Independent Consultant, Transport Expert

Carlos Felipe Pardo is a Colombian psychologist with an MSc in Contemporary Urbanism from the London School of Economics. He has worked on topics related to cities, mobility, climate change, technology/digitization and linkages between these topics from the advocacy and policy perspectives, with several projects in Latin America, Africa, Asia and the United States. He has worked predominantly with multilateral/cooperation agencies and development banks. Carlos has advised, managed, coordinated and supervised various international projects in the Global South. He founded Despacio.org in 2008 and served as its Executive Director until 2018, and was part of the New Urban Mobility Alliance from its creation until April 2023. Currently he is an advisor to UNEP, World Bank, GRSP and lead sabidurAI. He is proud recipient of the Danish Cycling Embassy’s 2018 Leadership Award, and a Distinguished TUMI friend 2019.