Ellen Townsend

Policy Director
European Transport Safety Council

SAFER EUROPE - OPENING SESSION: 12th November 2009
SESSION SPEAKER – ‘Achieving Greater Road Safety Through Advance Technology and Collaboration’

Ellen Townsend is Policy Director at the European Transport Safety Council where she coordinates policy work across ETSC’s diverse activities on road safety. Key dossiers on her desk at the moment include preparing for the EU’s 4th Road Safety Action Programme, Cross Border Enforcement Directive and a Directive on Intelligent Transportation Systems. She was also responsible for managing ETSC’s Enforcement Programme, a three-year programme on the enforcement of road traffic law in the EU. Ms Townsend holds a BA, MA and M.Phil in European Studies (German and Russian language focus) from the University of Bath and the Humboldt University, Berlin.