Geoffrey Riesel

Experience

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  Mountview House Group ( Gett )

  Apr 1988 - Apr 2016

  Chairman

  In May 2016 the Global APP that is Gett made an offer to our shareholders which was accepted. The consolidation means that Gett/Radio Taxis have 11,500 taxis in London and a network of over 50,000 vehicles for hire throughout the UK . Mountview is now part of the family that is Gett. Gett are a global APP and can be found currently in Tel Aviv, St Petersburg, Moscow, London, Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Glasgow, Newcastle, Leeds, Coventry, New York. Recently Volkswagen invested $300M in Gett Show less

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  LBC Radio

  Apr 1990 - Oct 1993

  Broadcast Journalist

  Traffic and Trains every ten.............Wrote a weekly column in the Sunday Express

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  RADIO TAXIS GROUP LIMITED - Mountview House Group Ltd

  Mar 1993 - May 2016

  Chairman

  Radio Taxis, became, a group of high tech platform companies, including XETA, One Transport, Matrix and Executive First. From 1993 until 2016 Turnover increased from £8M to almost £60M. One Transport became one of the largest online for hire platforms in the world. The Group was successfully sold to Gettaxi in 2016. Wherupon I became Gett UK Chairman until 2018.

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  London First, Street Management Group

  Apr 1993 - Aug 1998

  Chairman Committee

  This committee examined, congestion in Central London being a disincentive to business. The committee, was responsible for lane rental schemes being implemented (ie charging poor contractors who take longer to complete & make good) Also to take payment of a bus condcutor off London Buses as that slows down the progress of the bus and creates additional traffic congestion.

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  Bank of England

  May 1993 - May 2016

  Consultee

  Consultee, to the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee on a quarterly basis.

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  European Radio Taxi Association

  Jan 1998 - Sept 2023

  Chairman - (Retired)

  Now retired from this position (September 2023)

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  Vistage

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2010

  V2

  a form of MBA

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  Taxicab Limousine & Paratransit Association

  Jan 2000 - Oct 2012

  Still VP Still director and VP

  • VP International

    Oct 2009 - Oct 2012

  • Director

    Jan 2000 - Jan 2010
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  One Transport Ltd

  Mar 2004 - Apr 2016

  Chairman & CEO

  One Transport is the world's leading ground transport solutions company. Online consolidation of all forms of trasnport on one platform through one portal only.

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  TLPA

  Oct 2009 - Dec 2018

  Honorary Director

  Taxicab LImousine & Paratransit Association is a leading association in the Ground Transport Business. Int Vice President is part of the executive committee of this body

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  West End Commission

  Aug 2012 - Aug 2013

  Commissioner

  This body was set up jointly by Westminster & Camden Councils, to examine every aspect of Governance in London's West End. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/planning/news/aug/2012/west-end-commission-set-establish-blueprint-future-success-london%E2%80%99s-busiest-area

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  London Chamber of Commerce and Industry

  Sept 2016 - now

  I am a former member of the LCCI Board I am honoured to have been elected to be Deputy Chairman of the London Chamber

  • Retired

    Sept 2010 - now

  • Former Deputy Chairman LCCI

    Sept 2016 - Sept 2019
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  Geoffrey Riesel Autobiography

  Mar 2018 - now

  Author

  https://amzn.eu/d/gSPHcVE

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  The Transportation Alliance

  Oct 2019 - now

  Honorary Director
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  Freelance

  May 2020 - now

  Independent Consultant