UK's under-fire rail regulator appoints interim chief executive

Joanna Whittington to lead Office of Rail and Road after Richard Price steps down two months before end of his contractThe rail regulator has confirmed a new interim chief executive after a year of intense criticism over its approval of Network Rail’s abortive five-year budget plan. Joanna Whittington, who joined from the energy watchdog Ofgem in 2014, has been promoted to lead the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), replacing Richard Price, who has stepped down two months before the end of his