One of Britain’s leading captains of industry over the past decade and a sometime adviser to Conservative prime ministers has been appointed by the Labour Party to lead a rethink of railinfrastructure before the next general election.
Jurgen Maier is a former UK head of Siemens, the German multinational, which employs thousands of people in Britain and is a leading player in the railway supply chain as a signalling and communications expert.
Maier, 59, a blunt and outspoken Yorkshireman with strong views on the UK’s inability to live up to its industrial capabilities, stood down from Siemens four years ago. He has been appointed by Labour to lead a review into how the delivery of large rail projects can be improved. His appointment comes just
