This round holds a single UK appointment. Mike Noakes joins Rail Forum as Head of Policy and Strategic Engagement, moving from Head of Rail at the Department for Business & Trade, after 25 years in government and more than a decade working with the rail supply chain. He starts on 1 October, ahead of Great British Railways taking shape.

The past few rounds ran from four moves to twelve; this one is markedly thinner, with far fewer senior appointments surfacing across UK construction and infrastructure in the past few days.

Mike Noakes joins Rail Forum as Head of Policy & Strategic Engagement, arriving from the Department for Business & Trade, where he was Head of Rail. He spent 25 years in government and more than a decade working with the rail supply chain, having helped establish the 2018 Rail Sector Deal and secure funding for the Global Centre of Rail Excellence. His move, arriving as Great British Railways takes shape, suggests Rail Forum is building policy capacity ahead of the new body's remit being settled, and may leave the department without the official who helped shape that Sector Deal. Reported by Rail Business Daily.