All aboard: bosses keep roles as Virgin hands over to First Group [The Guardian]





Date: 26/11/2019

All senior managers retain roles as London to Glasgow West Coast service changes hands. Meet the new boss. Just like “ in fact, it is the old boss. First Group has hired all of Virgin Trains existing management team to run the London to Glasgow West Coast service when First takes over from Virgin next month.Phil Whittingham, the managing director of Virgin Trains since 2013, and a Virgin man since 1999, will become managing director of Firsts West Coast Partnership rail service on 8 December.


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All senior managers retain roles as London to Glasgow West Coast service changes hands