siamak baradaran

Principal Transport Economist at Khatib & Alami

Bio Summary

I’m a Strategic Economist/econometrician and adviser committed to developing innovative solutions while addressing concerns related to planning and developing strategies, policies and business cases. I have experience working internationally and have a consulting background in London, Sydney, San Francisco, Stockholm, and Saudi Arabia.

I have more than 25 years of experience in developing predictive models. I have managed multimillion-dollar projects and worked with internationally recognised projects such as the Evaluation of a Congestion Tax Charging Trial in Stockholm, Sweden, and the developing of a new Strategic Transport Model for the Gulf region. In addition, I have experience in planning, structuring and developing teams and built the economic team at the Connected places Catapult in the UK. My team and I covered the projects' economic and financial aspects, from developing business cases to local, national and global market sizing, analysis of new disruptive mobility solutions, such as Connected Autonomous Transports (CAT) and modelling Mobility as a Service (MaaS). I’ve also been working as a subject matter expert in several significant projects, such as the new Master plan for Dhahran (ARAMCO headquarters), the introduction of the BART-Perks trial program in San Francisco and more.

My comprehensive experience working within private and public sectors and my deep understanding of economic research, behavioural modelling, Urban and regional economics, and transport economies enable me to identify and develop highly efficient solutions for complex and multifaceted projects/problems.

Employment History

Principal Transport Economist

Khatib & Alami

September 2019 - present

Riyadh Saudi Arabia

Developed business cases for the distribution network of treated wastewater in all KSA counties for the Ministry of Environment, Water, and Agriculture. • Developed a master plan for Saudi Aramco’s headquarter in Dhahra ...see more

Head of Business & Economic Modelling & Principal Economist

Connected Places Catapult

August 2018 - September 2019

London, UK

• Developed a general equilibrium regional economic model for market sizing of transport-related sectors. • Developed a pseudo-panel dynamic model for the estimation of trip elasticities. • Evaluation of autonomous ...see more

Principal Economist & Projects Principal

Mott MacDonald

February 2018 - August 2018

London, UK

• Integrated Land-use Transport Analysis of infrastructure investment options, connecting M11 to A47 in Cambridge shire. Macroeconomic modelling of a prediction model for the demand for rail services. • Analysis of Prop ...see more

Associate Director, Infrastructure Advisory & Contestability/Financial Advisory

Deloitte & Touche (M.E.

March 2017 - January 2018

Sydney NSW, Australia

• Analysed scenarios for heavy vehicle pricing reform for Australian Common Wealth Government • Developed a state-wide freight transports strategy for Transport for New South Wales. • Peer reviewed the business case f ...see more

Expert Advisor, Extenral Consultant

San Francisco County Transportation Authority

October 2015 - December 2016

San Francisco, CA, USA

• Advised the director of Data & Analysis for BART perks test program appraisal. BART Perks was a six-month test program offered by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority and BART to explore new ways to reduce cr ...see more

Senior Transport Economist

SWECO AB

August 2012 - February 2017

Stockholm, Sweden

• Developed a strategic transport model for the city of Norrköping in Sweden • Developed a Dynamic Vehicle Ownership Model for Swedish National Transport Administration In cooperation with the Centre for Transport Stud ...see more

Senior Transportation Economist

Swedish National Transport Administration-Trafikverket

April 2009 - August 2012

Stockholm, Sweden

• Cost-benefit assessment of a series of infrastructure investment proposals. Swedish National Transport Administration • Development of a model for the prediction of train delays for inclusion in cost-benefit analysis ...see more

Program Manager Congestion Charging Evaluation Program

City of Stockholm Traffic Authotoity, Trafikkontoret-Stockholm

August 2003 - April 2009

Stockholm, Sweden

• Developed a city-wide travel Survey for children below 16, managed the data collection (4000 respondents), and conducted the corresponding analysis. • Worked with a team of traffic data developers to update and re-dev ...see more

Selected Project Experience

Project Description:

Principal Economist, Dhahran Are MAster plan project. Developed a transport model for Dhahran and also conducted necessary Economic and transportation-related analysis for the master plan

Industry: Oil & Gas

Topic(s): Agricultural Economics, Alternative Transients Program, Cost Benefit Analysis, Demand Analysis

Project Description:

Development of businessMinistry case for introduction of treated wastewater in Saudi Arabia