Alumni Spotlight: Karina Muñoz Matus, Chile

Alumni Spotlight

Karina Muñoz Matus to lead Chile’s National Traffic Safety Commission

2019 Delft Alumnus Karina Muñoz Matus has been invited to be part of the Government of President Gabriel Boric in Chile to lead the National Traffic Safety Commission (CONASET).

It is a great opportunity that I could not pass up. It is a nice challenge that will allow me to be at a higher level of decisions, and to be able to influence decisions, in order to improve our mobility and make safety and sustainability its main attributes, in addition to putting into practice the approach of safe system, declared in our policy.

Prior to her appointment to CONASET, Karina was an external consultant for the Transportation Division in the Interamerican Development Bank (IADB) in Chile. She has directed studies and projects on safe and sustainable mobility both in the public and private spheres, working in organizations such as the Undersecretary of Transportation of Chile and Metro De Santiago.

She is the founder and, until recently, director of Fundación Conciencia Vial, a non-profit organization that promotes safe and sustainable mobility and is a member of the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety.

Karina is an Industrial Engineer by training and her developed her expertise through a course on road safety at the University of Lund in Sweden, as well as taking part in the 2019 Delft Road Safety Course and acting as a tutor on our 2021 Course.

Karina is an active member of our alumni network, and we are so proud of her achievements. We wish her all the best in her new role.