News: New directors for South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
The South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE) will be jointly managed by two directors following the departure of director general David Brown.
The SYPTE works in partnership with the local councils and transport service operators to manage public transport infrastructure, run the local bus, train and tram services and provide walking and cycling routes.
Ben Still and David Young will share the director general responsibilities until such time as a permanent appointment is made to fill the top post. David Brown has left SYPTE to join Merseytravel.
Ben Still, who will continue as executive team chief executive at the Sheffield City Region (SCR) will take on some additional responsibilities as an interim director general at SYPTE with specific responsibility for high speed rail and rail franchising. Ben moved into his role at the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) from director of strategy at SYPTE last year.
Current director of customer experience at SYPTE, David Young will become interim deputy director general, leading on operational activities of the SYPTE. David will oversee the introduction of smart ticketing; develop more Bus Partnerships and progress major funded projects including the Better Bus Area, Local Sustainable Transport Fund and the Tram-Train rail project.
The arrangements are expected to be in place for approximately 11 months until arrangements for a "Combined Authority" are known and finalised.
Ben Still, chief executive at Sheffield City Region (SCR) Executive and interim director general at SYPTE, said: "I am looking forward to working across both the LEP and SYPTE whilst arrangements to support the City Region Authority are developed by the SCR Leaders Board and the Integrated Transport Authority.
"It is important, during this period, that SYPTE continues to focus on delivering public transport projects and services for the benefit of people of South Yorkshire. I look forward to working with David Young and the staff at SYPTE.
"I will continue to support the LEP Board and its Local Authority partners in their key projects to drive economic growth and create jobs in the Sheffield City Region."
James Newman, chairman of the Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership, added: "The next few months will be critical as the LEP develops and agrees its five year plan for economic growth with Government.
"Ben's role as Interim Director General will be very helpful to the LEP as it develops its plans to deliver growth and prosperity for businesses and local people."
The nine local authorities that comprise the SCR have agreed to create the SCR Authority to take governance from informal collaboration to joint decision making on major issues. The SCR Authority brings together an integrated transport authority (ITA) and an economic prosperity board (EPB) in order to align political decision making around strategic economic development and transport.
Mick Jameson, Chairman of South Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority, said: "We would like to thank David Brown for the work that he has done as Director General for the past five years but we know we are in good hands with both Ben Still and David Young at the helm.
"We are currently working through the arrangements and new structures for the Sheffield City Region "Combined Authority" and as part of that work we will be making a permanent arrangement in due course."
SYPTE website
SCR LEP website
The SYPTE works in partnership with the local councils and transport service operators to manage public transport infrastructure, run the local bus, train and tram services and provide walking and cycling routes.
Ben Still and David Young will share the director general responsibilities until such time as a permanent appointment is made to fill the top post. David Brown has left SYPTE to join Merseytravel.
Ben Still, who will continue as executive team chief executive at the Sheffield City Region (SCR) will take on some additional responsibilities as an interim director general at SYPTE with specific responsibility for high speed rail and rail franchising. Ben moved into his role at the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) from director of strategy at SYPTE last year.
Current director of customer experience at SYPTE, David Young will become interim deputy director general, leading on operational activities of the SYPTE. David will oversee the introduction of smart ticketing; develop more Bus Partnerships and progress major funded projects including the Better Bus Area, Local Sustainable Transport Fund and the Tram-Train rail project.
The arrangements are expected to be in place for approximately 11 months until arrangements for a "Combined Authority" are known and finalised.
Ben Still, chief executive at Sheffield City Region (SCR) Executive and interim director general at SYPTE, said: "I am looking forward to working across both the LEP and SYPTE whilst arrangements to support the City Region Authority are developed by the SCR Leaders Board and the Integrated Transport Authority.
"It is important, during this period, that SYPTE continues to focus on delivering public transport projects and services for the benefit of people of South Yorkshire. I look forward to working with David Young and the staff at SYPTE.
"I will continue to support the LEP Board and its Local Authority partners in their key projects to drive economic growth and create jobs in the Sheffield City Region."
James Newman, chairman of the Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership, added: "The next few months will be critical as the LEP develops and agrees its five year plan for economic growth with Government.
"Ben's role as Interim Director General will be very helpful to the LEP as it develops its plans to deliver growth and prosperity for businesses and local people."
The nine local authorities that comprise the SCR have agreed to create the SCR Authority to take governance from informal collaboration to joint decision making on major issues. The SCR Authority brings together an integrated transport authority (ITA) and an economic prosperity board (EPB) in order to align political decision making around strategic economic development and transport.
Mick Jameson, Chairman of South Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority, said: "We would like to thank David Brown for the work that he has done as Director General for the past five years but we know we are in good hands with both Ben Still and David Young at the helm.
"We are currently working through the arrangements and new structures for the Sheffield City Region "Combined Authority" and as part of that work we will be making a permanent arrangement in due course."
SYPTE website
SCR LEP website
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