Crossrail appoints commercial director

Crossrail has appointed Martin Buck as its commercial director.

Mr Buck, who was previously on secondment to Crossrail in the same role from 2005 to 2008, will work directly with chief executive Rob Holden.

He will be responsible for developing and implementing Crossrail’s commercial and procurement strategies and processes and will lead negotiations of all future major Crossrail commercial contracts and will start his new role on 6 July 2009.

Crossrail also confirmed that Dr Graham Plant, programme director, and Dr Phil Bennett, technology director, would be leaving the project in the summer.