
Yousef Majeed
Associate Director, Arup
Yousef Majeed is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer and accredited Project Manager, with more than 19 years of experience, leading complex ITS and transport schemes across the UK, Europe, Middle East, and Asia.
Having previously worked at Atkins and WSP, Yousef joined Arup in 2017, where he works as an Associate Director, leading the Operations of the UKIMEA Intelligent Mobility Business. He is also the UKIMEA Intelligent Mobility Skills leader, tasked with helping shape and develop Arup’s global technical expertise by being at the forefront of foresight, research, and knowledge sharing to serve our changing markets.
Yousef has wide-ranging knowledge and understanding of Intelligent Mobility and ITS, responsible for delivering technical advice and design services on sustainable, low carbon transport solutions. He has a strong track record of successfully leading and delivering transport projects from small advisory contracts to large multi-disciplinary programmes.
Since joining Arup, Yousef has led and contributed to a wide range of projects in the capacity of Project Director, Technical Lead, Subject Matter Expert and Programme/Project Manager. Some of his key clients include National Highways, Department for Transport, Transport for West Midlands, Transport for Greater Manchester, as well as key transport authorities across Europe, Middle East and Asia.
Yousef has been expanding his industry reach and influence by presenting at several key conferences, including Highways UK, New Civil Engineer (NCE), Transport Technology Forum (TTF) and ITS UK. He has continued to build effective networks within Arup and across the industry; and has been pushing thought leadership on emerging initiatives by actively leading and supporting internal and external research papers.
He has successfully completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Leadership in the Roads Sector, and previously received the Associate Laureate at Highways UK, which recognises outstanding achievement in the Highway Sector.