Karel Vinck

Former ERTMS Coordinator of the European Commission

After a long career as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman in several Private European Industrial Groups and the Belgian Railways, Karel joined DG Move of the European Commission in 2005 as the ERTMS Coordinator until 2018. Working as an advisor, Karel currently supports a project of introducing ERTMS in the Southeast Asian region.

ERTMS is the instrument to lead the Railways into the 21st Century. The European Union has a recognized technology and leadership in deploying it. The model of different stakeholders working together to make it an European success is unique. Let us implement it faster in the European Union and further promote it worldwide as an industrial project which can contribute to the economic and social well-being of countries or regions.