ÖBB CEO Andreas Matthä elected as Chairman of CER for the third time

ÖBB CEO Andreas Matthä elected as Chairman of CER for the third time
© ÖBB / Marek Knopp

Key objectives for third term: support for European freight transport, decarbonisation and expansion of European rail infrastructure.


The members of the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) have re-elected the CER Board for the period 2024-2025 at their General Assembly in Gdansk. Andreas Matthä was re-elected as Chairman of the CER for a further two-year term. This is his third term at the helm of the Association and follows the unanimous recommendation of the CER Board and the unanimous vote of the General Assembly.

"I would like to thank the members for their great trust, and I am looking forward to representing the interests of the European railway sector in Brussels in the next two years. We are in a decisive phase of European mobility policy. Next year, the political forces in Europe will regroup. We will work to ensure that rail is an important part of the new political agenda in Brussels. Climate protection and decarbonisation need the best possible political support, the framework conditions for the shift from road to rail, especially in European freight transport, must improve and the expansion of European rail infrastructure must move forward. CER will play a constructive role in all these issues in the interest of Europe's railways," says ÖBB CEO Andreas Matthä.

CER brings together around 70 railway companies, national associations and vehicle leasing companies. CER promotes rail as the backbone of a competitive and sustainable transport system in Europe and represents the interests of its members to EU policy makers and transport stakeholders.

CER Executive Director Alberto Mazzola, CER Chair and ÖBB CEO Andreas Matthä                                     © ÖBB
CER Executive Director Alberto Mazzola, CER Chair and ÖBB CEO Andreas Matthä                                     © ÖBB
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