Alberto Battois
About Alberto Battois
Alberto Battois is the Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia Rail Systems Leader at Arup, with extensive experience in rail systems and engineering across Asia and Australia.
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Alberto Battois holds the position of Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia Rail Systems Leader at Arup. He also serves as the Associate Director - Japan Rail Leader at the same company.
Current Roles at Arup
Alberto Battois currently works at Arup in multiple leadership positions. He has been the Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia Rail Systems Leader since 2021, based in Kuala Lumpur. Additionally, he is the Associate Director - Japan Rail Leader, a role he has held since 2018, based in Tokyo.
Previous Positions at Arup and Ricardo Rail
Before his current roles, Battois was the Associate Director – Singapore Rail Leader at Arup from 2016 to 2018. He also held several key positions at Ricardo Rail, including Head of Projects and Systems Engineering Asia from 2014 to 2015 based in Hong Kong, Operations Manager Japan from 2013 to 2015 in Yokohama, Business Development Manager - Transportation from 2012 to 2014 in both Hong Kong and Yokohama, and Senior Consultant - Transportation from 2011 to 2012 in Sydney.
Career Beginnings
Alberto Battois began his professional journey as a Systems Engineer at Ansaldo STS, where he worked from 2005 to 2009 in Brisbane. Later, he joined Kyosan Electric Co. Ltd. as a Business Development Engineer from 2009 to 2011 in Tokyo.
Education
Battois holds a Master's Degree from Università degli Studi di Padova, completed in 2001. More recently, he graduated from Imperial College Business School in 2021.
Significant Contributions
At Arup, Alberto Battois initiated the Rail business in Japan in 2018 and established the Rail Systems Engineering team in Singapore in 2016. During his tenure at Ricardo Rail, he led the Rail Systems Business across Asia until the end of 2015.
Involvement in Driverless Freight Train Commissioning
While working at Ansaldo STS, Battois was involved in the commissioning of the world's first driverless freight train.
Other Personal Achievements
During a year-long commissioning project in the Australian outback, Alberto Battois wrote a novel.