All Change At Northern As New Managing Director And Chief Operating Officer Take The Helm
Tricia Williams and Matt Rice
A new managing director and chief operating officer have taken the helm at Northern this week.
As managing director, Tricia Williams now leads the UK’s second largest train operator, an organisation that makes an annual contribution to the national economy of £1.25bn.
Williams has been with Northern since 2020 when she joined the organisation as chief operating officer.
Prior to working at Northern, she held a number of executive roles at Manchester Airports Group where she delivered sustained customer growth and transformation.
She also spent 20 years at United Utilities Group in a range of operational leadership and strategic transformation roles.
In the chief operating officer role, Williams is succeeded by Matt Rice, who joined Northern from Network Rail where he was route director for the north and east route.
In his role, Rice will lead all Northern service and engineering functions across the North of England, which includes 2,500 services a day to more than 500 stations in the region.
Rice is supported in his role by three regional directors. Craig Harrop heads-up Northern’s operations in the North West, while Kerry Peters is responsible for Yorkshire & the Humber, and East Midlands. Jason Wade was recently appointed to the North East role.