10th
May 2005
Metroline
Plc - Change to Senior Management
ComfortDelGro subsidiary,
Metroline announces that Steve McAleavy is to step
down as Managing Director and will leave this summer.
Jaspal
Singh CEO for ComfortDelGro UK and Ireland commented: “We
are extremely disappointed that Steve has chosen to
depart and he will be sorely missed. Under Steve’s
leadership Metroline has undergone a huge turnaround
in every aspect of its performance. Steve has created
a very strong team within the business and he can be
proud of his achievements. On behalf of the ComfortDelGro
Group, we wish him well for the future”
Sean
O’Shea is appointed as Acting Managing Director
with immediate effect.
Steve McAleavy said: “After
three years of the daily commute to London, I am taking
some time off
with my family before considering future options. It
has been a tremendous experience to work for Metroline
and ComfortDelGro and to create an amazing team here
in London.
Together, we challenged
the way people viewed working in the bus industry and
dared to create a better
place
to work for our people, who came with us. I owe a great
deal of gratitude to the 3,000 amazing staff within
the business. It has been particularly exciting to
be part of the great success story of London Buses.”
McAleavy
has pioneered several new strategies for creating a
customer focussed organisation and has continually
challenged the traditional way of running bus companies.
Utilising many techniques from exemplary customer service
businesses, the Metroline improvements have demonstrated
that they can even be applied in a traditional industry
like the transport sector.
- Ends -
Note to Editors:
- Metroline is one of
the top five London-based bus companies, currently
running
13.5% of the capital’s bus services under contract to Transport for London.
- Metroline carries 250 million passengers every year, operates 96 routes, covers
over 37.5 million journey miles each year, employs almost 3700 people and runs
a fleet of over 1,200 buses in North, West and Central London and South Hertfordshire.
- Metroline is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Singapore based ComfortDelGro
Corporation Limited, which is the world's second largest listed land transport
company.
Enquiries:
Nicola Vincent – Head of Communications 020 8218 8831 |
