Paul Cook has held an operations director role in the Scottish rail industry for the past 16 years, including stints with Pirelli construction on OHL East Coast mainline, working on various UK projects including the Channel Tunnel rail link, and Scotweld (now SWGR). In that latter organisation, as rail director, he looked after all UK rail activities across five depots nationally.

The appointment follows the recent national frontline labour contract from Network Rail.

Ganymede Solutions is part of the RTC Group, an AIM-listed recruitment group.

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