Genesee & Wyoming Inc. announced that it has named Christopher F. Liucci to the position of Chief Accounting Officer and Global Controller.

Mr. Liucci was previously Director of Global Financial Planning and Reporting and Controller of Financial Reporting/Internal Controls during more than eight years with Genencor International, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Liucci was an audit manager with Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., a predecessor to PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he was an independent auditor for six years. He will report to Timothy J. Gallagher, GWI's Chief Financial Officer.

"Chris brings a wealth of domestic and international financial reporting experience to Genesee & Wyoming and will strengthen our finance team," Mr. Gallagher said. "We welcome his leadership, skills and energy as we continue to build and strengthen GWI."

Mr. Liucci is a certified public accountant and has a B.S. in accounting from the State University of New York at Geneseo and an M.B.A. from The Simon School of the University of Rochester.