Except that she doesn't and shouldn't!

All that has changed is that First Great Western management will now report to Andrew Haines who has been UK Rail Director at FirstGroup since last year (when he joined from Stagecoach - he was previously MD of South West Trains) rather than FGW's Finance Director, Dean Finch, as they do now. This brings the company into line with FirstGroup's other franchises - Scotrail, TransPennine, Hull Trains and First Capital Connect, and allow FirstGroup to have consistency across all the franchises

Alison Forster will continue to have overall responsibility for FGW, and also a focus on the high speed services. At the same time, two new managers will focus on the former Thames and Wessex areas, both reporting to Alison. Mike Carroll (from FirstInfo) has the role of Route Director, London & Thames Valley and John Curley will be Route Director, West. These are temporary positions to oversee performance improvements in these areas.