Today, the General Assembly of EIM unanimously re-elected Antti Vehviläinen, Director General of the Finnish Transport Agency (FI), as EIM President for a second mandate. EIM’s General Assembly also re-elected Alain Quinet, Director-General Delegate of SNCF Réseau (FR) and Francisco Cardoso dos Reis, Senior Adviser to the Board of Directors of Infraestruturas de Portugal S.A. (PT) as Vice-Presidents.

EIM President Antti Vehviläinen thanked all members of EIM for their confidence and said: “Together with my fellow board members, I continue being committed to leverage infrastructure managers’ innovation drive in the present era of digitalization and automatisation. Only by cooperating in a transparent way, will we be able to seize the opportunities and overcome the challenges ahead. Together, let’s build the European infrastructure network of the future. In this sense, I am looking forward to continuing the excellent cooperation with EIM’s Board Members, Alain Quinet, Francisco Cardoso dos Reis and Lena Erixon, Director General of Trafikverket (SE).”

The General Assembly endorsed the work done and progress made in 2016 and set out an ambitious work plan for 2017 and beyond, including cooperation with the relevant EU institutions and other stakeholders in the sector.