Serco senior executive to present at Gulf Traffic 2005 opening session

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About Serco Middle East:
Serco is one of the world's leading service companies. Through assured delivery of services, innovation and organisational change we help our local and national government clients achieve their ambitions. Where appropriate we also apply this capability to help commercial clients to achieve their strategic goals. We aim to bring lessons, processes and capabilities from a whole range of markets, industries and experiences to help drive change and innovation.
Serco has been present in the Middle East for over 40 years. It operates several businesses in the services sector with over 1,000 employees;
- Serco Middle East - overall management of Serco's business in the Middle East and responsible for the implementation of Publicly Funded Initiatives (PFI) in the region.
- Serco Gulf LLC - a joint venture between Serco and Istithmar providing Facility Management services for projects including PCFC (Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation), The Gardens Residential Community, International City and Dragonmart Mall.
- Serco Innovation - the dedicated Facilities Management consultancy arm of Serco Gulf LLC, a joint venture with Istithmar.
- Serco Aeronautical Services - Serco is the world's largest non-state provider of aeronautical services. It maintains contracts across the Gulf in air traffic control, aeronautical information & engineering, meteorological & aeronautical communication services, and rescue & fire fighting.
- Serco Technology Solutions - comprising two companies - IAL (UAE) and ATS (Bahrain and Qatar) - providing customised turnkey solutions based on state of the art technology in security, health, marine and aeronautical sectors.

About Serco:
Serco is an international task management contractor to government and industry, providing comprehensive engineering and support services across a wide range of applications. Serco runs a number of road, rail and aviation networks around the world and has contracts ranging from systems development and maintenance support tasks to US$multi-million road traffic management operations, on-line information services, light and heavy rail operations and maintenance, and air traffic services and operations.

Serco has a unique capability that combines the expertise from these operations, to fund and deliver fully integrated transport solutions in partnership with Government, aimed at improving modal balance, quality and safety of travel.



About Serco Integrated Transport:
Recognized as the leading UK developer of traffic management and information systems and traffic management operations services, Serco Intergraded Transport provides expert consulting advice and systems engineering design underpinned by rigorous and dependable project and change management capabilities.

Serco Integrated Transport operates and supplies traffic management systems on more than 11,000 miles (18,000 km) of roads worldwide, including national systems for England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and New South Wales in Australia, as well as systems in Hong Kong, Stockholm and San Francisco.

Serco maintains half of the UK's motorway electronics infrastructure providing an all-encompassing service covering all aspects of electrical and road infrastructure maintenance, incorporating all motorway communications systems, CCTV, lighting and highway and winter maintenance. Serco also equipped the UK's first toll motorway, the 27-mile M6 Toll, with its communications and traffic management technologies.

In both the regional and urban environments, Serco operates the modern, reliable services that the traveling public now expect. From the multiple award winning service for London's Docklands Light Railway and Manchester's Metrolink, the UK's first on-street light rapid transport system, to the clean driverless efficiency of the Copenhagen MetroService, Serco delivers the passenger services to which others aspire.

Our partnership with NedRailways for regional rail in the UK is already acclaimed for its high performance on Northern Rail and Merseyrail in the north of England.

By embedding Serco's culture and values alongside the experience of rail operations that is only borne of lifelong commitment, our rail services specialists understand how to mobilize and deliver world class passenger services within the economic and environmental constraints that shape today's market.

Serco places its people first; our people place their customers first. In this way Serco Integrated Transport becomes the first choice for transport authorities as they strive to improve quality, value and services to their traveling constituents.
With an excellent safety record and strong staff commitment, the Serco approach to running a railway certainly seems to be delivering results for our passengers, our clients, our staff, and of course Serco.

For further information contact:

Chris Eagers, Sales & Marketing Director, Serco Middle East on +971 4 4033534