Heather has more than 20 years international of experience and is a highly regarded expert in gender, urban transport, sustainable development and climate change. She worked at UITP, the International Association of Public Transport with members and as Program Director for Sustainable Transport with the UK Transport Research Laboratory’s Sustainable Transport Group. Since becoming an independent consultant, her projects include a major international review of women’s personal security, gender and urban transport, and ongoing work on case studies in the People’s Republic of China, the Philippines, Chile, Ecuador and Argentina working with local universities and civil society.