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Vincent Ducrot
Born (1962-09-07) 7 September 1962 (age 61)
Châtel-St-Denis, Switzerland
NationalitySwiss
Alma materEPFL, ETHZ
OccupationCEO of SBB (1 april 2020)
PredecessorAndreas Meyer (manager)

Vincent Ducrot

Vincent Ducrot, born on 7 September 1962 in Châtel-Saint-Denis in the Veveyse District is a Swiss public transport executive. An electrical engineer specialising in information technology by training, he was Managing Director of Transports Publics Fribourgeois (TPF) from 2011 to 2020, before being named as the new CEO of Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) in December 2019, taking up the position on 1 April 2020.[1] The engineer with expertise in project management spent most of his career (from 1993 to 2011) at SBB, before becoming its CEO in 2020.[2]

Biography

Early life and education

Vincent Ducrot, the eldest of three children, was born in 1962 in Châtel-St-Denis in the canton of Fribourg.

After a baccalaureate (Latin-languages) at Bulle College, he obtained a degree in Electrical Engineering (specialising in computer science) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology[3] in Lausanne (EPFL) in 1987. He completed this training with a postgraduate diploma in industrial organization from the Center for industrial management (BWI) of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ), as well as a certificate in portfolio management (Certified Portfolio Director IPMA Level A®) and the OWP (Orchestrating winning performance) continuing education program of the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne.

Early career

Vincent Ducrot began his professional life in 1986 as a computer scientist in various positions in Switzerland and abroad (Europe and the United States).

Swiss Federal Railways (SBB)

In 1993, Vincent Ducrot started his career in the railway industry as the Head of SBB’s Software Product Division.

From 1997 to 1998, he was the Executive for Expo.02, responsible for organising public transport during the Swiss National Exposition (held from 15 May to 20 October 2002).[4][5]

From 1999 to 2010, he was Head of Long-Distance Services, responsible for deciding and implementing the long-distance services strategy for the Swiss rail network.[6] During this time he worked on the introduction of the first phase of Rail 2000,[7] and the opening of the new Lötschberg line and the Lötschberg Tunnel.[8]

Internationally, he was involved in setting up the TGV Lyria, the French high-speed service connecting France and Switzerland with a first connection between Paris and Lausanne,[9] followed by other high speed connexions, as the LGV Est, providing fast services between Paris and the principal cities of eastern France, as well as Germany, Luxembourg and Switzerland (connecting Basel and Paris in 2007.)[10] Ducrot also developed the SBB’s Swiss Transport Concept for UEFA Euro 2008.[11]

From 2009 to 2010, Vincent Ducrot also held the post ad interim of Acting Head of Passenger Division, which saw him join the senior management at SBB.

Transport Publics Fribourgeois (TPF)

At the beginning of July 2011, Vincent Ducrot was appointed Managing Director of Transports Publics Fribourgeois (TPF).[12][13] He will transform the TPF into a holding company in 2015.[14][15] Under his leadership, the number of passengers has risen from 25.7 million in 2011 to 32.5 million in 2018, and the number of employees has increased from 700 to nearly 1,200.[16]

At the head of the TPFs, he will carry out several infrastructure modernisation projects, including new-generation stations, notably in Bossonnens,[17] Belfaux, Pensier, Münchenwiler-Courgevaux, Montbovon and Châtel-St-Denis. Between 2014 and 2019, five new real estate districts will also be created around stations designed as new living spaces, i.e. those of Bulle and Châtel-St-Denis.[18]

In the spring of 2019, the director sees the completion of another huge project that he initiated at Givisiez: the new TPF Maintenance and Administrative Centre. Named Givisiez Ensemble, this 70,000 m2 complex, inaugurated on 21 September 2019, brings together the company's maintenance activities, operations centre and administration in a single location.[19]

Its track record also includes technological innovations for TPF users, including participation in the launch of FAIRTIQ (a mobile ticketing app released by 21 Swiss transport companies)[20] and the introduction of SMS ticketing (an application for purchasing bus tickets by SMS).[21] In 2017, the TPFs also opened the first test line of Navya SAS autonomous shuttles in Marly, where electric vehicles could run without driving personnel after the test phase.[22]

CEO of Swiss Federal Railways (SBB)

On 10 December 2019, the Board of Directors of Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) announced the appointment of Vincent Ducrot to the position of CEO, with effect from 1 April 2020.[23] He replaces Andreas Meyer, who had been at the head of the country's largest public transport company since 2007 and had announced – in September 2019 – his intention to step down in 2020.[24] The engineer from Fribourg thus becomes the first person from French-speaking Switzerland in almost 50 years to head SBB.[25][26]

Opinions

At the head of the Transports publics fribourgeois (TPF), Vincent Ducrot has invested in the development of autonomous electric shuttles by commissioning (in 2017) the first test line of Navya autonomous shuttles in Marly. He is convinced that autonomous vehicles on the road and also on the rails will play an important role in the public transport of the future.[27]

Publications

  • Information Engineering in der Praxis: Konzepte und Strategien zur Software-Eigenentwicklung, Walter Brenner (éditeur), Christoph Binkert (éditeur), Michael Lehmann-Kahler (éditeur), Campus Verlag, Vincent Ducrot co-auteur.[28]

Notes and references

  1. ^ Burroughs, David (10 December 2019). "Vincent Ducrot to replace Meyer as SBB CEO". International Railway Journal. Retrieved 2 February 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Handelszeitung (10 December 2019). "Wer ist Vincent Ducrot, der neue Chef der SBB?" [Who is Vincent Ducrot, the new chief of SBB?]. Handelszeitung (in German). Retrieved 2 February 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ EPFL, press review (11 December 2019). "Un alumni EPFL deviendra patron des CFF" (in French). Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne - Alumni. Retrieved 9 February 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Léchot, Bernard (3 July 2001). "expo.02: branle-bas de combat aux CFF!". Swissinfo.ch (in French). Retrieved 9 February 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ Léchot, Bernard (3 July 2001). "expo.02: le train, «le moyen de transport le plus naturel»". swissinfo (in French). Retrieved 16 February 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ cer avec les agences (28 June 2010). "Bombardier remporte le contrat du siècle des CFF". RTS info (in French). Retrieved 9 February 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ The Federal Council (5 March 2007). "La 1re étape de RAIL 2000 est une réussite". The portal of the Swiss government (in French). Retrieved 8 February 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ RTS Info (8 May 2007). "CFF: le tunnel du Lötschberg désenclavera le Valais". RTS (in French). Retrieved 8 February 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ Sardet, Frédéric (2 February 2009). "Lausanne (commune), L'économie et les transports aux XIXe et XXe siècles". Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse (DHS) (in French). Retrieved 8 February 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "TGV Est: Paris se rapproche de Bâle et Zurich". RTS.ch (in French) (published 9 June 2017). 28 June 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ The Federal Council (31 May 2007). "Le concept de transport pour l'UEFA EURO 2008 est sur les rails". The portal of the Swiss government (in French). Retrieved 8 February 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ "Les CFF félicitent Vincent Ducrot, nouveau directeur des Transports publics fribourgeois". SBB (in French). 17 November 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ Zurkinden, Vincent (18 November 2010). "Vincent Ducrot wird neuer Direktor des TPF". Freiburger Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 8 February 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ "Les TPF changent pour affronter l'avenir" [The TPF changes to face the future] (in French). La Liberté. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ Gaillet, Claude-Alain (25 February 2015). "L'homme qui carbure aux défis géants". La Liberté (in French). Retrieved 8 February 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ "Les TPF ont transporté plus de 29 millions de voyageurs en 2015" [TPF transported over 29 million travelers in 2015]. La Liberté (in French). 18 April 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ Sanchez, Stéphane (31 August 2013). "La gare du futur est à Bossonnens" [The railway station of the future is in Bossonnens]. La Liberté (in French). Retrieved 8 February 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ ats/nxp (14 December 2019). "Inauguration de la nouvelle gare de Châtel-St-Denis". 24 heures (in French). Retrieved 8 February 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ^ ATS (18 March 2019). "Le centre d'exploitation des TPF en passe de prendre son envol". RFJ (in French). Retrieved 8 February 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. ^ Chavaillaz/hend, Théo (6 March 2018). "Une application pour simplifier les voyages en transports publics". RTS.ch (in French). Retrieved 8 February 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. ^ "Billet SMS pour les transports publics fribourgeois". Le Temps (in French). 23 February 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  22. ^ Andres, Laura (October 2018). "Des navettes pour construire le futur" (PDF). ATE Magazine (in French). p. 14. Retrieved 8 February 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  23. ^ "Vincent Ducrot to be new CEO of SBB". SBB.ch. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  24. ^ Sieber, Frank; Gerny, Daniel; Aschwanden, Erich (4 September 2019). "SBB-Chef Meyer tritt zurück – Verkehrsministerin Sommaruga wusste es schon im Frühling". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 16 February 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  25. ^ Press release, Etat de Fribourg (10 December 2019). "Le Conseil d'Etat félicite Vincent Ducrot pour sa nomination à la tête des CFF". Etat de Fribourg (in French). Retrieved 8 February 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  26. ^ Felber-Eisele, Philipp (11 December 2019). "Pannenzug: Neuer SBB-Chef gibt sich selbstkritisch". Tages-Anzeiger (in German). ISSN 1422-9994. Retrieved 9 February 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  27. ^ Focus TP (2018–19). "Interview avec Vincent Ducrot, directeur des Transports publics fribourgeois (TPF) «Notre monde sera bien différent dans dix à quinze ans". voev.ch (in French). Retrieved 10 February 2020. {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help)CS1 maint: date format (link) CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  28. ^ co-writer Ducrot, Vincent (1996). Information Engineering in der Praxis. Konzepte und Strategien zur software-Eigenentwicklung, Frankfurt a. Main, Campus Verlag, 21. août 1996, 217 p. Campus Verlag. ISBN 3593355957.
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