Nicolas Perrin

Nicolas Perrin (born 1959) is CEO of SBB Cargo since January 2008.

Nicolas Perrin studied at ETH Zurich, Dept. II for Construction Engineering, where he gained a diploma. He is married and lives in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.

Nicolas Perrin has been working at SBB-CFF-FFS since 1987. In the early 1990s, he worked as personal assistant to the President of the Executive Board before spending five years as Vice President of Service Planning for the Rail 2000 project. From 1999, Perrin served as acting deputy to the CEO of SBB Cargo. He began as Head of Production for the division, before moving on to manage SBB Cargo’s International business area.

In summer 2007, Perrin became interim CEO of SBB Cargo following the departure of Daniel Nordmann. In December 2007, the SBB AG Board of Directors appointed him as the new CEO of SBB Cargo and member of the Management Board of SBB AG. His activities focus primarily on the sustainable and targeted redevelopment of SBB Cargo.