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Shoaf switch signals new key DFTO role in shaping GBR leadership

Peter Stonham
02 April 2026
Laura Shoaf
Laura Shoaf

 

Latest moves in the impending creation of Great British Railways have seen chair of the Shadow GBR, Laura Shoaf, joining the board of the Department for Transport Operator (DFTO), which increasing seems itself now be the real GBR shadow body.

The formal creation of GBR is not due till next year.

Tony Poulter, former GBR Transition Team Non-Executive Director, is also being appointed as a DFTO non-executive director. He was previously a partner at PwC and has provided specialist support and...

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