“When I was a teenager, I lived in Argentina, England, and Spain. One of my earliest memories from high school in Madrid was hearing classmates debate which bicycle helmet was the coolest. In contrast, in my neighborhood in Argentina the competition was who had the fastest, most worn-out motorbike. Today, understanding context first continues to shape the way I approach urban mobility. I believe in combining technical expertise with an appreciation for the social and cultural realities that influence how people move through their cities.”

Pedro Scarpinelli is a mobility and road safety specialist with more than 13 years of experience spanning local, state and national government in Argentina, alongside work with international organisations and the private sector. He is the former Executive Director of Argentina’s National Road Safety Agency (ANSV), bringing a strong combination of public sector leadership, strategic delivery and cross-sector collaboration.

A key career achievement was spearheading private sector investment in local government road safety programmes during his time as Executive Director, with four companies investing across six local governments within the first year.

Previously, as Safe Infrastructure and Mobility Coordinator for the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS), he provided technical support and strategic insight on transport projects.

Pedro has held leadership roles at local and provincial levels, including leading mobility policy for the Government of the City of Buenos Aires and serving as Director of the Road Safety Observatory and Statistics Unit for the Province of Buenos Aires. He has worked as an advisor to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the World Bank, and the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF),  helping shape the roadmap for electric mobility in Argentina and LAC by aligning key strategic documents and policy direction.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Government and International Relations from the Argentine University of the Enterprise (UADE) and a Master’s degree in Sustainable Transport from the University of Leeds.