Keith Heller
Canadian transport executive (born 1948)
Keith Louis Heller (born 3 April 1948) is a Canadian transport executive in the rail freight transport industry. In 2005 he was ranked 57 in the Power 100 listing published by Country Life magazine. Heller is notable for having run major rail freight providers in both North America and Europe.
Heller was head of the Eastern Region of the Canadian National Railway, at the time the most successful privatised rail business in the world. In 2004, he moved to Europe and became chief executive of English Welsh & Scottish Railway, the largest rail freight operator in the United Kingdom, and subsequently DB Schenker Rail co-chairman and head of the Western Region, covering rail freight across Great Britain, France, Spain and Portugal.
Personal life
Heller's parents Lorne Nelson Heller and Mildred Sophia Heller (née Schweitzer) married on 10 November 1945 and subsequently jointly ran a hardware store called "Rural Hardware" from 1953 to 1992. Keith Heller grew up on his father's farm in Ontario and attended Elmira District Secondary School. He was the oldest child. Heller married Dolores Smith, and together they had one son, who remains living in Canada. He also has two children from a previous marriage who reside in Canada.
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