Anna Dąbrowska

Experience

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  Warsaw University of Technology

  Oct 2000 - Dec 2003

  Research Assistant

  Developed, as a member of the team, databases for engineering applications, participated in development of mathematical models of economic and engineering processes, assisted university professors in developing reports, data acquisition and statistical analyses of time series of economic and engineering data.

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  CNTK

  Dec 2003 - Mar 2006

  Project Coordinator

  Feasibility studies of railway projects

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  PKP Polish Railway Lines

  Mar 2006 - Dec 2008

  Project Director

  Directed and supervised a Division responsible for preparation of investment projects co-funded from EU Cohesion Fund and EU TEN-T Fund. In that: , - Supervised projects financing, feasibility studies development, investment planning and assessment. - Directed cooperation with Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Regional Development, DG REGIO, JASPERS on the development of evaluation procedures for railway investment projects – reducing the risks of railway projects assessment;- Coordinated and supervised interdisciplinary projects teams (inside and outside PKP PLK S.A.) completing feasibility and prefeasibility studies. - Responsible for defining projects assumptions and conducting projects appraisal (technical scope, costs, CBA, EIA) according to EU rules and procedures. - Financial and economic (CBA) assessment of the projects, including funding gap calculation, rail transportation demand forecasting and distribution modelling - Supervised preparing applications for EU Cohesion Fund, - Identification and assessment of technical, financial and management risks and bottlenecks in the investment process. - Evaluated financial gap, assessed financing schemes and options,- Assessed traffic patterns and projections. Show less

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  IVV GmbH

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2009

  Polish Office Director

  Created and managed the regional office of the consulting firm in transport and infrastructure. Responsible for project acquisition, development, and management. Directed projects teams in interdisciplinary (engineering, finance, economics, environment) and international consortia for development of road, rail and public transport infrastructure projects. Directed and supervised the teams responsible for development of integrated and intermodal transport solutions, CBA and MCA analyses and transport demand assessments of rail and intermodal infrastructure projects. Modeled traffic and assessed mobility patterns. Show less

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  Free lance consultant

  Feb 2009 - Feb 2016

  Transport Economist, Project Manager

  Directed 10 national and international transport feasibility and pre-feasibility studies – coordinated, planned and supervised international experts in engineering, finance, management, traffic planning and management, environment evaluation, multicriteria analysis and telematic applications.Completed 23 financial, economic, sensitivity and risk analyses, and 19 multicriteria analysis for passenger and freight rail, road and intermodal projects. Directed feasibility analyses of transport investment projects according to DG Regio requirements for Cohesion and Structural Funds – supervised project assumptions definition, project options assessment combining technical, economic and environmental aspects.Conducted more than 15 transportation system and traffic flows assessments, transport demand forecasts for passenger and freight transport investments, including analyses of demographic and economic factors, transport demand and distribution modeling.Supervised 11 interdisciplinary, multinational consulting teams. Developed projects’ concepts and outlines, directed team building processes, assigned roles and responsibilities, supervised projects’ budgets development, scheduled projects’ activities and milestones, monitored progress, coordinated reports delivery and communication with beneficiaries.Experienced in cooperation with Transport Planning Agencies (Road and Rail Infrastructure Management Agencies in Poland and Croatia), Ministries (Ministry of Infrastructure, Ministry of Regional Development in Poland and Croatia), European Commission Agencies (DG REGIO, DG TREN), International Rail Organizations (UIC, EIM, Railway Business Forum), International Science and Technology Institutes. Show less

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  Center for Analyses in Transport and Infrastructure (CATI)

  Apr 2009 - Feb 2016

  President of the Management Board

  Directed and professionally manageed the organization of international experts (a think-tank). Responsible for project management and development. Directed projects teams in interdisciplinary (engineering, finance, economics, environment) transport infrastructure projects for national and regional authorities and agencies. Directed and supervised the teams responsible for development of integrated transport systems, organizational and financial solutions for road, rail and public transport, financial and economic analyses (CBA) and transport demand assessments. Designed and conducted multi-criteria assessment (MCA) of EU funded large and regional transport and infrastructure projects. Prepared training and advisory programs in transport, logistics, and infrastructure. Authored publications on efficient transport planning, traffic management and ITS. Conducted presentations on project development and EU funding at more than 30 international conferences and seminars. Show less

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  Transport & Traffic, Green Economy

  Jan 2014 - Feb 2016

  Editor in Chief

  Directed professional magazines on transport, infrastructure, innovation, logistics, and energy. Coordinates national and international seminars and professional events.

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  European Green Technology Alliance

  Jun 2015 - Feb 2016

  Technology Transfer Expert

  Directed technology transfer activities in European Green Technology Alliance - international platform for European technology clusters cooperation. Supervised technology transfer processes, developed and implemented commercialization concepts for innovative technologies.

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  Transport Systems Catapult

  Mar 2016 - Apr 2018

  Senior Transport Economist

  The Transport Systems Catapult is one of seven elite technology and innovation centres established and overseen by the UK's innovation agency, Innovate UK. TSC was created to drive and promote Intelligent Mobility – using new and emerging technologies to transport people and goods more smartly and efficiently.TSC is helping UK businesses create products and services that meet the needs of the world's transport systems as they respond to ever-stretching demands. With a clear emphasis on collaboration, TSC is bringing together diverse organisations across different modes of transport, breaking down barriers and providing a unique platform for meeting the world's most pressing transport challenges.I work as Senior Transport Economist in Information Exploitation Unit (iX) of TSC. Sourcing, aggregation, fusion, and manipulation of complex and multi-source data are key to enabling future intelligent mobility solutions. The iX team focuses on opening up and exploiting the wealth of existing datasets held by existing transport service providers, and coordinating agencies to facilitate the development of new applications, insights and capabilities within the Intelligent Mobility space. The iX team is building a portfolio of projects that will encourage and enable the integration of existing transport networks and establish data-driven analytics to support optimised mobility services for people and things across all transport modes. Show less

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  Atkins

  Apr 2018 - Sept 2020

  Senior Managing Consultant
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  Hardt Hyperloop

  Oct 2020 - Jan 2023

  Head of Economics