Jay Walder

Who is Jay Walder?

Jay Walder is the chief executive officer of Hong Kong's MTR Corporation, one the world's largest public transit operation. Before joining MTRC, he was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in the New York metropolitan area, the largest transit agency in the United States. The positions of chairman and CEO of the authority were recently merged. Walder was the Managing Director for Finance and Planning at Transport for London until 2007, and is credited with the introduction of the Oyster card and with drafting London's successful bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics. On July 21, 2011, he announced that he would be leaving the MTA on October 21, 2011 to head Hong Kong's MTR Corporation.