Jane Copperthwaite is a Chartered Professional Engineer and an elected member of the Institute of Railway Signalling Engineers Global Council. Starting out as a British Rail graduate working in asset management, Jane experienced the operational performance demands that needed to be maintained to keep a railway operating. Later moving into more project focused roles, eventually being appointed Chief Signalling & Telecommunication Engineer for a major rail contractor. In 2007 Automatic Train Protection systems were emerging as a viable enhancement to signalling, ETCS was becoming a reality. Jane joined Ansaldo STS, now Hitachi, to ensure her continued professional development in the new era of onboard signalling. Since then, Jane started consulting, combining her signalling knowledge with her systems engineering and assurance expertise most recently on the Cross River Rail Project. Jane also developed the introduction to signalling course with the ARA, which she continues to facilitate.
