Governance - iRAP

iRAP is registered in England as a charity (no. 1140357) which was founded in 2006. It is an umbrella organisation for local road assessment programmes and partners including BrazilRAP, EuroRAP, ThaiRAP, MyRAP, IndiaRAP, usRAP, KiwiRAP, ChinaRAP, AusRAP and SARAP. We also aim to facilitate work and support national programmes in a wide range of low, middle and high-income countries.

iRAP’s charitable objectives are the international promotion of the improvement of road safety and the quality of roads for the public benefit. iRAP works in partnership with government and non-government organisations to:

inspect high-risk roads and develop Targeted Road Safety Plans
provide training, technology and support that will build and sustain national, regional and local capability
track road safety performance so that funding agencies can assess the benefits of their investments.

iRAP is bound by the laws of the UK, including the Charities Act 1993 (as amended by the Charities Act 2006, 2011 and 2016) and Bribery Act 2010. iRAP is supported by charitable donations. iRAP takes a zero tolerance approach to bribery and fraud.

iRAP is governed by a Board of Trustees and the Global Policy Advisory Committee (GPAC) and Global Technical Committee (GTC) provide strategic advice to the Board on a range of issues.

Board of Trustees

iRAP Trustees are internationally acknowledged as experts in the road safety field and non-profit sector. The Trustees are responsible for the proper administration of the organisation, have a duty to act collectively, and must act in the best interests of the charity. iRAP’s current chairman is Miquel Nadal.

Miquel Nadal

Chairman

Saul Billingsley

Director General, FIA Foundation

Ferry Smith

Sue Sharland

Former CEO, TRL

Shane O’Connor

Communications Advisor, FedEx

Ian Gillespie

Former CEO, RACQ

Raquel Barrios

Project Manager, Global Youth Coalition – Youth for Road Safety (YOURS)

Dr Olive Kobusingye

Ugandan Emergency Surgeon and Global Injury Epidemiologist

iRAP Global Technical Committee (GTC)

The iRAP Global Technical Committee (GTC) governs the iRAP model development and oversees the technical integrity of iRAP protocols worldwide. The GTC reports directly to the iRAP Board and is comprised of experts from leading road safety organisations and research agencies from around the world. The GTC ensures that the latest road safety research is included and that the model is consistently applied.

A GTC member is an individual who is a respected road safety researcher or practitioner and who has the knowledge, skills and experience required to perform a governance and oversight role of the iRAP models. The Global Technical Committee (GTC) currently has 13 members.

Rob McInerney

Chief Executive Officer, iRAP

James Bradford

Global Technical Director, iRAP

Monica Olyslagers

Global Innovation Manager and Cities Specialist, iRAP

Dr Alberto Mendoza Diaz

Coordinador de Seguridad y Operacion del Transportey, Mexican Institute of Transportation

David McTiernan

National Leader Transport Safety, ARRB

Dr Tiejun Zhang

Principal Engineer, Beijing Zhongjiaohuaan Technology Co Ltd

Alvin Poi Wai Hoong

iRAP Malaysia Programme Manager & Head of Highway Traffic Engineering Unit, Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research

Dr John Fletcher

Principal Road Safety Specialist, TRL

Doug Harwood

Director, Transportation Research Centre, MRI Global

Govert Schermers

Research and Project Manager, SWOV

Dr Blair Turner

Consultant, Global Road Safety Facility

Camila Belleza Maciel Barreto

Road Safety Coordinator, Labtrans

Prof. Kasem Choocharukul

Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University

iRAP Global Policy Advisory Committee (GPAC)

The iRAP Global Policy Advisory Committee (GPAC) provides advice to the iRAP Board on a range of strategic issues. It upholds the key principles and objectives of iRAP in creating a world free of high-risk roads and working with partners to maximise the number of lives saved worldwide.