Caroline Donaldson
Managing Director
West Coast Partnership Development
Caroline Donaldson has a wealth of experience in the transport sector, joining the industry in 1999. Caroline is the Managing Director of West Coast Partnership Development, which is the ‘Shadow Operator’ for High Speed 2: designing, developing and mobilising high speed service operations and associated conventional services. Prior to this role, Caroline led the successful First Trenitalia bid for the West Coast Partnership franchise. Previous experience in the transport sector includes various roles at Network Rail, where Caroline led business planning and development, numerous transformation programmes, set up the new in-house maintenance function and implemented an award winning risk management system. Before this, Caroline worked at London Underground, leading the procurement transformation programme. Caroline is also a Chartered Accountant and holds a degree in Mathematics from Cambridge University and an MBA from Cranfield School of Management.
