NYC Transit Taps Toronto Exec; PE Veteran Now Versar CEO

摘要

Andy Byford, CEO of the Toronto Transit Commission for the past five years and a previous transit top executive in London and Sydney, has been selected as president of the New York City Transit Authority, effective in January. As announced by the Metropolitan Transit Authority, the parent agency, on Nov. 21, he will run the city's subways, buses, para-transit services and the Staten Island Railway. Byford, 52, replaces Darryl C. Irick, acting president since February. MTA says the transit agency's most recent permanent president was Veronique "Ronnie" Hakim, named in 2015. She became MTA managing director in August.