salpeas, MSCE, MSSE, CCM,

Parsons Corporation, Senior Vice
President and Global Rail Manager, USA
Howard Smith
London Rail, Chief Operating Officer,
London
Frdric Milliet
Vossloh Aktiengesellschaft, Regional
Director, Abu Dhabi
Mohammed Serroukh
ITS Arab, Director General, Saudi
Arabia

Loay Ghazaleh, Ministry of Works,

Bahrain, PPP theme leader & Advisor
to the Undersecretary of Works, Bahrain,
Bahrain

Jan Fischle
Thales Group
Key Account Manager

Franois Davenne,
Intergovernmental Organisation
for International Carriage by Rail
(OTIF), Secrtaire Gnral, Switzerland

Azmi Abdul Aziz

Land Public Transport Commission
Malaysia (SPAD), Chief Development
Officer, Malaysia

Dr. Shahid Khan

Saudi Bin Laden Group, Project
Director North South Railway Project,
Saudi Arabia

Eng. Abdullah Alhumede

Aqaba Railway Corporation, Acting
D.G.Office Director, Jordan

Mohammad Montazeri, Tehran

Urban & Suburban Railway
Company, Deputy Managing Director,
Iran
Christophe Mariot
BNP Paribas, Regional Head of
Structured Finance, Bahrain
Syed Ehtesham Husain
Al Latifia Trading and Contracting,
Head of Engineering, Saudi Arabia

Selim Bouri, Kapsch CarrierCom,

Sales Leader Middle East, Africa and
Turkey
Senior Representative
CAF, Madrid
Sunjay Bhatnagar
El Seif Engineerting Contracting
Company (Haramain High Speed
Rail Project), Architectural Engineering
Manager, Saudi Arabia

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Advisory Board
Stephane Chapuis
Qatar Rail, Commercial Director
Michael Mccrory
Ministry of Transportation Bahrain
Advisor to the Minister of Transportation, Bahrain

Event Overview

Abdul Ghaffar Abdul HaQ Chaudhry

Road Transport Authority, Dubai
Chief Engineer
Mohamed Mezghani
EuroMed
Road, rail and Urban transport Project, Team Leader

KEY TOPICS

Country Focus: Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman

Global Spotlight: Spain, London, Malaysia,

Switzerland

major countries across the region. Saudi Arabia is constructing a

Building Intelligent Transportation Systems

speed line, monorail, the North South railway project and many

Implementing Best Strategies / Practices for the

GCC Region

Designing a Sustainable Railway Network

Over the last decade, the Middle East region has seen a substantial
increase in the number of rail projects that have been established.
There has been an investment of over billions of dollars across
the GCC Region for constructing the railway line connecting

others in the pipeline. Qatar is preparing for the 2022 FIFA World
Cup that is going to be held in the country, Kuwait is aiming
towards a 2035 vision stimulating the economic development of
the country. There has been an equal rise in the construction of
passenger and freight railway lines

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

The 4 Annual conference on Middle East Rail Opportunities

th

to be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia aims at discussing the rail

infrastructure across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and case
studies of successful railway networks. Loay Ghazaleh, Ministry
of Works, Bahrain, PPP theme leader will throw light on the
financing models for the railways, ITS Arab will discuss the latest
technology that is being deployed for the railways and many such
important aspects will be discussed at the event. The next decade
will see a major transformation in the transport industry across
the GCC Region.

Job Function: Policy Makers & Government Ministry Officials,

Regional Director, CEOs, COOs, Chief Transport Executive
/ Officers, Manager Maintenance, Development Director,
Chief Engineers, Telecommunication Engineers, Division
Engineers, Head / Director - Civil Engineer Department,
Director Projects, Head of Projects, Rail Director, Manager
Projects, Head of Engineering & Maintenance, Rolling Stock
Engineers, Strategic Planning Manager, Chief Technology
Officer, President / Vice President, Chief Estimator, Sales
Manager, Director Sales / Business Development, Director
Planning & Strategy, Director or Transport & Infrastructure,
Managing Director, Transportation Planning Consultant,
Procurement & Contracts Manager , Head of Infrastructure,
Director - Rail and Metro, Head of Contracting Sector,
Commercial Directors & Managers, Finance Directors &
Managers, Directors of Infrastructure

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Quotes FROM MERO SERIES

In the 21st century, public transportation emphasized its role more than
ever as the backbone of growth among nations that aspire to achieve
globally competitive and environmentally sustainable development.
Railways in particular have been at the forefront in nation building by
providing safe, efficient and reliable means of transportation for both
people and goods
H.E. Mattar Mohammed Al Tayer
Roads and Transport Authority, Dubai
Chairman of the Board and Executive Director

The considerable European expertise in building and operating railway

lines provides with examples of best practices that can be followed all over
the world.
Michael Clausecker
UNIFE
Director General

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DAY 1 | 6th May 2013

8:00 Registration and Coffee

12:30 Prayer Break & Lunch

8:50 Welcome by Fleming Gulf

8:55 Opening Remarks from the Chair

Country Spotlight- Region wise Strategy

14:00 Powering safe and reliable railway telecommunications

Accelerating the vision on track

9:00

Unfolding the Middle East Rail Infrastructure in the

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia How is it Positioned?
Current state of the rail network
Development of the rail structure in the last decade within the
region
Reasons of failures in the existing structure

Selim Bouri, Kapsch CarrierCom

Sales Leader Middle East, Africa and Turkey

14:25

Reserved for Ministry of Transport, KSA

9:25

Abdullah Balhaddad, Saudi Railways Organization

Vice President, Member of Railway Land Bridge Project Steering Committee,
Saudi Arabia

9:50

Franois Davenne, Intergovernmental Organisation for

International Carriage by Rail (OTIF)
Secrtaire Gnral, Switzerland

14:50 Innovative solutions for track maintenance and for

transportation activities:
High speed grinding
Shunting locomotives
Frdric Milliet, Vossloh Aktiengesellschaft
Regional Director, Abu Dhabi

15:00 Networking & Coffee Break

15:45

Dr. Shahid Khan, Saudi Bin Laden Group

Project Director North South Railway Project

16:10 Transforming Land Transport in Malaysia

Rail vision 2020 of Malaysia
Best practices in designing and building the rail network
Building the LRT lines and gaging the effectiveness of these lines

Eng. Abdullah Almotawa, Arriyadh Development Authority,

Director, Saudi Arabia

Azmi Abdul Aziz, Land Public Transport Commission Malaysia

(SPAD), Chief Development Officer, Malaysia

10:15 Networking & Coffee Break

10:50

Presentation by | Ansaldo
Senior Representative, Ansaldo

16:35

Engineer Hamad Bin Yousef, Saudi Railway Company

Civil & Track Supervisor, Saudi Arabia

11:40 The GCC Railway Network and the Role of Regulation

The key requirements to ensure a successful interoperable GCC
railway network
How regulation across the GCC countries should be tailored to the
particular structure and ownership of railways and the way that GCC
regional services will be provided.
The possible roles for a GCC regional body and national regulators
in facilitating safe and efficient regional train services
John Thomas, Etihad Rail, Regulatory Affairs Advisor, UAE

12:05

Presentation by | Huawei Technologies

Rabii Ouadi, Huawei Technologies
Head of Business Development MENA

Oman: The National Railway Project

Interoperability with the GCC Network
Challenges faced in designing the rail network
Planning for the construction phase and the way ahead

11:15 Integrating the Railway Engineering Structure

The North South Railway project is the construction of the worlds
longest freight & passenger railway line and is being built by Saudi
Railway Company (SAR)
Systems Engineering for the railways
Integration of IT, mechanical, civil and other engineering aspects

Saudi Arabia - North-South Railway Future

Designing of the railway systems
Signalling & Telecommunications of the system
Intermodal ticketing Systems designed for the North South Railway

Riyadh Metro | Building the Rail Network

Metro network across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Status of the bus network
Economic feasibility of the rail-road network

Presentation by| Intergovernmental Organisation for

International Carriage by Rail (OTIF)
OTIF history and field of application : uniform railways law and
uniform technical prescriptions
The relationship with EU law : what brings the recent accession of
EU to COTIF to the member states of OTIF
The added value of OTIF regulation for fostering railways
development
Interest for the Gulf state to access to the organisation

Safety Technology in Railways

Safety is an important term that mainly linked with life works. This
term becomes more critical and commonly used with transportation.
Railway safety is a continues process starts from the design stage till
infinity, where many railways exclude or postpone this stage for some
reasons such as: lack of experience, saving money, and others reasons.
Operating railways in Saudi Arabia is much different than others because
of the exceptional environment that has like the sand, dust, heat, and
humidity. Those factors play a big role in operating safety level. So,
one important measure for safety in such environment is how much
care and money spend you consider for a railway project during the
project process not only for the infrastructure, but also for rolling stocks,
safety & security systems, maintenance machines, and maintenance
workshopsetc.
Saudi Railway Organization (SRO) has a long experience in this aspect
and a numbers of projects each with a different practice that have been
implemented.
This presentation highlights this important topic at the time where the
GCC countries are starting constructing their railway in a challenge with
the gulf environment.

About Kapsch and BTC

GSM-R market facts
Why ERTMS?
The importance of GSM-R
Reference Projects and Standardization efforts

Eng. Mohammed Mubarak Al Mamary, Ministry of Transport &

Communication
Assistant Director for Design, Oman

17:00

Panel Discussion | GCC Railway vs European Model

Implementing best strategies
GCC cross border management by separate GCC railway (one
operator) as presently under discussion vs. European model (unified
cross border regulations) with different operators from different
countries
Panelists:
Loay Ghazaleh, Ministry of Works, Bahrain, PPP theme leader &
Advisor to the Undersecretary of Works, Bahrain
Howard Smith, London Rail, Chief Operating Officer
Engineer Hamad Bin Yousef, Saudi Railway Company
Civil & Track Supervisor, Saudi Arabia
Mohammad Montazeri, Tehran Urban & Suburban Railway
Company, Deputy Managing Director

17:30 Closing Remarks from The Event Chair

17:40 Networking Reception

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DAY 2 | 7th May 2013

RISK MITIGATION

8:15 Registration and Coffee

8:45 Opening Remarks from the Chairperson

14:00

Panel Discussion | Designing a Sustainable Railway Network

What are the factors to be considered while designing a rail network
Challenges faced in the designing stage
How to cut down future costs using an effective design
Panelist:
Loay Ghazaleh, Ministry of Works, Bahrain
PPP theme leader & Advisor to the Undersecretary of Works, Bahrain
Howard Smith, London Rail, Chief Operating Officer
Ibrahim Al-Sabti, Gulf Cooperation Council Secreteriat
General, Director of Transport Department, Saudi Arabia
Faleh Al-Mutairi, Gulf Cooperation Council Secreteriat
General, Sr. projects Engineer, Saudi Arabia

14:25

Presentation by | Thales
Jan Fischle, Thales Group, Key Account Manager

14:50

CASE STUDY Tehran Metro: What Makes a Successful Rail

Network?
Building a successful network
Challenges faced while constructing the network
Mohammad Montazeri, Tehran Urban & Suburban Railway
Company, Deputy Managing Director

Country Spotlight- Region wise Strategy (Contd)

9:00

GCC Railway and procurement for Railways

Where lies the challenge Managing procurement for the railways
Overcoming the challenge and making way future
Calliberating the procurement and contracts system
Dr. Ramiz Al Assar, World Bank Group
Senior Transport Specialist, Saudi Arabia

9:25 Matching Transport with Urban Development experience

from London
The role of light rail in urban development
Major projects Crossrail
New and upgraded metro lines
Transport for major sporting events London 2012
Howard Smith, London Rail, Chief Operating Officer
9:50

T-TRACK | The Total Track Solution

Fully compatible for harsh desert environments
Install and forget technology
Financially competitive
Craig Tengstrom, Tubular Track (Pty) Ltd
Contracts Director, South Africa

10:15 Networking & Coffee Break

15:10 Networking & Coffee Break

15:45

Finance & Regulatory Aspects

10:50 Financing the Railways For Future
How does the financing model for the railways work
The PPP Model for Rail
Legal Framework of the PPP financing model
Loay Ghazaleh, Ministry of Works, Bahrain
PPP theme leader & Advisor to the Undersecretary of Works, Bahrain
11:15

Presentation by | CAF
Senior Representative | CAF, Madrid

Accelerating the Vision on Track The Way

Forward
16:10

Risks and Success Factors for the Private Sector Investments

in Railway Sector
Discussing three interrelated main factors that are likely to attract
private sector investment in the railway sector including risk profile
especially that the sector is in its early development stages, financability
where long term funding has become a more scarce commodity; and
finally returns and some strategies to improve capital returns.
Risk profile:
Market risk, and mitigants structures
Liens on strategic and sensitive assets
Termination regime and payments back-stop by the sovereign
Interface risk and project on project risk
Contractual structure for proper risk allocation
Financeability
Long term lending available but at a premium
Currency concerns
Potential sources
Returns
Debt leveraging and target IRRs
Jalal Almarhoon, Standard Chartered Capital Saudi Arabia
Head of Project and Export Finance, Saudi Arabia

16:35

Panel Discussion | Way ahead for the Middle East Rail

Infrastructure
Building a strong railway infrastructure across the Middle East
Leveraging the public private partnership and encouraging the
private sector
Developing regulatory policies and framework for railways
Panellists:
Mohammed Serroukh, ITS Arab, Director General
Christophe Mariot, BNP Paribas
Regional Head of Structured Finance, Bahrain

SPECIAL ADDRESS : The Next Generation Railway

Technology
11:40 The Next Generation Railway Technology - Building an
Intelligent Transport System
Signaling & Telecommunications Network
Modern Surveillance Technologies in Railways
Designing a well organized Passenger Information Systems
Mohammed Serroukh, ITS Arab, Director General
12:05 Project Manager at Risk: The Next Tool in the Rail Project
Delivery Toolbox
New contracting model to be the next tool in the rail project delivery
toolbox that can better service public agency/owners needs
Focuses on driving constructability and basis of design concepts
early in the project development and environmental assessment cycle
Brings delivery services on board earlier (as compared to the
typical lengthy use of advisory services) under a total integrated
contracting solution
Starts under a Phase 1 Development Scope of Work and transitions
to a Phase 2 turnkey contracting solution with acceptance of price/
schedule/scope/quality performance risk
P. Takis Salpeas, MSCE, MSSE, CCM, Parsons Corporation
Senior Vice President and Global Rail Manager

12:30 Prayer Break & Lunch

CASE STUDY Phosphate Transportation Progress in Jordan

Aqaba Railway Corporation (ARC) is highly involved in transporting
phosphates from mines near Abiad and Maan to the port in Aqaba.
ARC operates feright rail across Abiad to Aqaba. The volume of
phosphate transportation has increased tremendously in the recent
years and highlights the progress of freight rail which in turn is a
boost in the economy.
Eng. Abdullah Alhumede, Aqaba Railway Corporation
Acting D.G.Office Director, Jordan

17:30 Closing Remarks From the Event Chair

17:40 Close of Conference

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Speaker Bios
Abdullah Balhaddad, Saudi Railways Organization
Vice President, Member of Railway Land Bridge Project Steering
Committee, Saudi Arabia
Eng. Abdullah Balhaddad is working with Saudi Railways Organization (SRO) since
1989, he is the Vice President of SRO, A member of the Railway Land Bridge Project
Steering Committee and also represents the SRO in international railways union Paris.
He is serving as a head of technical accidents investigation committee & legal accidents
investigation committee. He is a member of employee promotion committee & SRO
strategic planning committee. Eng. Balhaddad has worked on the following technical
papers - Saudi Railways Achievements & Developments, Railways Safety in the Middle
East, Sand Drift Solutions in sandy areas, Fright Wagons Turn round Reduction time,
Improve wheel life in harsh environments, Challenges of rail maintenance in harsh
desert climate.

Azmi Abdul Aziz, Land Public Transport Commission

Malaysia (SPAD), Chief Development Officer, Malaysia
Azmi is currently the Chief Development Officer of Land Public Transport Commission,
Malaysia or in short S.P.A.D. His key role is to manage the development of policy
and planning with regard to the transformation of the nations land public transport
landscape. He is also responsible for supervision of the first MRT project in the country.
Prior to this appointment, he was the Chief Operating Officer for Scomi Engineering
Bhd. While with Scomi Engineering, Azmi had served as the Project Director for
Indias 1st monorail project in Mumbai. Based in Mumbai, he was responsible for
management of the project at strategic level and responsible in designing the project
control mechanism system. He had also served as the General Manager of Rail
Operations for Rapid KL and Chief Operating Officer of KLRT, a subsidiary of Syarikat
Prasarana Negara Berhad. Azmi brought with him a rich and exciting 25 years serving
both the public and private sectors in the transport industry, especially rail.

Christophe Mariot, BNP Paribas

Regional Head of Structured Finance, Bahrain
Mr. Mariot is currently the Regional Head of Structured Finance BNP Paribas-GCC
where he is entrusted to coordinate Structured Finance activities, including Project
Finance and Advisory across the Gulf, as well as to head locally both, the Energy &
Commodities and the Project Finance teams, as well as the Asset Finance activities.
Mr. Mariot has been strategically involved in high profile projects in the Gulf over
the past 10 years. Some of his successful transactions in the region include: Al Hidd II
first ECA/Islamic, Dolphin US$1bn Islamic tranche for which the bank was lead and
documentation bank. Mr. Mariot has been a co-team leader on the advisory mandate
for the 1,000MW IPP program for the Bahraini government: Al Ezzel, Al Hidd IWPP
and Al Dur IWPP.

Craig Tengstrom, Tubular Track (Pty) Ltd

Contracts Director, South Africa
Higher National Diploma (Mech & Elec Engineering, 1982 to 1985)
Craig, 49, started his career with Anglo America and De Beers Consolidated Mines after
completing his studies in 1985. While working for De Beers, he was exposed to Tubular
Track in 1990 as a young engineer. He was immediately impressed with this new track
technology and in 1993 joined Basil Read Mining where he became involved in the
installation of T-Track in the South African Mining industry as a Contractor. In 1995
he joined the founding company of this new revolutionary track system, Tubular Track
(Pty) Ltd, which is based in Pretoria, South Africa.
Since then, over the past
18 years, Craig has been part of the development and growth of the T-Track track
system and currently holds the position of Contracts and International Marketing
Director for the product.

Dr. Ramiz Al Assar, World Bank Group

Senior Transport Specialist, Saudi Arabia
Over 25 years of experience in transport engineering, finance and management. A
Ph.D in Civil Engineering from Michigan State. Working for the World Bank since
1989-presnet in Washington DC in operations in Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Jordan,
Yemen, Egypt and the GCC Member States. Sr. World Bank Resident Advisor to the
Public Investement Fund, Ministry of Finance, Saudi Arabia for the North South
Railway Project and currently to GCC-SG providing policy, strategy and technical
advisory services to Sr. Management of the GCC-SG and Member States on the GCC
Railway Project. Experiences include working with public and private organizations,

national and international developement institutions such as United Nations, Ministry

of Transport and Communications, Ministry of Finance and Economy, Consultants and
contractor.

Dr. Shahid Khan, Saudi Bin Laden Group

Project Director North South Railway Project, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Shahid S. Khan Completed his Ph.D from the University of Strathclyde in Glosgow,
Scotland in 1970. He started his career with National Highways Board in Pakistan
working in the development of road network upto 1979. He returned to U.S.A in 1980
and joined Bechtel Corporation. He worked on the International airport projects in the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Dubai upto 1985. In 1985 he joined United Nations
Department of Technical Cooperation for Development and was posted as Technical
Advisor to the Ministry of Transport in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where he served
upto 1994.In 1995 he joined Saudi Binladin Group where he has worked as an expert
on the airport and roads projects. Currently, he is the Project Director for the CTW100
Section of the North South Railway Project in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Worlds
largest Railway Project currently under construction). Dr. Khan is overseas fellow of
Economic Development Institute of the World Bank.

Engineer Hamad Bin Yousef, Saudi Railway Company

Civil & Track Supervisor, Saudi Arabia
Eng. Alyousef joined SAR early 2011 on the companys Railway Projects team. He is
the Engineer-in-Charge of the North-South Railway Civil & Track Works projects part of
the SAR Railway Infrastructure Project Delivery, with an intensive Project Management
educational and experience background, Eng. Alyousef has demonstrated a great value
to drive a sustainable project delivery for the Saudi Railway Co. (SAR). Mr. Alyousef
holds a B,S in Civil Engineering from Florida Institute of Technology (USA) with a minor
in Business Management Eng. Alyousef is Member of the American Society of Civil
Engineers (ASCE)- FIT Chapter, Project Management Institute- Gulf Chapter, and the
Saudi council of engineers.

Franois Davenne, Intergovernmental Organisation for

International Carriage by Rail (OTIF), Secrtaire Gnral,
Switzerland
Monsieur Davenne was working since 2011 as auditor in the Cour des Comptes
(French State court of auditors) after having previously been Deputy of Director of
Safety and Railway Regulation in the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development
and Energy. Monsieur Davenne represented France in the OTIF Administrative
Committee from 2009 to 2011. Mr Davenne is an alumnus of the French Ecole
nationale dadministration (ENA).

Frdric Milliet, Vossloh Aktiengesellschaft

Regional Director, Abu Dhabi
Frdric MILLIET is the Regional Director of the Vossloh Group for Middle East. Born in
1969 and qualifying as graduate in Mechanical Engineering in 1993, when he started
his career as Design Engineer for production units at Laurent Company. In 1997, he
joined Vossloh Cogifer Company as Engineering Deputy Director and moved to the
position of Engineering Director in 1999. Between 2000 and 2010, he held various
Sales Director positions first for Northern Europe where he focused on the development
of Vossloh Cogifer in UK and Ireland, then for Asia in 2003 (when he was based at
Bangkok) where he also held the position of Managing Director of the Vossloh Cogifer
Thai and Malaysian manufacturing subsidiaries. In 2005, he moved to the Vossloh
Cogifer Head-Quarters as Commercial Director for the Middle East A position he held
until end of 2010, when he joined Vossloh AG as Regional Director for Middle East
based in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Jalal Almarhoon, Standard Chartered Capital Saudi Arabia

Head of Project and Export Finance, Saudi Arabia
A seasoned banker with over 12 years of experience in relationship management,
structured and project finance. Jalal is currently heading the Project and Export Finance
business of Standard Chartered Capital Saudi Arabia, and has previously worked for
ABN AMRO Bank. Jalal held various positions in Riyadh, Khobar, Dubai, Abu Dhabi as
well as Amsterdam for the two global banks. His sector experience includes power and
water, transportation, Oil and Gas, petrochemicals among others.

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Speaker Bios
John Thomas, Etihad Rail, Regulatory Affairs Advisor, UAE
John is a senior advisor and former board director with a transport and regulatory
economics background, and with nineteen years experience in the transport sector. He
has a Masters degree in Transport Economics from the Institute for Transport Studies
at the University of Leeds. John is Etihad Rails Regulatory Affairs Advisor and from
March 2011 until October 2012, he was the Railways commissions Chief Advisor on
Economic Regulation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Before that, John spent 10 years
at the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) in the UK. He was the board director responsible
for the development and implementation of competition, economic and financial,
and track access policy underpinning ORRs regulation of the railway industry. At
the engineering consultancy Halcrow between 1994 and 2001, John was engaged
in transport policy development, project appraisal and implementation, advising
Governments, international development banks and commercial organisations. John
was a member of the advisory board of the Office of the Public Private Partnership
Arbiter in the UK. He has been an expert advisor on a number of panels over the
years including the UKs Department for Transports rail reform group, the OECDs
utility regulation group, and the European Commissions expert group on rail access
charging.

Loay Ghazaleh, Ministry of Works, Bahrain

PPP theme leader & Advisor to the Undersecretary of Works,
Bahrain, Bahrain
Loay Ghazaleh, a 1986 Texas A & M Civil Engineer graduate and MBA 2000 Finance
discipline from Thunderbird , Arizona is backed by over 22 years diverse experience in
government and private businesses spanning several sectors and several countries. Loay
is currently is the Advisor to H.E. Undersecretary of Works in the Kingdom of Bahrain
with primary focus on major infrastructure and PPP. Earlier Loay have led several mega
mix use green coastal developments in RAK Properties and with Abu Dhabi Islamic
Bank / Burooj Properties in UAE and implemented wide variety of industrial projects
with Zamil Steel Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi National Industrial Projects (ADNIP) in
addition to wide spectrum of Management Consultancy works earlier. Loay is active
Public Speaker in both the GCC & MENA region on areas of Social Infrastructure /
Affordable Housing, PPP / Project Finance, Renewable Energy & Sustainability.

Mohammad Montazeri, Tehran Urban & Suburban

Railway Company, Deputy Managing Director, Iran
Dr. Mohammad Montazeri is currently Board Member of Tehran Metro Operation
Company and the Deputy Managing Director for Planning and Logistics of Tehran
Metro Holding Company. After receiving his Ph.D. from K.U.Leuven and his Post-Doc.
degree from R.U.Gent in Belgium in Industrial Management, he joined Tehran Urban
and Suburban Railway Co. (TUSRC) in 1993. For the last 19 years, he held different
positions in TUSRC including:
General Manager of Tehran Metro Line 6,
Board Member and Secretary to the Board of the Directors,
Deputy Managing Director for Planning and Budgeting,
Deputy Managing Director for Operation,
Deputy Managing Director for Human Resources.
As a University lecturer, Dr. Montazeri specialty is providing financial solutions to
Metro Lines using Public Private Partnership (PPP). He has also presented numerous
papers in national and international conferences in this context. Dr. Montazeri has
been an active member and moderator in different Value Engineering projects in Iran
including Ahvaz, Tehran, Mashhad and Tabriz Metro lines. He is currently head of
the UITP (International Association of Public Transport) Liaison Office in Iran and the
Board Member of Iranian Rail Association Engineering.

Mohammed Serroukh, ITS Arab

Director General, Saudi Arabia
Experienced in Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) projects ranging from PPP/PFI/
BOT to detailed technical software/hardware design. Job roles include Director for
Policy, Strategy, Technical Architecture, Business Development, Communications
& Marketing, Project Management, Product Roadmap Development and Software/
Hardware Delivery. Detailed ITS technical roles include System Design Authority for
telecommunications and application technologies such as Integrated Command &
Control, CCTV, VMS, SCADA, AVL, RTPI, Traffic Management, Road User Charging,
and Traffic & Travel Information Systems. Specialised in ensuring the system design
delivers the overall project, corporate and business objectives including design for
maintainability and reducing operational costs for the long term-sustainability.

Selim Bouri, Kapsch CarrierCom

Sales Leader Middle East, Africa and Turkey
Selim Bouri has been appointed Sales Leader of Middle East, Africa & Turkey Sales to
drive Kapsch CarrierComs railway sales and business development in this extremely
dynamic region, adapting the offering and building long-term relationships with
railway authorities and actors.

Sunjay Bhatnagar, El Seif Engineerting Contracting

Company (Haramain High Speed Rail Project)
Architectural Engineering Manager, Saudi Arabia
Mr. Bhatnagar is responsible for handling the engineering and design related interface
issues with Client, Consultants and Interface agencies, Track alignment, Telecom etc. His
key responssibilities involve preparation of Project Progress reports to the management
covering the design aspect, preparation of briefs and scope for appointment of External
consultants in line with the main subcontract. He is heading a team of engineers for
effective coordination of MEP and CSD drawings, also monitoring and facilitating
review of the shop drawings with the Design Subcontractors. Mr. Bhatnagar is also
involved in actively supporting & merging the construction baseline program with MEP
interlinked activities, coordination with Project Managers for implementing baseline
program controls on the design Submittals

Syed Ehtesham Husain, Al Latifia Trading and Contracting

Head of Engineering, Saudi Arabia
Ehtesham is a professional architect with 15+ years of experience in all the various
branches of the field of architecture and engineering management. Having worked in
design studios as well as field site supervision for quality control, he is considered an
authority in Healthcare Design. He is also an expert in BIM, LEED, Lean Construction
concepts and ISO 9001:2008 QMS audit. Ehtesham carries great experience of
Auto-Cad, 3d Studio Max, Revit, Navisworks, Archicad, Sketch Up, monitoring shop
drawings preparation as well as Presentation and animation development. Besides
filed experience, he is now doing his Masters in Construction Project Management and
Building Information Modeling from UK. Presently serving as Engineering Manager for
Latifia Trading & Contracting, he has earlier served the Saudi German Hospitals Group
as the Chief Architect, designing and managing all under construction projects across
UAE, Egypt, Yemen and Saudi Arabia.

P. Takis Salpeas, MSCE, MSSE, CCM, Parsons Corporation

Senior Vice President and Global Rail Manager
Takis Salpeas is a rail executive with 30 years of progressive private- and publicsector experience in the development and implementation of large, complex public
infrastructure projects. In his role as Parsons global rail leader, Takis is responsible for
project performance, client relationships, business development, and human resource
management. He also oversees multiple projects for numerous clients in several
countries, is responsible for corporate profit and loss, and is accountable for corporate
processes and technology for projects and programs. Takis has earned masters
degrees from the University of Pennsylvania in both civil (MSCE) and systems (MSSE)
engineering, along with a degree in economics from Athens University. He has taught
transportation engineering in the civil engineering department of Widener University,
in Chester, Pennsylvania, and has published more than 70 professional papers,
reports, and articles. A certified construction manager, Takis knowledge of engineering
practices, economics, planning, and construction management, gleaned from both his
extensive education and work experience, contributes to the successful implementation
of projects and programs. Prior to joining the Parsons, Takis was responsible for $10
billion in management of rail transit planning, design, and construction in three of the
largest U.S. metropolitan areas; in Washington, DC, at the Washington Metropolitan
Area Transit Authority (WMATA); San Francisco, at the Bay Area Rapid Transit
district (BART); and in Philadelphia, at the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation
Authority (SEPTA).

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Speaker Bios
SPONSORS
Platinum Sponsor | T-Track Saudi
T-Track is a joint venture between companies from
Saudi Arabia and South Africa. T-Track provides
superior Next Generation Railway Technology, serving
both the domestic and international sectors. T-Track
brings a fresh and innovative approach to railway
track systems. T-Track offers The Proven Ballast-less
and Sleeper-less Evolutionary Cost and Time Saving Solution for Heavy Axle Load and
High Speed Rail Systems, with Special Advantages in Desert Sand Blowing Conditions
Causing Ballast Contamination Leading to Loss of Drainage and Ballast Resilience.

GOLD SPONSOR | Vossloh Aktiengesellschaft

Vossloh Group is one of the leading companies in rail
infrastructure and rail technology. Vossloh is a global
player in the rail infrastructure and rail technology
markets. This MDAX-listed group with its flexible
midsize structure has organized its operations into two
divisions: Rail Infrastructure and Transportation.
They make important contributions toward safe, efficient and eco-friendly short- and
long-haul passenger and freight traffic. The Group focuses on its core businesses
of rail infrastructure, rail vehicles, and electric buses. Vossloh stands for rail market
competence matured over many years and future-proof solutions.
The operations of the Rail Infrastructure and Transportation divisions are organized
under the roof of Vossloh AG.

GOLD SPONSOR | Kapsch

Kapsch CarrierCom is a global system integrator and
supplier of end-to-end telecommunications solutions
for public and railway operators, urban transport
organizations and companies seeking real-time asset
management solutions. By providing the full set of
professional services alongside mission- and businesscritical telecommunications, Kapsch CarrierCom is the trusted partner for clients
around the world. Strategic partnerships and a strong focus on innovation in eight
R&D centers in Europe and Asia, make Kapsch CarrierCom a market specialist in
telecommunications. Kapsch CarrierCom is part of the Kapsch Group and has its
headquarters in Vienna.

GOLD SPONSOR | Baud Telecom Company

BTC: For more than three decades, Baud Telecom
Company (also known as BTC Networks) has
successfully played a primary role in the development
of todays local (Saudi Arabia) and regional (Middle
East) information and communication technology.
Today, BTC is acknowledged as one of the largest
integrated ICT solution providers in the Middle East with branches in Saudi Arabia,
Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Iraq. Our success depends on our unwavering
commitment, internal organization and resources, excellent time management and
expert personnel. BTC is recognized for its ability to introduce and integrate the latest
global communication advancements made available. When communication seemed
limited, we introduced the first Digital PABX, first Video Conferencing and the largest
Data Network in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. As a result, we take pride in playing a
direct role in connecting millions of people. For more information please visit; http://
www.btc.com.sa/about.html

Amsterdam, Lisbon, Antalya, Belgrade, Valencia, Bilbao, Seville and Saragossa Line 1
Worldwide Project of the Year under 2012 Light Rail Awards
Passenger Cars: Amtrak ( USA ) , Saudi Arabia , Hungary, etc. , Sacramento, Pittsburgh
,etc.
DMUs and Commuters: United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand ( Auckland ) , Finland,
Turkey, Algeria, Lisbon , etc.
High Speed: Turkey ( Ankara Istanbul Line ) , SRO and SAR ( Saudi Arabia ) .
Airport Links: Hong Kong and Heathrow Express ( UK ), New Delhi ( DAMELP ) and
Madrid.
Turn Key BOT Developments: Commuter Line in Mexico D.F. ( 600 MUSD ) and Delhi
Airport Link .
Turn Key Tram Developments : Antalya ( Turkey ), Curitiba ( Brazil ) and Kaohsiung (
Taiwan ) Fully Non Catenary Line / ACR , Saragossa and Granada.

GOLD SPONSOR | Huawei

Huawei is a leading telecom solutions provider.
Through continuous customer-centric innovation, we
have established end-to-end advantages in Telecom
Network Infrastructure, Application & Software,
Professional Services and Devices. With comprehensive
strengths in wireline, wireless and IP technologies,
Huawei has gained a leading position in the All-IP convergence age including solutions
in railway communications, where a number of advanced GSM-R solutions have been
successfully deployed in Australia, Germany and China. Recently awarded more railway
projects in the Middle East including Turkey, Turkmenistan and the UAE, Huawei
currently has more than 50 per cent of Chinas market share in the deployment of
GSM-R solutions today. The company is committed to providing innovative and
customized products, services and solutions to create long-term value and growth
potential for the railway industry.

Silver Sponsor | Parsons

A leader in the transportation industry since 1944,
Parsons has the scope, resources, people, and
experience to deliver world-class performance. Our Rail
and Transit Systems Division has worked on every
major transit system in North America and some of the
most renowned systems overseas. Were proud of the
long-term relationships weve developed with more than 400 major transit agencies
around the world and the support weve provided in helping them achieve their
strategic visions. Our services include program and construction management,
advanced train control systems, civil and structural facilities design, and the integrated

Bronze Sponsor | Voestalpine

The voestalpine VAE group, a wholly owned subsidiary
of voestalpine AG and headquartered in Austria, is the
global market leader for railway turnout solutions.
Innovative
drive,
detecting,
locking-systems,
monitoring equipment for rolling stock as well as fixed
infrastructure assets and a variety of related services
complement the product portfolio. Furthermore, voestalpine VAE is provider of
signalling solutions and turnkey railway systems for private / industrial clients (i.e.
marshaling yards, railway infrastructures for ports or industrial facilities). With our well
established organization in the GCC region and a production plant in Saudi Arabia
(vaTSSA voestalpine Track Solutions Saudi Arabia LLC), voestalpine is your local
partner in the Middle East railway market.

GOLD SPONSOR | Ansaldo STS

Ansaldo STS, a Finmeccanica group company , is
leader in the field of railway and urban transport
technology. The company operates through two
business units, Transportation solutions and
Signalling, in designing, producing and managing rail
and signalling systems. Ansaldo STS, listed on the
Milan stock exchange, acts as both main contractor and systems integrator, providing
turnkey solutions in major projects worldwide. Ansaldo STS with more than 4,217
people in 28 countries incorporates the know-how, excellence and technological
expertise of leading companies that have operated on international markets, such as
Ansaldo Trasporti Sistemi Ferroviari (I), Ansaldo Segnalamento Ferroviario (I), Union
Switch & Signal (USA) and CSEE Transport (F).
Metros:
Washington, Hong Kong, Rome, Brussels, Helsinki ( Fully Driverless ), Istanbul, Chile,
Sao Paolo , Caracas, Medellin, Argel, Kolkata , Barcelona, Madrid, etc.
Trams and LRVs : Stockholm, Edinburgh, Birmingham , Sidney, Nantes, Besanon,

Associate Sponsor | Downer

Downer provides comprehensive engineering and
infrastructure management services to customers in
the Minerals and Metals, Oil and Gas, Transport,
Power, Telecommunications, Water and Property
sectors. Downer has total revenue of $8.5 billion and
employs more than 20,000 people, primarily in
Australia and New Zealand. With more than 100 years experience in the Australian
rail industry Downer is the largest supplier of locomotives and passenger cars in
Australia. Our experience in design, manufacture and maintenance means that we can
offer whole-of-life asset management solutions through to one off repairs. At Downer
we have strategic partnerships with local and global suppliers to support our range of
services. We operate three rail engineering design centres, four rail manufacturing
plants and over 20 rail maintenance facilities across Australia. As system integrators,
we combine our design capability, our knowledge of the operational

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