Toward net zero: active travel and sustainable transport in south west Wales

Ben George

Ben George has worked as a transport planner for the past fifteen years, working particularly in Swansea but also across the wider South West Wales Region. More recently Ben has taken up a role with Transport for Wales, providing leadership for the development of the projects and supporting collaboration across governmental and private sector operators to 

Stuart Davies

Stuart is head of highways and transportation at City & County of Swansea. He is an experienced senior manager who has worked in ten local authorities over the last 34 years. Stuart has been a chief officer in local government for the last eighteen years, with significant staffing and budgetary responsibility over a diverse range of highway and transport services. Stuart has a strong technical background in civil engineering and transportation and has been a Chartered Civil Engineer since 2001.

Matthew Jones

Matt Jones is a Chartered Civil Engineer and Welsh Government transport official involved in policy through to delivery.  Following 10 years in consultancy working on major highways projects in Wales, Matt joined Welsh Government in 2013 and took the M4 Relief Road through detailed design through to Public Inquiry in 2019.

Following the First Minister’s decision not to proceed with construction, he went on to work with Lord Burns on alternatives to private car trips in the region and broadened his work into transport policy.  

He now looks after the Burns Delivery Unit as well as co-ordinating regional transport planning and national transport policies. Matt was the chair of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 2019/20.