Fabian is Senior Manager Road Safety for the NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi. In this role, Fabian leads a team that is responsible for providing the strategic direction for road safety and has helped lead and shape the national road safety strategy Road to Zero, policy development, programme development and implementation. His team is also responsible for leading research on new initiatives and change programmes to significantly improve safety performance in New Zealand. Prior to his current role, Fabian was Safe System Lead for the NZ Safe Roads Alliance. He was responsible for leading the implementation of Safe System road infrastructure measures as part of the government’s Safer Roads and Roadsides programme. Fabian previously worked as Road Safety Advisor at the Public Works Authority in Qatar, working with key government agencies to develop Qatar’s National Road Safety Strategy and providing advice on the implementation and monitoring of key road safety initiatives. Fabian has previously worked in New Zealand as the National Traffic & Safety Manager at Waka Kotahi. He has also worked in various road safety and forensic crash investigation roles at companies including the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) and the UK Transport Research Laboratory (TRL). Fabian has written numerous published technical papers and presented internationally on road safety and forensic crash investigation and is an experienced practitioner on the Safe System approach to road safety.
