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Dr. Michael Bernhardt is CEO of Rail Power Systems Germany. In 2015, Dr. Michael Bernhardt was appointed CEO of Rail Power Systems GmbH, the successor company of Balfour Beatty Rail GmbH. Dr. Michael Bernhardt is also responsible for the business units Sales International and Power Supply Systems and benefits from the long-term experience of his professional work experience. Prior to joining Balfour Beatty Rail Michael Bernhardt received a doctor’s degree in physics. In 1993, he began his career as a consultant with THOST Projektmanagement where he worked on creating and launching project structures and management processes for major infrastructure-related projects. In 1999 he moved to Thales and after various stations he was appointed head of projects in the domestic market. He left Thales in 2008 to take over the business section Director Sales and Marketing of Balfour Beatty Rail GmbH. In 2009 he was also appointed Managing Director of InoSig GmbH. In 2103 he was appointed CEO fo Balfour Beatty Rail GmbH.

Since November 2011, Dr. Michael Bernhardt chairs the Expert Committee Infrastructure of the German Railway Industry Association (VDB). He is member of the VDB presiding board since October 2016.

Dr. Michael Bernhardt (born in 1963) is married and has one daughter.

Drs Norbert Stadhouders studied economics and business at the universities of Twente (Netherlands) and Birmingham (UK).

In 1983 he began his career with PriceWaterhouse in London, where he added an English training as an accountant to his qualifications. Between 1986 and 2002 positions at various subsidiaries of United Technologies Corporation in Hartford (USA), Brussels (Belgium), Liverpool (UK), Abu Dhabi (UAE), Munich (Germany) and Raleigh (USA) followed.

From 1st October 2002 he joined Balfour Beatty Rail GmbH, the predecessor company of Rail Power Systems GmbH,  based in Munich, as finance director.

Drs Stadhouders (Born in 1958) is married and has two sons.