19 September 2013
RSSB announces new Chief Executive
RSSB has announced that Chris Fenton, formerly Director of Marketing and Strategy at
Amey, is to be its new Chief Executive. Chris will join the organisation on 6 January
2014 and will take over from Len Porter who retires at the end of March 2014 as Chief
Executive of RSSB.
As a Managing Director at Amey, Chris re-established Amey’s Business Services
activities as a profitable and key activity for the company before taking responsibility for
the company’s interest in Tube Lines in a complex period of political change and
economic challenge. Prior to that, he was Managing Director for the testing and
inspection division of BSI, after an early international career in Courtaulds. Common to
all his roles has been a desire to get the most from an organisation through clear
strategic goals and building strong teams. He trained as a material scientist at
Cambridge and has an MBA from Manchester Business School.
Chris is also a Non-Executive Director at the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority since
March 2012 and sits on both their audit and remuneration committees.
Welcoming the new Chief Executive, RSSB’s chairman Paul Thomas said, ‘Chris brings
a wealth of experience from across a number of sectors including infrastructure
services, chemical, and nuclear. We are delighted to have him on-board to build on the
significant achievement and progress made by RSSB in supporting the industry under
Len Porter’s leadership over the last 10 years.’
Chris Fenton, who was appointed by a cross-industry recruitment panel on behalf of the
RSSB Board, said, ‘I am excited to be joining RSSB at such a dynamic time for the rail
sector. I look forward to working with RSSB’s dedicated team of professionals and the
member organisations of RSSB to support the delivery of outstanding safety and
business performance, increased capacity, ever improving value for money and
customer satisfaction.’
RSSB, Block 2, Angel Square, 1 Torrens Street, London, EC1V 1NY
Telephone: +44 (0)20 3142 5300 www.rssb.co.uk
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Notes to Editors:
1. About RSSB: RSSB is a rail industry body which brings all parts of the rail industry together to
support shared decisions, products and services, to continuously improve levels of safety where
reasonably practicable, help industry drive out unnecessary cost, improve business performance
without compromising system risk and develop long-term strategy.
2. You can find out more about Chris Fenton from his LinkedIn profile.
RSSB, Block 2, Angel Square, 1 Torrens Street, London, EC1V 1NY
Telephone: +44 (0)20 3142 5300 www.rssb.co.uk
Rail Safety and Standards Board Limited Registered Office: Block 2 Angel Square 1 Torrens Street London EC1V 1NY Registered in England No. 04655675