DARIEN, Conn. - Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W)(NYSE:GWR) announced the following organizational changes:

Michael Miller is promoted to President, North America, effective immediately. The heads of G&W’s seven North American operating regions and Chief Commercial Officer, North America, now report to Miller, who previously served in the Chief Commercial Officer role since joining G&W in 2010.

Michael Miller
Michael Miller

David Brown continues in his role as Chief Operating Officer with responsibilities for the safety, mechanical, engineering, dispatch, service design and customer service departments in the United States as well as operating oversight of G&W’s international operations in the U.K./Europe, Australia and Canada. Mr. Brown previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of CSX Transportation prior to joining G&W in 2012.

David Brown
David Brown
Mike Peters is promoted to Chief Commercial Officer, North America, and leads G&W’s corporate commercial, industrial development, real estate, fleet management and commercial support teams. Mr. Peters previously served as Senior Vice President of Industrial Development and Real Estate since joining G&W in 2013.
Mike Peters
Mike Peters
Jack Hellmann, G&W’s Chairman and CEO commented, “With our North American business experiencing strong growth and a promising outlook, we are focused on capturing this value for our stockholders, intensifying our concentration on our customers, and enhancing the operational support of our railroads. With Michael Miller’s proven leadership, knowledge of our customers and commitment to commercial growth coupled with David Brown’s deep operating expertise and commitment to uniform excellence across our footprint of 121 railroads, we believe these organizational changes will further strengthen the trajectory of our business.”