Speakers

Juan is currently a Senior Sustainability Engineer at Foster + Partners in London, UK, acting as the in-house expert in infrastructure resilience. Specialised in urban resilience and adaptation of civil infrastructure to climate change, he has worked supporting cities on climate and sustainability issues, working on cutting-edge projects, proposals and knowledge products. Juan is a civil engineer with a PhD from the University of Cambridge in climate change adaptation planning of urban road infrastructure, which demonstrated how these structures can be improved to achieve resilient, safe, and inclusive cities. He is a Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) and Chartered Engineer (CEng) with several years of experience working in sustainability and resilience projects in Colombia, Chile, Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, Saudi Arabia, the Philippines, Kenya, Tajikistan and Türkiye, with clients such as World Bank, EBRD, Network Rail, and Heathrow Airport.

Applying his expertise, he is currently a UK Technical Champion in climate resilience for the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) and the UK's Young Professional Representative at the Planning the Resilience of Road Networks – Climate Change and Other Hazards Technical Committee from the World Road Association (PIARC).