Samar Abouraad is a road safety specialist with 30 years of experience in multi-sectoral projects, road safety and urban transport policy, audits, project management, and public participation. She holds a master’s in civil engineering from École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (Paris) and a civil engineering degree from Saint Joseph University (Lebanon).
She is currently Global Safer Journeys Specialist at iRAP. Previously, she served for 20 years as a senior expert with the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP). Her work includes road safety policies, master plans and analyses in France, Chad, Boston, and the Middle East and North Africa region. She was the team leader for the 1M Euro Euromed Road Safety Programme funded by the EU. She has extensive experience in capacity building, teaching, delivering training and workshops in road safety programme management for decision-makers, engineers, and university students.