CN sending new CEO to Britain's EWS - Rail Update - Brief Article

Railway Age, Dec, 2003

Britain's troubled English, Welsh, & Scottish freight railway is due for another management switch. CN, which has a 40% stake in the British carrier, is sending Keith L. Heller to replace Philip Mengel as CEO of EWS. The change becomes effective when Heller retires Jan. 1 as senior vice president of CN's Eastern Canada Region.

"We will miss Keith's shrewd analysis and take-charge management style, but these strengths will go far at EWS," said CN President and CEO E. Hunter Harrison. (According to The Guardian, Mengel is resigning "after a long battle with the government over lack of financial support" for rail freight service.)