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Under the Patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court

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Supported by His Highness Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of Etihad Rail

30 SEP - 2 OCT 2025

ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi

30 SEP - 2 OCT 2025

ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi

SETTING TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AND GLOBAL CONNECTIVITY IN MOTION

Vadim Pokotilo

Vadim Pokotilo

Partner

McKinsey & Company

Head of McKinsey Transport, Logistics and Infrastructure practice in EEMA (CIS, Turkey, Middle East, Africa)

Leader of urban mobility service line, author of McKinsey’s regular public report on benchmarking of urban transportation systems of global cities, creator of “Urban Transport Compass” IT solution.

100+ projects on urban transport in 10+ cities, transport strategies for a number of CIS countries

Key areas of expertise:

▪Strategy and full-scale transformation of transport systems of countries, cities and carriers

▪Replacement of regulatory models, creation of new transport services, competences and organizations

▪Urban transport planning, transport modelling, advanced analytics and digital capabilities in transport

▪Customer experience and perception management in urban transport

Project highlights:

▪50+ projects over 10 years for the full-scale transformation of the transport system of one of the largest urban agglomerations in the world:

–2010–2020 Strategy and State Program; 2020 Results and Strategy to 2023-30-40, socio-economic impact

assessment

–Creation of project office, organizational structure, reporting and implementation support

–Reform and restart of the parking system, taxi, ticket and tariff systems, navigation system and brand

–Plans for the development of metro, tram, bus, pedestrian, bicycle, and stop infrastructure

–Reform of the model for working with private carriers, regulations and contracts, routing network, and the financial model linking service parameters with the cost of route lots, new departments

–ITS: strategy development, IT architecture, organizational model, launch of situation center, Mayor’s APM

–Operational efficiency, revenue growth and digitalization of metro, bus carrier and commuter trains

–Strategy development and launch of innovative services: MaaS, personalized bus transportation,...

–Strategy planning and creation of Big Data center, advanced analytics, customer experience management and personalized communication with passengers

▪Extensive experience as an expert in the development of transport systems for cities in various countries:

–Transport strategies (general and for individual modes of transport): Chicago, Paris, London, Shenzhen

–Transport strategy and implementation support for Fortaleza (Brazil)

–Development of customer experience system management for Shanghai metro (China)

–Development of an ITS strategy, procurement and support model at different stages for Buenos Aires (Argentina)

–Strategic review of metro development plans and proposals for urban optimization in Saudi Arabia

–Feasibility study and business case definition for launching Hyperloop in various countries

Education:

▪PhD and Master’s degree in Mathematics, magna cum laude, from Moscow State University

▪Certification in urban transport modelling, MBA from INSEAD and ACCA qualification