Biography

Mr Emmanuel Vivant is the Chief Executive Officer of RATP Dev Transdev Asia (RDTA) since February 2015. He is also the Managing Director of the iconic Hong Kong Tramways (HKT) since May 2012. From 2009 to 2012 he was based in Seoul, where he was in charge of Strategy and Business Development in ASEAN & Korea for RDTA and was also a Director of the Seoul Metro Line 9 Operation Company. He joined Veolia Transport in 2005 in the Paris headquarters and moved to Beijing in 2007 as Business Development Manager. He previously worked or studied in India, Spain and the United States. Emmanuel graduated from Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole des Ponts et Chaussees in France. Emmanuel is also a French Foreign Trade Advisor, a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (HK) and a Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors.

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Taking an Icon into the 21st Century

As it turns 112 years old this year, the Tramway has become a much-cherished Hong Kong icon integral to the city’s distinctive culture. Its role as the most affordable, greenest and the most space-efficient mode of transport in Hong Kong is widely recognized as critical. But as a purely commercial business, it must strive to meet the expectations of the 21st century passengers while adjusting to the challenges posed by ever-increasing competition and a deterioration of congestion. In this talk, Emmanuel Vivant will share the history of the Tram and introduce how the company is managing the sometimes competing demands of heritage preservation and service modernization, the extensive improvement plan rolled out since French operators RATP and Transdev took control of the trams in 2009, and the company’s roadmap for the future.

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