Alberto González Sánchez
Transport financing: EU policy and advisory
Senior Transport Specialist at the European Investment Bank
I work at the European Investment Bank advising promoters and public entities on developing projects and strategies in the transport sector: from sustainable urban mobility plans to metro projects, to climate adaptation in railways. The main objective: designing bankable projects and investment programmes that can benefit from EU funds and EIB financing. I also coordinate the EIB engagement with the EU Institutions on transport policy, including the recently adopted Ports and Industrial Maritime Strategies.
I write a newsletter on Substack, The mobility climate, about the topics I work on.
Before joining the EIB, I managed Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) grants at CINEA and spent nearly a decade as a consultant on sustainable transport across Spain, Peru, Mexico, Chile and Guatemala.
I am a Civil Engineer from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, started a PhD (never finished it), and have an executive certificate in sustainable urban mobility planning. I also had the honour of attending an executive course on climate change at Harvard Kennedy School.
Recent publications
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Andalucía: Probably the EU's largest single SUMP planner May 2026 Eight metropolitan plans, nine TEN-T urban nodes, one long thank-you note -
Ports electrification and the quest for European energy autonomy April 2026 The rationale for investing in onshore power supply has always been clear. The Iran War and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz make it even more so -
THREE LENSES TO READ THE NEW EUROPEAN STRATEGIES ON SHIPPING, SHIPBUILDING AND PORTS (AND A SHORT EIB COMMERCIAL) March 2026 Europe has marked its ambition regarding shipping, shipbuilding and ports in two recently published strategies: the Ports Strategy and the Industrial... -
Cabin crew, take your seats for take-off March 2026 First of all, some personal news: my daily work has and is still evolving, from a focus on EIB Advisory to policy in the transport sector. -
HALF-BAKED IDEAS (I): Increasing the density of existing low-density metropolitan neighbourhoods would address both housing affordability and transport poverty October 2025 Half-baked ideas are exactly that, ideas I’m toying with, exposed nude to foster feedback, comments, and nuance.