The Go-Ahead Group plc is a publicly listed provider of passenger transport in the UK, with over one billion journeys made on its bus and train services each year. Go Ahead Retail Services was the first UK business to deliver Account Based Ticketing and contactless EMV on the rail and bus network outside of London, it delivers 1.3bn passenger journeys around London, manages over 1.2m smartcards, and supports clients with a range of digital solutions including Rail and Bus Apps, 3000 ticket vending machines and new technology such as iBeacons and Passenger counting tools.

At Transport Payments Asia Pacific, David Maitland, Director of Go Ahead Retail Services, will discuss how technology is transforming the way that customers engage with and use public transport, and how moving passengers to a low-touch engagement offers new ways to optimise the retailing of transit and transport services.

David Maitland, Director, Go Ahead Retail Services David is the Business Unit Director and General Manager for Go Ahead Retail Services. He runs Go Ahead’s division which is focused on supporting clients to optimise their transport and transit retailing especially around the design and delivery of new technology; he has a background in Consulting, IT and Human Resource Management within the transit, logistics and rail sectors, working and extensively across Asia and the US. He joined Go Ahead, after returning from Malaysia, five years ago to develop their Retailing Division and was responsible for setting up their successful online ticketing business On Track Retail delivering 65,000 new customer registrations per month.

Transport Payments Asia Pacific will cover:



In 2017 over 50% of delegates came from 34 public transport operators, transit ticketing schemes or government authorities from 17 markets in Asia Pacific, South Asia and Europe.

Transport Payments Asia Pacific 2018 provides excellent opportunities for leading technology and solution providers to communicate information about their company, their brand, and their products and services to end-users responsible for implementing and managing transport revenue collection schemes in Asia Pacific.



To find out more about this event and available packages, please contact Elaine Li, Business Development Manager, APSCA Asia Pacific at [email protected] or at +86 13671773143.