Mike Smith

Said the following about Tyler Corbishley:

“Tyler has spent the best part of a year with FGW, and a significant amount of time working around various parts of the business. It was obvious very quickly that he is not keen on sitting and observing but wants to be involved in actually completing "real" work.

Throughout this time with us he has showed continued dedication delivering greater results on a number of projects than many of the full time staff. These have included setting up a digital rostering system for the revenue protection team (who until now had been completely paper based) and delivering training for frontline staff on an ongoing project about management deployment during the first hour of disruption. He has also produced a report on a notoriously poor performing branch line on the causes, and key locations of delay with theories backed up by appropriate data.

This all culminated in him developing his project management skills and being the obvious choice to organise the operational deployment of the Region for the longest duration mainline posession on the Western route for 40 years in the Bath area.

Throughout this Tyler has showed immense dedication and versatility. He has been involved in customer service delivery, management deployment, operational risks and operational delivery. He has played a key part in all of these areas, and in every piece of work, regardless of how much he enjoyed it, he has shown determination to succeed and has delivered tangible results.

Tyler is an asset to the rail industry and he deserves to be the Graduate of the Year.

Comments from across the business about Tyler:

"I just wanted to inform that I found Tyler a please to work with, very professional and and his work was of a high standard."

"Tyler agreed to help and has continued to do so where others have fallen by the wayside. He has brought a great deal to the role and is both professional and a joy to work alongside."

"Tyler's continued dedication is a credit to him and his work goes above and beyond that of some of our full time employees."“