George Muir To Retire

07 Aug 2007

George Muir To Retire

George Muir, popular director general of ATOCis to retire when he reaches the age of 65 early next year. Mr Muir has spent more than eight years in the job. His unstinting support for railways and the staff who run them has won him the admiration of the industry and a fearsome reputation in Whitehall.

Born in Edinburgh in 1943, George Muir trained as an engineer in the Merchant Navy and later left to take a degree in Maths and Physics at Aberdeen University. In 1969 he joined the finance company, 3i, and later worked for Morgan Grenfell. In 1991, George joined the large French Utilities Group, Vivendi as Head of Business Development and then moved to Psec, as Chief Executive, supplying managed services to local authorities. He then helped to bid for and subsequently managed Connex South Eastern rail company. In April 1999 he became Director General of the Association of Train Operating Companies.

Adrian Shooter, chairman of the ATOC board said, ‘I would like to express our sincere thanks to George for the important contribution he has made in representing the interests of train operators to the Government and Stakeholders…..we wish him a happy retirement.’ No replacement has been selected yet.

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