Workforce Development

Meet the team

Lesley joined RSSB in 2003, having had over ten years’ experience in international HR and Training consultancy for Transmark/Halcrow and Rail Training International. She has worked in the UK, Europe, Africa, India, North America, the Far East and Australia.

Lesley has an Honours degree in Economics and postgraduate qualifications in Technical Education with a detailed knowledge of workforce development, training, competence management and safety in the rail industry. Prior to coming to the UK she was General Manager, Training for State Rail in Sydney and had a major career in Technical and Further Education before joining the rail industry.

Lesley is a member of the Rail Industry Skills Forum (RISF), the GoSkills Stakeholder Board and the Board of the Association of Railway Training Providers. She also represents GB rail on various European agencies.

Roger has over thirty years railway experience in operational roles, starting on the footplate progressing to a training role, then into driver management. Prior to joining RSSB he was responsible for operational and safety training at South West Trains, including the commissioning of the class 450 train driver simulators.

Since joining RSSB in February 2007, he has been involved as the technical lead for several research and development projects, the review and drafting of the suite of Good Practice Guides connected to workforce development and represents RSSB on major stakeholder groups such as the SUG (Simulator Users Group) and ATOC Driver Training Sub-Group offering technical advice. He is also currently the Chair of the RSSB Simulation Group.

One of his key roles is to ensure that the Good Practice Guides reflect current best practice and he facilitates RSSB’s industry secondment programme in support of this.

Andrew joined the rail industry in 2003 as a Customer Service Representative for Heathrow Express. He went on to become a CSO (driver), progressing into the roles of instructor and trainer. Before joining the rail industry, Andrew completed his Elementary Flying Training with the University of Wales Air Squadron, while studying for his music degree at Cardiff University.

Andrew joined RSSB in March 2009 and specialises in the areas of adult learning and innovation. As well as acting as a technical advisor to the industry research programme, Andrew works closely with GoSkills, awarding organisations and other stakeholders on skills and qualifications issues. He is also Secretary for the Rail Industry Skills Forum (RISF) and responsible for the development of the Workforce Development Extranet.