Meet the team







Maggie Simpson OBE
Maggie Simpson is Director General of the Rail Freight Group, the representative body for rail freight in the UK. Since joining in 2005 she has worked to promote growth in rail ...
Phil Smart
Phil has more than 30 years experience working in public and private sector environments with a strong public service ethos. He has a local government background, having worked in ...
Phillippa O’Shea
Phillippa is Administration Manager at the Rail Freight Group....
Yvonne Mulder MA, Dip. Jour.
Yvonne is RFG Project Manager, working on a variety of tasks including liaison with new members,
organising webinars and speakers for RFG events, arranging the entry and judging ...
Martin Bignell
Martin Bignell began his career with in marketing and commercial roles with Potter Group, exposed to rail freight as terminal operator, customer and 3PL logistics service provider. ...
Robin Smith
Having graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in Metallurgy in 1971, Robin
made an immediate career switch and joined the Transport and Shipping Department of the
then ...
James Falkner
James is a part-time Media Officer at Rail Freight Group and handles all external media liaison, interview requests, member communications, website, newslettter and e-mail ...