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'''Jonathan Alexander ("Gus") Dunster''' (b. November 1968) is [[The Severn Valley Railway in preservation#General_Manager|interim Managing Director]] of [[SVR(H)]] and General Manager of the Guarantee Company, succeeding . He succeeded [[Helen Smith]] in March 2023initially as interim MD, with his appointment on a permanent basis being confirmed in February 2024. <ref>[https://svr.co.uk/news/svr-confirms-jonathan-gus-dunster-as-permanent-managing-director/ SVR Announcement]</ref>
Gus is married with two sons, and is a career railwayman having joined British Railways straight after leaving college in 1987. A Member of the Institution of Railway Operators, he held a number of operational management positions and in 2022 retired as Avanti West Coast Trains' Executive Director of Operations and Safety, becoming a consultant at the newly created R09 Consulting Ltd.
