Alan Ross: Summary CV

Name : ALAN ROSS

Telephone: +44 191 209 4165 (office), home +44 191 265 0060 , +44 7801 428 082 (mobile)
Skype alan.ross999 E mail : alanross999@gmail.com or alanross999@aol.com

Nationality: British Date of Birth: 21 / 08 / 49

Academic and professional Qualifications:

B.Sc. Civil Engineering (Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh), 1973
M.Eng. Transportation and Traffic Engineering, (Sheffield University, Sheffield,) 1974
M. Sc.. Management Sciences-,Traffic Policing (Durham University Business School , Durham ) 1985
Ph.D. Design, Monitoring and Evaluation of Plans and Projects (University of Newcastle upon Tyne), 1991
Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1977
Member of the Chartered Institute of Transport and Logistics, 1977
Member of the Institution of Highways and Transportation, 1976

Overview of Experience:
Alan Ross has strong academic qualifications and extensive experience of leading multi disciplinary teams
implementing projects in the developing world. He is a recognized international expert in road safety and impact
monitoring systems having written numerous guidelines and internationally manuals in these areas and having
advised Aid agencies and governments in benchmarking and in the design, implementation and impact monitoring
of national and regional road safety plans, safety projects and initiatives in over 50 countries around the world. He
has over 35 years of experience and has particular expertise in assessing needs, benchmarking and developing
strategies and remedial action plans as well as in safety management and safety engineering.

2007- -present Independent Road safety adviser to various governments and international agencies
Recent projects have included

*Safety management Capacity reviews Bulgaria and Kazakhstan for World Bank
* Safety inputs to road project development in Georgia , World Bank
* Road safety strategy adviser developing a road safety strategy and action plan for Dubai
*Road safety management adviser , Iran
* Assistance in developing an ADB road safety action plan to mainstream road safety into ADB activities
* Road safety Adviser developing next stage of a 10 country regional road safety project in ASEAN
* Road safety management adviser, Bosnia and Herzegovina

2000- 2007 Founder and Managing Director of a small IT company, CyberCityConnections

Founder responsible for all aspects including overseeing development/enhancement of proprietary DEE
performance management/ impact monitoring software and for providing consultancy advice to UK and
overseas clients on projects such as

* Benchmarking and performance assessment system for use by the ACPO/APA National Police project team
undertaking the Best Value review of 19 sectors of policing activity in 43 UK police forces across England

* Impact Assessment Framework for monitoring, Northamptonshire County Council Highways

*Adviser assisting ADB and ASEA N Region Secretariat to develop National and Regional Road Safety
Strategies + Action plans (covering 10 countries in S E Asia ), Asian Development Bank (ADB)
* Developing benchmarking and monitoring frameworks to assess Public/ Private Partnership (PPP)
investment readiness of Asian and Pacific countries United Nations ESCAP
* Road Safety Audit Guidelines for ADB staff and ADB member countries, Asian Development Bank
* Upgrading /enhancing DEE Performance management software for application in UK and overseas.
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1998-2000 Initially Adviser, later Technical Director of GRSP, World Bank

Alan Ross took a sabbatical from RSP to assist the World Bank in Washington DC to establish a Worldwide
public/private/NGO sector coalition to address the Global Road Safety Problem. Key achievements were

*Within the 6 months visited and persuaded major international organizations (including World Bank,
Development Banks in Asia, Africa, Latin America, United Nations Agencies in Africa, Europe and Asia, Red
Cross, World Health
Organization and Global private sector corporations such as Daimler Chrysler, Shell, Ford, Volvo, 3M, Diageo
etc) to collaborate to establish the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP)
*He was then asked by the World Bank to stay on for an extra year as Technical Director of the GRSP to help
develop and oversee its activities during its initial year of operations and to raise awareness of GRSP activities/
objectives.
* During this period, GRSP was established at the International Red Cross HQ in Geneva and he developed a
Global Strategy and Action Plan as well as traveling extensively giving awareness raising presentations to
numerous organizations , senior politicians and government officials from around the world)

1986-1999 Founder and Chairman of Ross Silcock Partnership (RSP) , a specialist consultancy firm
As one of the Partners, was responsible for business development generally and, in particular, for all road
safety, overseas and monitoring projects. Helped built this small (19 person) UK based consultancy firm from
one man company into the recognized leading firm internationally in its niche field of road safety. By the late
nineties, the firm had successfully completed projects and assignments in over 40 countries round the Globe
and Manuals and Guidelines (largely produced by Alan Ross or under his direction ) were distributed and in
regular use in over 120 countries. Projects during this period normally involved benchmarking of existing
activities, development of remedial action plans and implementation/impact monitoring of resulting Action
plans. Projects completed included:

Regional analysis of road safety in 26 Latin American countries Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
*Regional (20 countries ) Road safety Action Plan Guidelines Project - Asian Development Bank
*Regional Survey in 54 Asian/Pacific Countries and Road Safety Action Plan Guidelines - United Nations, ESCAP
* Road safety Action Plans and Implementation, Ghana, Swaziland, Peru, Vietnam - World Bank (IBRD)
*Traffic Design Standards/Training, Philippines, Jordan, South Korea, India, Pakistan ,China, Vietnam- IBRD
*Monitoring and impact indicators advice for Road safety Action Plan - Government of New Zealand
*Impact Evaluation of Road safety Action Plans, Thailand, Kenya, Indonesia ADB, FINNIDA and IBRD
*National Road Safety Strategy and Action Plan and Monitoring , Fiji, - IBRD/ADB/EXIM Bank
*Road safety Strengthening project in Papua New Guinea - ADB
*Monitoring and Evaluation System for Forestry Project - Government of Nepal and FINNIDA
*Safety Project Preparation missions , Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Algeria, Pakistan IBRD/ADB
*Review/Evaluation of World Bank Experience in Road Safety - IBRD
*Development of Project Design and Evaluation Guidelines FINNIDA
*Establishment of a Pilot police accident data system in Sichuan, China IBRD
*Development of Safety engineering Guidelines for Developing Countries, TRL/ODA and IBRD ,
*Development/Implementation of Impact Monitoring Frameworks Nepal, Kenya, Fiji - FINNIDA, ADB
*Project design/monitoring Courses UK, Czech Rep., Bulgaria, Hungary PHARE
*Benchmarking and Countywide Safety Action plans for 5 UK Highway Authorities Durham, Notts, Cardiff,
Clwyd

1982-1986 Independent consultant, Alan Ross and Associates

Providing specialist Road safety inputs to consultancy projects and advisory inputs to World Bank and other
aid funded projects. Consultancy projects completed during this time included

*Institutional Strengthening (road safety project) Papua New Guinea , ADB

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*Road Safety Action Plan development and advice on implementation, South Korea IBRD
*Road Safety Project Preparation missions , Nigeria, Ghana ,China IBRD
* Development/Implementation of Impact Monitoring Frameworks, Nigeria IBRD

1974-1982 Senior Traffic Engineer , Halcrow Fox and Associates

Involved in various traffic and transport projects initially as a traffic engineer and later managing the
Edinburgh office of the firm with responsibilities for technical quality and work search in Scotland . Projects
undertaken included

*Parking studies and airport circulation studies in London

* Bypass studies in Cornwall and Scotland
* Air /marine transport links study for Orkney Islands , Scotland
* Traffic and transportation studies in Kuwait, Jordan and UAE
*Tourism study in Cyprus
* Safety studies / Action plans, Bahrain , Trinidad and Tobago

1973 Assistant Engineer , Edinburgh City Engineers Department

Involved in preliminary study to assess need for a bypass for the city and in bus lane proposals for the central
area

Sample publications Illustrative publications shown on next page

Testimonials /References Available if required

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Illustrative Publications produced by or under the direction of Alan Ross

(i.e. where he was the sole or one of the main authors of the document)

1 Mainstreaming road Safety in ADB, Asian Development Bank, 2005. An internal paper prepared for ADB
Transport policy staff .This reviewed ADB experience in road safety and suggesting a strategy and internal and
external improvements for more effective ADB assistance to its member developing countries. . Subsequently
assisted ADB in developing an internal action plan to mainstream road safety into its activities

2 Arrive Alive: ASEAN Regional Road safety Strategy and Action Plan (2005-2010) Asian Development
Bank, 2005. A regional strategy covering and coordinating activities in 10 countries of South East Asia and a
regional action plan aimed at casualty reduction across the region .Included 10 country reports, 10 costing reports
, 10 action plans and 1regional strategy

3 ADB Road Safety Audit Toolkit , Asian Development Bank, Manila, 2003. Provides guidance and advice on
road safety audit for ADB Project officers and roads authorities in borrowing countries across Asia-Pacific.

4 Global Strategy for Road safety, World Bank/Global Road Safety Partnership, 1999, Washington. A proposed
coordinated global strategy to more effectively tackle the growing road safety problems facing the world.
Produced during early stages of establishing GRSP ,

5 ADB Road Safety Guidelines for the Asia and Pacific Region, Asian Development Bank, Manila, 1997, a
major 200+ page publication covering all sectors of road safety and published in English, Chinese and Russian
for distribution throughout Asia Pacific region

6 Vulnerable Road Users in Asia and Pacific Region, Asian Development Bank, Manila, 1997, a major
publication reviewing road safety for vulnerable road users across Asia /Pacific and suggesting ways that it could
be improved. Distributed throughout Asia/Pacific

7 Guidelines on Road safety Action Plans and Programmes, United Nations ESCAP, Bangkok, 1999, major
guidelines distributed to around 56 United Nations ESCAP countries across Asia/Pacific to help them develop
and implement Action Plans.

8 India Road safety Manual, Ministry of Surface Transport, Delhi, 1998 a significantly updated and expanded
Indian version of Towards Safer Roads prepared for distribution to roads engineers and road planners throughout
India.

9 Review of World Bank Experience in Road Safety, World Bank Infrastructure Note INU 93, technical Paper
reviewing World Bank experience and suggesting improvements needed for more effective action.

10 Towards safer Roads, TRL and UK Overseas Development Administration (ODA), 1990, Guidelines on the
safer planning, design and operation of roads and road networks. English version distributed and in use by
thousands of road engineers and other professionals in over 120 countries around the world. Later translated into
Spanish by Chilean Government for distribution in Chile and Latin America

11 Numerous conference papers and publications at international conferences on various aspects of road safety,
safety conscious planning and design and Safety Action Plans

12 Organiser/lecturer on numerous training courses and workshops to train engineers, police and Planners and
senior government officials in safety conscious planning, design and operation of roads and benchmarking and
performance management of action plans and projects.

13 National and regional road safety action plans in numerous countries (e.g. Fiji, Peru, Ghana, Swaziland,
Bahrain, Korea, China, Vietnam Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Myanmar .Dubai
, Iran , Bosnia and Herzegovina etc)