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TOP 20 POWER PLAYERS 2009
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Transport leaders
Who has the most impact and influence on the road transport industry? Read the first part of CM's Power Players to find out.
Welcome to the first edition of CM Power Players the list of 20 people and organisations that we believe have the most influence on and exert the most control over the road transport industry.
This list is by no means objective, but we've debated long and hard the merits of those on it, and where they should appear.
This week we're counting down from 20th to 11th place. We'll announce the top 10 place by place, day by day at www.roadtransport. com/powerplayers over Christmas and into the new year (see box on page 47 for more details). The issue of CM published on Thursday 7 January 2010 will reveal who is number one.
Direct influence
On our Power Players list, you will find operators, clients. industry stakeholders and a few off-the-wall choices some you may know, some you may not. Some make the list because they personally have power, while others do so because the organisations they lead have power.
handful are there because they are representative of a particular section of the industry.
What they all have in common is a direct influence (for good or for ill) on the industry. For that reason, the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer for all the immense power they wield over every walk of life are not included.
Yes, we know Alistair Darling has the power to step off the escalator, to consign fuel duty to the red briefcase of history, but we all know that's never going to happen.
And, of course, the cost of fuel is affected just as much by OPEC and the whims of commodity traders but, again, we've not featured them.
Intriguing omissions
Some intriguing names didn't make the list. We considered Theresa Villiers, the shadow secretary of state for transport, but let's see if the -16ries win the next election.
Peter Bakker,TNT CEO, would have made the list if the Dutch giant had taken on parts of the Royal Mail.
Climate change policy-makers are largely conspicuous by their absence. We concede the nonsense of carbon trading will be enforced at some point, but for the moment most operators and clients are only truly concerned about cost with full knowledge that more efficient operation is almost inevitably greener.
But that's enough of those who didn't make the list. Read on to find out who did! •