PECM Issue 26 2017 | Page 40

RAIL DEVELOPMENT GROUP’S PAUL PLUMMER TO OPEN RAILTEX Paul Plummer, Chief Executive of the Rail Delivery Group, will now formally open Railtex 2017 at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham on 9th May. He has kindly agreed to take on this role following the withdrawal of Rail Minister Paul Maynard MP due to the recent announcement of a June general election. Parliamentary protocol restricts the activities of ministers and civil servants during the pre-election ‘purdah’ period.