TITLE ROAD FREIGHT PROGRAMME MANAGER ORGANISATION TRANSPORT FOR LONDON
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We’ve dropped London Mayor Boris Johnson from Power Players, and in his place is the man who must ensure the capital runs like clockwork during the Olympic Games: Ian Wainwright.
The good news is that he’s no numpty: he spent 18 years in logistics (with stints at Hays Logistics and DHL Tradeteam) before entering the public sector in 2005.
His challenges are many: early engagement with the largest operators and transport customers; getting messages across to the great unwashed of transport who won’t think about the effect of the Olympics until the day before the opening ceremony; and cajoling the 33 London boroughs into accepting night-time deliveries (surely that’s like herding cats?).
If Wainwright and his team do their job – and the transport industry listens and reacts to their guidance – the Olympics should be a success.