31 May 2022
Go-Ahead appoints Peter Robinson to oversee business development
The Go-Ahead Group has appointed Peter Robinson to become Managing Director, Business Development, with responsibility for UK & international business development activities including mergers and acquisitions.
The role will be instrumental in the delivery of Go-Ahead’s recently announced business growth strategy, The Next Billion Journeys. It will involve working with Go-Ahead’s operating companies to develop the group’s position in existing markets, as well as leading on expansion into new markets.
Peter joined Go-Ahead as graduate trainee in 2004 and has worked across rail and bus, including overseeing the morebus brand in Dorset and Hampshire. He moved to Steer, the transport consultancy, worked for the Olympic Delivery Authority and completed an MBA at IMD in Switzerland before re-joining Go-Ahead in 2016. Since then he has been instrumental in the Group’s expansion into Manchester and the Republic of Ireland.
The appointment, with immediate effect, follows Martin Dean’s move to become Managing Director of Go-Ahead’s UK Regional Bus business.
Christian Schreyer, Go-Ahead’s Group Chief Executive
Peter Robinson, Managing Director, Business Development