Discover the European ‘Talents in Mobility’ Awards 2024
Six people in the world of mobility were honoured at the European ‘Talent in Mobility’ awards presented on 2 October 2024 at the European Mobility Exhibition in Strasbourg; their initiatives reflect the wide range of approaches being taken across Europe to rethinking public transport. The Awards seek to honour women and men who are playing their part in developing public transport and sustainable mobility.
Meilleur jeune Talent
>> Rémi COULAUD, Responsable du Datalab’ Mass Transit, SNCF Voyageurs – Transilien
Meilleur responsable de projet, ex aequo
>> Fiona GUTHRIE, Directrice RH & Directrice générale adjointe, RATP Dev Transit London
>> Xavier GRUZ, Directeur Projet Eole, SNCF Réseau
Meilleur manager
>> Jean-Bruno DELRUE, Président, MESEA
Prix pour l’ensemble de la carrière
>> Claudio PUZZUOLI, Directeur Technique, SOLEA
Prix des internautes
>> Louis ROMA, Directeur Rénovation & Modernisation Train, Masteris
The Talents panel 2024
The panel is composed of European journalists specialising in the transport sector. They have been chosen for their expertise and familiarity with the industry as a whole. They are independent of the Exhibition organisers. The panel will make one award per category, and reserves the right to move a candidate from one category to another if appropriate.
Panel members:
– Viajeros, Luis GOMEZ-LLORENTE, Spain
– Passenger Transport, Robert JACK, United Kingdom
– Ville Rail & Transports, Marie-Hélène POINGT, France
– Autobus, Riccardo SCHIAVO, Italy
– Nahverkerhrs praxis, Annika SCHOENEN, Germany
– OV magazine, Marcel SLOFSTRA, The Netherlands
For more information
The European ‘talent’ in mobility awards honour women and men working to nurture public transport and sustainable mobility across Europe. The awards are an extremely effective way of highlighting European actors who, at various stages of their career, deserve recognition from the profession as a whole.
This prize has been created to reward a younger player in the sustainable mobility sector who has proved themselves in the course of projects developed within their organisation.
They will have shown themselves to be:
• creative,
• proactive,
• a good team player,
• enthusiastic.
• They must not be more than 30 years old.
This prize will be awarded to an individual (project manager, head of department, etc.) who has proved to be particularly outstanding in the creation, design and completion of a project.
They will have shown themselves to be:
• a leader,
• a good project manager,
• a good motivator,
• a good team leader.
This prize will be awarded to a recognised manager or policymaker in the sector, who in addition to their technical skills used in their job, has put into play undisputed managerial qualities:
They will have shown themselves to be:
• coordinating all the internal and external stakeholders in a project,
• successfully conducting an outstanding and/or innovative project,
• demonstrating a high level of commitment to mobility.
This award will go to an individual who is well- known nationally or across Europe for services rendered to the sector throughout their career. The person must have made a significant, positive impact on the world of public transport through a distinctive contribution, product, practical achievement, advance, innovation, unifying action or other success. They must be wholeheartedly committed to sustainable mobility.
The winner of this prize will be determined by the outcome of a vote by professionals on the Exhibition website, eumo-expo.com. A shortlist of candidates will be presented for each category.
Web users will be able to vote to select a winner on the basis of their outstanding career or remarkable profile, thus recognising their professional commitment. The winner will be determined on the basis of the total number of votes cast for all categories.
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