CIHT has today written to the new Secretary of State for Transport. The Institution has taken the opportunity to highlight the role that the institution, its members and the industry as a whole plays in society.

CIHT will be following up this initial introduction with further briefings on the work of the Institution.

The new Secretary of State for Transport is Justine Greening who has been Conservative MP for Putney since 2005 and she became economic secretary to the Treasury in May 2010 after the coalition came to power.

Greening was born in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, where she attended Oakwood comprehensive, moving on to the University of Southampton to study economics. Prior to entering parliament, she trained as an accountant and worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers, GlaxoSmithKline and Centrica, parent company of British Gas.