Biographies

Speakers and presentation titles below. Click on names for more information.

Keynote Speaker – Dr Tom Rye, Reader, Napier University School of the Built Environment

Learning Lessons from European Transport Projects

Tom Rye has a BA in Geography from the University of Oxford and a MA in Community and Regional Planning from the University of British Columbia. He also has a PhD in Transportation Demand Management from Nottingham Trent University. He has considerable experience of public and sustainable transport, through his work for London Transport Buses and London Transport Planning, through his research, which has taken him to the US, Germany and the Netherlands, and through a 4 year secondment to transport consultants Colin Buchanan and Partners.

His key skills are in transport policy development, mobility management, public transport studies and objectives-based appraisal. He has published widely in the area of transport policy, notably in terms of implementation, transport demand management and public transport planning. He is currently a Reader in Transport Studies as part of the Transport Studies Group within the School of the Built Environment at Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland; and also seconded part-time to the City of Edinburgh Council, where he is working on the development of an investment package to be funded from the City’s proposed congestion charging scheme.

Emily Malcolm - Curator of Transport & Technology, Glasgow Museum of Transport

Transport and the Clyde – A Historical Perspective

In her role as Curator of Transport & Technology, Emily has particular responsibility for the maritime collections. She has also worked as curator at the Scottish Maritime Museum and for various small maritime collections. She has a special interest in the Clyde.

Douglas Ferguson – Director of Operations, Strathclyde Passenger Transport

Transportation, Planning and Integration - a Public Transport Scenario for the Clyde

Douglas Ferguson has worked for SPT since 1979 in a variety of roles including market research, project planning and development. His current responsibilities as Director of Operations include the Subway, day-to-day franchise performance issues, the provision of subsidised bus services, travel centres, bus stations and other bus infrastructure as well as the monitoring of all public transport services ion the SPT area.

As the Passenger Transport Authority and Executive for Strathclyde, SPT’s role is to join up journeys. Over the past 30 years, SPT has delivered one of the most integrated and developed public transport networks in the UK.

SPT invests in rail, bus, Subway and ferry services for 42% of the nation’s population. SPT sets the fares and timetables of the rail franchise and operates the Subway, the Renfrew-Yoker ferry, Ring ‘n’ Ride and the Dial-a-Bus service. SPT also subsidises approximately 190 bus services, covering areas where it would not be commercially viable for a private bus company to operate.

Rodney Mortimer – Core Team Manager, West of Scotland Transport Partnership (WESTRANS)

An Integrated Transport Strategy for Western Scotland

Rodney Mortimer has spent most of his working life with local authorities in the west of Scotland, specialising in traffic management and transport planning, but he also spent a four year period with civil engineering consultants. Some of the projects he has been involved with include: promoting and designing major city centre and suburban traffic management schemes, road traffic accident investigations, traffic calming, cycling projects, road safety education and bus priority measures. His demand management experience includes leading the teams which enlarged Glasgow’s city centre controlled parking zone 9 times in twelve years and which advised on Glasgow city council’s parking policies and parking charges.

From November 1998 until January 2004, he was chairman of the West of Scotland Transport Partnership’s (WESTRANS) management team. In January he was appointed full time manager of the WESTRANS core team.

He was a member of the Central Scotland Transport Corridor Studies steering group, has given evidence to the Scottish Executive’s Transport Committee and is a member of the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce transport committee.

Dr Harold Mills CB – Chairman, Caledonian MacBrayne Ltd

Connecting Clyde Communities

Harold Mills is a retired Secretary and Head of the then Scottish Office Development Department. Prior to joining the Civil Service in 1970, he was a Research Scientist and Lecturer at Glasgow University. He was elected to Greenock Town Council in 1965, latterly serving as Honorary Treasurer. He has held a wide range of civil service posts including Head of Devolution Division and Principal Finance Officer. He is currently Non-Executive
Chairman of the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust and Landtrust and a Trustee of the Scottish Maritime Museum. He is also a Non-Executive Director of NorthLink Orkney & Shetland Ferries Ltd. He was appointed Chairman of Caledonian MacBrayne in August 1999.

Dr. Alfred Baird – Head of Maritime Research Group, Transport Research Institute, Napier University

Clyde Waterfront Ferry Study

Alfred Baird is Head of the Maritime Research Group at Napier University’s Transport Research Institute (TRi), a position he has held since 1998, prior to which he was a Lecturer in Business Studies. Before embarking on an academic career, he worked for a liner shipping company, followed by a position as Shipping Manager in a manufacturing company. He has researched, published and taught in a number of areas in maritime transport, covering issues such as port competition and privatisation, strategic management in shipping, market analysis in the shipping and ports industry, shipping cost modelling, and assessing the feasibility of new shipping services and associated port developments.

Alistair MacLeod – Chief Executive, Clydefast

The River Clyde: An Unused Marine Highway

An engineer by profession, an entrepreneur by nature.

Born and brought up in Greenock, has had a life long passion for shipping on the Clyde and through his own photography, has a unique pictorial record stretching back from the bustling early 50's, through the declining years to the present, some of which you will see in his presentation.

Reflecting his interests in marine heritage, he was formerly advisor and Commercial Director of the charitable Trust engaged in the restoration and preservation of the Maid of the Loch.

His work as a Marine Logistics Consultant involves him with marine projects around the world. An awareness of the lack of a direct ferry link form the towns of the outer Firth into Glasgow prompted the formation of Clydefast, now regarded as a cause celèbre.

George Vincent – Senior Project Manager, Land Services, River Clyde and Environment, Glasgow City Council

Clyde Corridor Transport Strategy and Glasgow Pre-Light Rapid Transport (LRT) Project

George Vincent is a senior project manager in Glasgow City Council's Land Services Project Management Group. He is responsible for projects which his Service is involved in related to the River Clyde and Parks.

George graduated from Strathclyde University with a degree in Civil Engineering in 1982, and also holds a Masters degree in Civil Engineering.

He has spent all of his career in local authority, starting work in 1982 for the Lothian Highways Department before moving to work for Strathclyde Regional Council in 1984, and then transferring to Glasgow City Council at the time of local government reorganisation. From 1984 to 1999 George was involved in the design, construction and maintenance of a variety of roads, bridges and transport related projects. In 1999 he moved to work in Policy, Planning and Projects where he currently works and, in particular, has been responsible for project management of the Clyde Corridor Transport Study and the Glasgow Pre LRT Project.

Michael Addiscott - Marketing and Events Officer, Cycling Scotland

Cycling and Walking Around the Firth of Clyde

Michael has 13 years of management experience, originally in catering and hospitality, then retail and field sales management. He made a lifestyle move from this career in 2002, joining the Scottish Cycling Development Project and contributing to the creation of Cycling Scotland.

Michael Addiscott has been the Marketing and Events Officer for Cycling Scotland since its inception in October 2003. He trained in Catering and Accommodation Management and worked for Grand Metropolitan Hotels before taking charge of 3 food and beverage operations in London on behalf of Bass Charrington. Following this he progressed via adventure clothing retail management as a part of the Clarks Group to business consultancy with a division of Sun Microsystems then field sales management, initially with Trek Bicycles, then adidas. These positions required a marketing focus based around new product launches.

In 2002 he joined the Scottish Cycling Development Project as a Cycling Development Officer. His remit included organising Glasgow CycleFest and Pedal for Scotland, now Scotland's 2 most successful public participation events. He also contributed to the Cycling Scotland's business plan that was accepted by the Scottish Executive and has been fully involved in the set-up of the organisation.

He has been married for 13 years and has 5 children. He cycled competitively at an international level from 1991 to 1993 and has cycle-toured throughout Europe. He now cycles mainly as a commuter and with his family.

Bill Burns – Managing Director, Hunterston Container Hub, Clydeport

Freight on the Clyde: What Clydeport Can Offer

Bill Burns has been in the transportation industry over for over 25 years, the majority of which has been spent in container shipping. He has held various positions in Sales, Operations, Planning, General Management and Finance and Administration with Sea-Land Service Inc., and the responsibilities included running vessel networks as well as port development. For the past 22 years he has worked overseas in the Middle East, Bangladesh, India, Switzerland and Holland. With the takeover of Sea-Land by A.P. Moller he joined AP Moller Terminals as a Commercial Director. In 2002 he returned to Scotland to join Clydeport as Managing Director of the Hunterston Container Terminal Project, and also assists the parent company Peel Holdings in the development of a tri-modal container facility on the Manchester Ship Canal.

Brian M Menzies, BSc MEnvS MIEMA – Senior Environmental Consultant and Regional Manager, EnviroCentre

Firth of Clyde: A Sustainable Haulage Hub for the 21st Century

Brian Menzies project managed the delivery of a feasibility study for the creation of a recycling centre adjacent to the Forth & Clyde Canal and is currently taking forward discussions related to the movement of materials and waste by waterways in central Scotland. He is also currently project managing the continued development and dissemination of key projects relating to sustainability in the construction industry, involving resource flow and design (the Demolition Protocol and Resource Sustainable Communities). Brian also has a wide range of experience in other areas of environmental consultancy related to sustainability, as well as having delivered a number of innovative education and training projects.