Mr. Stephenson King is the Parliamentary Representative for Castries North in Saint Lucia and was appointed as Senior Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Ports, Transport, Physical Development and Urban Renewal in August 2021. He is currently one of the longest serving Parliamentarians in Saint Lucia’s House of Assembly and previously led the country as its Prime Minister between 2007-2011…
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Jean-Baptiste Djebbari graduated from l'École nationale de l'aviation civile (ENAC) in 2007, and became an airline pilot with the company Netjets in 2008. From 2014 to 2015, he was a civil servant at the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC). In 2015, he was appointed as a judicial expert to the Paris Court of Appeal and worked in particular on the fight against illegal employment in the…
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Pete Buttigieg currently serves as the 19th Secretary of Transportation, having been sworn in on February 3, 2021. Prior to joining the Biden-Harris Administration, Secretary Buttigieg served two terms as mayor of his hometown of South Bend, Indiana. A graduate of Harvard University and a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, Buttigieg served for seven years as an officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve, taking a…
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A chartered civil engineer with over 30 years post qualification experience, the last 25 of which has been in the design and delivery of major transport infrastructure projects. She has extensive experience in consulting and the rail industry especially in the United Kingdom where she worked for 20 years and delivered many high-profile rail infrastructure projects. The projects include major…
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Dr. Frederic Abimbola Oladeinde has worked in the transport industry for over 20 years and until now was the Director, Corporate and Investment Planning in Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA). He began his career as a Senior Transport Consultant in a transaction advisory role at Oscar Faber Consulting in London, United Kingdom and in year 2000 joined the Department for Transport…
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Sophie Shulman is the Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy at the U.S. Department of Transportation. She previously served as the Chief of Innovative Mobility at the Colorado Department of Transportation and led partnerships and business development at Electrify America, an electric vehicle charging company. Before joining Electrify America, Sophie served as the acting Assistant Secretary for…
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François Bausch was born on 16 October 1956 in Luxembourg City. François Bausch attended secondary school at the Lycée de garçons in Esch-sur-Alzette. Following the legislative elections of 20 October 2013, François Bausch joined the government as Minister for Sustainable Development and Infrastructure on 4 December 2013 in the coalition government formed by the Democratic Party (DP), the…
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Dr Alina Burlacu is a Senior Transport Specialist with the World Bank Global Road Safety Facility, managing the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS) program, which is spreading across 15 countries. Starting, 2017, she has been spearheading road safety work with a diverse portfolio of Asia-Pacific governments and has been managing a diverse team of road safety…
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Binyam Reja is the Global Practice Manager and Acting Global Director for Transport in the Infrastructure Vice Presidency. Mr. Reja oversees the Bank’s Transport Global Unit’s knowledge, flagship analytical studies, partnerships, and corporate mandates. He directs an extensive technical assistance program and analytical studies and leads a team of technical professionals and analyst in the…
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In her capacity as Director General of the International Road Federation (IRF) in Geneva, Switzerland, Susanna Zammataro is responsible for developing and implementing strategic plans for the organization. Established in 1948, the IRF is a membership-based organization representing leading corporate and institutional players drawn from the road and mobility sectors worldwide. Its mission is to…
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