The 'Commissioner of Transport for London' has management responsibility for
Transport for London (TfL) and hence for the transport system throughout the
City of London and
Greater London in the
United Kingdom. TfL is controlled by a board whose members are appointed by the
Mayor of London, who also chairs the Board. The Commissioner reports to the board and leads a management team with individual functional responsibilities.
The post was initially held, from 2001, by
Robert Kiley. His CV included the
CIA,
CEO of the
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority,
deputy mayor of
Boston,
Chairman and CEO of the
New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority and
President and CEO of the
New York City Partnership. He was credited as being the
architect of the revival of Boston and
New York's ailing public transport systems in the
1970s and
1980s respectively.
Kiley announced his resignation in late 2005, and was replaced in February 2006 by
Peter Hendy, previously TFL's Director of Surface Transport.
List of Commissioners of Transport
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2001 –
2006:
Robert R. Kiley
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2006 – current:
Peter Hendy