Richard is a rail transport industry professional with a wide knowledge of all aspects of business efficiency and business development generated during his 30 year career with British Rail. Whilst with British Rail he played an essential role in a number of significant railway development projects and rail revival initiatives which involved working closely with regional and local government as well as transport pressure groups. He was directly involved in creating the practicalities of network benefits at privatisation and, subsequently, created the ORR/ATOC national retailing standards monitoring regime and the quality development programme for National Rail Enquiries. In 2000 Richard opened his own consultancy – The Haste Partnership – and has achieved an extensive client list. This includes major bidders for UK rail franchises, a Passenger Transport Executive, the Association of Train Operating Companies, Highland Rail Partnership, multi-national transport consultancies and a company developing global sales and marketing for European rail travel. Richard is a visiting lecturer at the Université du Maine, Le Mans, France where he teaches the Development and Marketing of Service Industries.

Richard Haste has experience of working overseas in countries including Australia, Canada and France as well as thirty years working with British Rail in the United Kingdom. Richard is also a member of Independent Rail Consultancy Group (IRCG).

Richard's signature projects include the development of Manchester Airport Rail Link, preparing passenger network benefits structure for British Rail privatisation, DSB franchise bid for Thameslink, Edinburgh - Glasgow High Speed line feasibility study for SPTE and SEStrans and Richard was also a visiting lecturer in Business Studies at Le Mans university, France, for twenty years 1989 - 2009.

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