Ursula Velarde

Associate Director
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Ursula manages our Chile office and is responsible for the development of our offer in Peru. She has over 20 years’ experience in transport planning having worked across different disciplines, from transport policy and appraisal to demand forecasting and behavioural data collection.

Ursula is an expert in directing traffic studies for major private finance infrastructure projects including highways and ports. She has also led projects related to freight and logistics, transport strategy and transport policy. Ursula has experience working for both private and public sector clients in Latin America, mainly in Chile and Peru, but also in Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.

Articles and insights by this expert

14 Nov 2024

The signing of the Concession Contract for the Peripheral Ring Road in Lima: A Milestone in Transportation Infrastructure

After several years of providing technical and financial advisory services to Proinversion in formulating and structuring the Peripheral Ring Road project in Lima, Steer supported the transaction through to the signing of the concession contract, finalized in November.

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