New leadership appointments have today been confirmed by Transport for London, ensuring travel continues to assist with the capital’s economic recovery.

Following an open recruitment campaign, Rachel McLean has been appointed as Chief Finance Officer.

Currently Rachel is Chief Finance Officer for CrossRail and Finance Director for Operations. Rachel has a vast amount of experience at TfL having worked at the company for nine years.

Patrick Doig will now resume his role as Group Finance Director and will remain as Statutory Chief Finance Officer.

Commissioner Andy Byford is set to depart later this month and Andy Lord will become Interim Commissioner from the 25th October.

An internal selection process has been underway to fill Andy Lord’s current role as Chief Operating Officer.

Following this, Glynn Barton, who is currently Director of Network Management & Resilience, will become interim Chief Operating Officer.

Of Rachel’s appointment Andy Byford said: “Rachel brings a wealth of experience to this role and I am delighted that she will be joining my Executive Team. Rachel will be accountable for the overall TfL budget, funding and business enabling processes. She will drive cost efficiency across the entire organisation, including through supply chain transformation.

“Both Rachel and I also want to pay tribute to Patrick Doig, who has led our finance team brilliantly at such a pivotal moment for TfL and for London. We’re delighted to have him continue to play a crucial role in TfL as Group Finance Director and statutory CFO.”

Incoming Commissioner Andy Lord, who led the process to select the interim Chief Operating Officer, said: “Glynn is an outstanding operational leader with a breadth of experience across TfL’s operations. In particular his leadership of TfL’s role in the events to mark the passing of Her Majesty the Queen was simply outstanding. While the eyes of the world were on London, he played a decisive role in ensuring that the transport network could support the safe and efficient movement of the hundreds of thousands of people who came to pay their respects.  This was simply one highlight of a 21-year TfL career that has put him in great position to lead this part of the organisation as we focus on the safe, reliable and efficient delivery of our services and rebuilding our customer base.”

Glynn will become interim Chief Operations Officer on 25 October, with Rachel becoming Chief Finance Officer on 31 October.