Hazem Galal is PwC’s Cities and Local Government Global Leader and Global Smart Mobility Co-leader. He has expertise in strategy formulation and implementation for cities and local government entities in multiple domains, including smart cities. He was the project adviser for the World Economic Forum’s research on many cities projects and publications. He was a member of the WEF’s Global Future Council on Cities and Urbanization for six years. Hazem was also the co-chair for the working group on city connectivity, as part of the ITU and UNESE’s initiative Smart Sustainable Cities. Hazem is the co-author of the book “Delivering Sustainable Competitiveness - Revisiting the organising capacity of cities”. He worked with cities and state governments around the world from developed and developing countries.