Reda SOUIRGI is head of the Mobility and Digital Division within AFD (the French Agency for Development), in charge of the agency’s financing operations (totaling approx. 1 Bn EUR / year), sectoral programs and global practice in the field of sustainable urban mobility, rural transport, national and international connectivity infrastructures, green transport initiatives, ICT and digital public infrastructures. Reda joined AFD in 2015 as a Task Team Leader for projects and financings in the transport sector, and then served as Deputy Head of the "Transport and Mobility" Division in Paris, overseeing operations and leading strategic partnerships. He has also been acting as AFD’s country director for Sri Lanka, directing a ~1 Bn EUR portfolio of projects in several sectors. Before joining AFD, Reda spent a decade in consultancy and engineering roles, notably with SYSTRA, a global leader in transport engineering.