{"id":328313,"date":"2025-12-12T19:33:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T09:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=68045"},"modified":"2025-12-12T19:33:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T09:33:10","slug":"rail-cargo-group-ceo-clemens-forst-to-step-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=328313","title":{"rendered":"Rail Cargo Group CEO Clemens F\u00f6rst to step down"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clemens F\u00f6rst, the CEO of the Austrian national freight operator Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is stepping down from his position in April 2026. F\u00f6rst headed the company for ten years.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>The outgoing CEO says that his departure from the company is a \u201cconscious, jointly agreed decision\u201d, and points out that a decade as CEO is a natural mandate limit \u201cfrom a good governance perspective\u201d. F\u00f6rst points out that leaving the company is in line with a change in policy at RCG. It has sought to simplify the organisation and make it more efficient through a \u201cturnaround programme\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile 2025 has been an exceptionally tough year, we have put in place a holistic turnaround programme with an impact well in excess of 100 million euros to lay the ground for a solid 2026 and a return to profitable growth in a very demanding market.\u201d<\/p>\n

Storms weathered<\/h2>\n

F\u00f6rst characterises his time as CEO as immensely rewarding, intense and often challenging. \u201cTogether as TeamRCG we\u2019ve navigated COVID, supply chain shocks and the current industrial downturn, and at the same time strengthened RCG\u2019s position as a leading European rail logistics player.\u201d<\/p>\n

The CEO will stay on until April 2026, then take a \u201cshort break\u201d and open a new professional chapter.<\/p>\n