Bombardier Taps Pratt Veteran for Troubled Rail Unit in Shake-Up

  • Change follows series of blunders with key rail customers
  • Danny DiPerna replaces Laurent Troger, effective immediately

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Bombardier Inc. replaced the head of its troubled train unit after a series of missteps on key contracts.

Danny Di Perna, a former Pratt & Whitney executive who led Bombardier’s aerostructures and engineering business, was appointed president of the Transportation unit, the company said in a statementBloomberg Terminal Thursday. He succeeds Laurent Troger, who is stepping down after 15 years with the company. The changes take effect immediately.