NR’s Butcher to join Go-Ahead

Network Rail Group Finance Director Patrick Butcher is joining Go-Ahead Group in the New Year as chief finance officer.

Butcher joined NR in 2009. Before that he held finance director roles at English, Welsh & Scottish Railways, Mapeley Limited, London Underground and Kings College Hospital. He was also a management consultant at Deloitte & Touche in his early career.

NR Chief Executive Mark Carne said: “I personally want to thank him for helping us to successfully navigate the transition into the public sector last year.”