Inside Network Rail's Sentinel: the real story behind the world’s largest skills passport
📅 17th September 2025 | 11:00 - 12:00 BST
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Network Rail Sentinel is the largest worker skills passport in the world. With over a decade long track record of success, we're sitting down with the initial mastermind behind the system, Guy Wilmshurst-Smith.
How Network Rail ensured Sentinel was a success
How it laid the groundwork for future skills passports across the world
What you need to consider if you want to build a skills passport for your organisation
Guy Wilmshurst-Smith was Head of Network Rail Training, leading a 500 strong team that to deliver learning services to Network Rail and the wider industry. More recently, he has founded GWS consulting to drive utilisation of technology for a safer and more commpetent built environment. He served in Network Rail for 15 years following 30 years in various roles within the Royal Engineers seeing tours across the world including the Arctic, Falkland Islands, Balkans, Belize, Kenya, Hong Kong, Iraq, Sudan and Afghanistan.
Jack Boon leads Causeway’s workforce team, bringing a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities shaping the UK’s built environment. With cross-sector experience in rail, highways, utilities, construction, and FM, he offers a uniquely integrated perspective on workforce transformation. Jack has worked closely with organisations including Network Rail, National Highways, Thames Water, South West Water, Tier 1 contractors, and specialist suppliers. His insights are grounded in both strategic context and delivery realities. Combining sector expertise with a strong grasp of digital tools, Jack speaks compellingly on how workforce technology can unlock resilience, visibility, and long-term capability across a rapidly changing infrastructure landscape.
