Gabriel Tenenbaum is C40 Head of Zero Emission Vehicles for Latin America and holds ten years of experience working with urban mobility in the region. He holds a Master’s degree in Transport Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and in Generalist Engineering from École Centrale de Lyon, France.

Prior to C40, Gabriel worked as Head of Strategic Projects at the Rio de Janeiro Municipal Transport Department from 2021 to 2023, leading the development and delivery of strategic projects to reformulate the governance of the public transport system in the city, such as the tenders for the transit Ticketing System and the BRT system revamp.

Before City Hall in Rio, Gabriel worked at C40 for two years, serving as Programme Manager for the ZEBRA Partnership with the aim of accelerating the introduction of zero-emission buses in Latin America and at ITDP Brazil for five years, coordinating the public transport portfolio and support for sustainable mobility projects.