New executives have been appointed by Hitachi Rail and Hitachi Europe and from the 1st of April 2023, the current Group CEO of Hitachi Rail, Andrew Barr will move into the role of Vice President and Executive Officer in charge of Regional Strategies as well as becoming President of Hitachi Europe Ltd.

This new position has been created specifically for Mr Barr and will see him take on full responsibility for pushing forward the growth of Hitachi’s many businesses across Europe in regard to mobility, energy and digital sectors. In his new position, Mr Barr will direct the EMEA region corporate headquarters and will report to Mr Keiji Kojima who is Hitachi Ltd’s Representative Executive Officer, President and CEO.

Andrew Barr, Group CEO of Hitachi Rail said: “I’m excited by this new opportunity to deliver Hitachi’s ambitions to serve customers and society across the many sectors in which Hitachi is present in Europe,”

“Over the last four years as Group CEO for Hitachi Rail, I am proud to have led our teams through the global pandemic, delivered the global integration of our signalling capabilities, driven the significant expansion of our presence in the USA and Canada, and launched our new Smart Mobility business.”

“With his strong background in international management and transportation engineering, I am confident of Giuseppe’s ability to lead our teams to deliver Hitachi Rail’s commitments under the mid-term management plan.”

Giuseppe Marino who is presently CEO and General Manager of Ansaldo Energia Group will succeed Mr Barr as CEO of Hitachi Rail. Mr Marino has previously held senior roles at Hitachi Rail such as Group COO of Rolling Stock and has a strong background in engineering and international management within the automotive sector and security technologies sectors.

Whilst working at Hitachi, Mr Marino managed the integration of Ansaldo Breda and Ansaldo STS, and delivered the ETR1000 which is Italy’s very high-speed train which is now also operating in Spain and France. Mr Marino has also provided operational excellence at Hitachi Rail’s Newton Aycliffe factory which is located in the North East of England. In his latest position, Mr Marino will be focused on guiding the business in support of its social, environmental and economic aims as part of Hitachi’s Mid-Term Management Plan 2024. Based in London at Hitachi Rail’s Group headquarters,  Mr Marino will report to Alistair Dormer who is the Executive Vice President of Green Energy and the Mobility Sector.

Giuseppe Marino, CEO and General Manager of Ansaldo Energia Group said: “I am proud to be returning to Hitachi Rail at this very exciting time,”

“Andrew’s leadership of Hitachi Rail has seen it grow considerably in recent years, and the roadmap established in the mid-term management plan is just as exciting. I am committed to ensuring that we will remain focused on serving our customers and society, leading our teams to pioneer greener and more digital solutions, and successfully closing the planned acquisition of Thales’ Ground Transportation Systems (GTS) business.”