Chairman
Deutsche Bahn AG
Rechtsanwältin
Leiterin Team Internationale Verbände Verkehrspolitik Europa (GWE)
Organisation
CIT’s supreme decision-making body is the General Assembly, which is responsible for determining overall association policy. The Executive Committee is the lead at the operational and administrative levels., while the Secretary-General manages day-to-day business. The CIT committees sign off on the products developed by the working groups. For specific issues, groups of experts are convened as required.
The Executive Committee is responsible for operational and administrative management of the CIT. It has the following tasks:
- making the arrangements for meetings of the General Assembly;
- preparing the Annual Accounts and the Budget;
- approving the Annual Report;
- expressing views on drafts of international rail transport law;
- fixing the conditions of service of the staff and laying down the financial regulations;
- supervising the management of the Secretary General.
The Executive Committee comprises nine members at most and is composed in a representative way. The CIT Chairman is a member as of right. The Executive Committee meets twice a year as a rule (in April and in September).
Maria Sack
Maria Urbańska
Deputy chairman
PKP CARGO S.A.
Head of Department, Office for Development, Investor Relations and Marketing
Alberto Gallo
TRENITALIA S.p.A.
Direzione Affari Legali e Societari
Nevin Kaygisiz
Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryollari (TCDD)
Chef adjointe de section tarifs et accords internationaux
nevinkaygisiz@tcdd.gov.tr
Platon Guryanov
RZD - Russian Railways
Head of international division at the Legal Department
Gerald Wieser
Rail Cargo Austria AG
Abteilungsleiter Schadens- und Versicherungsmanagement
Aikaterini Vitou
TRAINOSE
Head of International Cooperation
k.vitou@trainose.gr
Gilles Mugnier
Marie Wirtgen
The General Secretariat manages the CIT. It is composed of eight staff members and has the following tasks:
- implementing the decisions of the General Assembly and the Executive Committee;
- making the arrangements for the meetings of the Executive Committee;
- preparing the Annual Report, the Annual Accounts and Budget for presentation to the Executive Committee;
- convening and taking part in meetings of committees and working groups.
Cesare Brand
Secretary General
Telephone: +41 (0)31 350 01 93
Fax: +41 (0)31 350 01 99
cesare.brand@cit-rail.org
Erik Evtimov, Dr. iur.
Deputy Secretary General
Telephone: +41 (0)31 350 01 97
Fax: +41 (0)31 350 01 99
erik.evtimov@cit-rail.org
Nina Scherf
Senior Legal Adviser
Freight traffic, Use of infrastructure
Telephone : +41 31 350 01 94
Fax: +41 (0)31 350 01 99
Sandra Dobler
Senior Legal Adviser
Passenger traffic
Telefon: +41 (0)31 350 04 80
Fax: +41 (0)31 350 01 99
Dariia Scarlino
Expert
RID, CIM/SMGS, CIV/SMPS
Telefon : +41 (0)31 350 01 96
Fax: +41 (0)31 350 01 99
Jan Vavra
Specialist
Passenger traffic
Téléphone : +41 (0)31 350 01 91
Fax : +41 (0)31 350 01 99
Claudia Beyeler
Administrative Assistant
Accounting - Personal managment - Membership managment - Freight
Phone: +41 (0)31 350 01 92
Fax: +41 (0)31 350 01 99
Loïc Gioria
Administrative Assistant
Communication - CIT-Info - Website - CIV - CUI
Phone: +41 (0)31 350 01 90
Fax: +41 (0)31 350 01 99
loic.gioria@cit-rail.org
The committees are competent to adopt provisions on the implementation and application of international rail transport law in a standardised and practical way (in order to produce CIT documentation). To do that, the General Assembly delegates powers to them. The committees are composed in a representative way.
CIV Committee (passenger traffic)
Enrico Trapazzo
Chair
FS - TRENITALIA S.p.A. - Gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
DCGPE – Legal and Corporate Affairs Business Partner
CIV Committee (passenger traffic)
Isabelle Saintilan
Deputises for the Chair
SNCF Voyages
Juriste
Isabelle.Saintilan@sncf.fr
CIM Committee (freight traffic)
Jean-Luc Dufournaud
Chairman
SNCF
Directeur affaires internationales
Industrialisation des appels d’offres SNCF Voyageurs
CUI Committee (use of infrastructure)
Adriaan Hagdorn
CUI Committee (use of infrastructure)
Alberto Gallo
Deputises for the Chair
TRENITALIA S.p.A.
Direzione Affari Legali e Societari
Multimodality Committee
Maria Kalimeri
Chair
ATTICA GROUP (Blue Star Ferries & Superfast Ferries)
Railway Key Account Manager
kalimeri@attica-group.com
Working groups are responsible for preparing recommendations for decisions by the committees.
Their members are chosen for their skills in the area in question.
CIV Working Group (passenger traffic)
Oliver Hirschfeld
Chair
Deutsche Bahn AG
Leiter Team int. Eisenbahnrecht / Rechtsabteilung Personenverkehr (CRP)
CIM Working Group (freight traffic)
Cristian Cuenca
Chair
DB Cargo AG
Legal Advisor
cristian.cuenca@deutschebahn.com
Multimodality Working group
Erik Evtimov
Chair
Deputy Secretary General to the CIT
Steering Group / Expert and legal Group CIM/SMGS
Working Group CIV/SMPS
Groups of experts are constituted to examine specific issues. Their members are specialists in the topic in question.
Group of PRR Experts / Group of Data Protection Experts
Sandra Dobler
Chair
General Secretariat CIT
Senior Legal Adviser
Seals Group of Experts
Jürgen Scholz
Rechts- und Expertengruppe CIM/SMGS / Arbeitsgruppe CIV/SMPS