Sunil Budhdeo

Sunil has over 40 years of experience in the Traffic, Transport, and ITS Industry. After several years working within the Industry and working with various Local Authorities, he joined Coventry City Council 15 years ago. Now a lead in Transport Innovation. Successfully completed various innovation projects, funded by the European Union FP7, H2020 programme, Coventry and Warwickshire LEP. Exploited the technology to secure funding for other CAV projects funded by Innovate UK and the DfT, such as UK Autodrive, UK Cite, and Parking Platform with other key partners. Supporting Coventry University with their transport-related R&D projects. Delivered the first demonstration of an Autonomous vehicle driven on the streets of Coventry, Lead PM for Future Transport, such as Urban air mobility, introducing the Framework required for E-VTOL operations and the use of Drones in the urban environment. The desire to be innovative and set a high standard within the Transport Sector continues.