Director General Major Projects & London
Peter Strachan
Biography
Peter Strachan was appointed as Director General, Major Projects and London in October 2011.
Career
Peter began his career at British Rail before moving on to roles including:
- Director, Midlands at Railtrack
- Managing Director at North Western Trains, Wales and Borders Trains and Arriva Trains, Wales
- Chief Executive of the Australian Rail Division, National Express Group.
- Chief Executive Officer of the TransLink Transit Authority
- Chair of the International Association for Public Transport for Australia and New Zealand
Director General Major Projects & London
To contribute to the collective leadership of DfT as a Board and Executive Committee member and lead the Major Projects & London Group. The main areas of responsibility are:
- delivery of major rail investment projects, involving cross industry leadership
- ensuring rail passenger franchises deliver customer benefits and that financial and other risks are effectively managed
- working with the Highways Agency on the risks to and the delivery of their major roads programme
- government funding and relationship with Transport for London
- ensuring first class commercial and technical support on corporate finance and specialist procurement across the Department
- making sure we have the right people for commercial, programme and project management