The Secretariat

Sasank Vemuri is the Coordinator of the Global Secretariat for the MobiliseYourCity Partnership in Brussels, Belgium.  

Before joining the MobiliseYourCity Secretariat in May 2019, Sasank worked for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) since 2013. In his last position at the ADB as an Urban Development Specialist in the South East Asia Urban and Water Division, he was responsible for overseeing the implementation of infrastructure investments and technical assistance in Vietnam and Laos of approximately $300 million. Prior to joining the ADB Sasank prepared pre-feasibility studies for climate change related infrastructure projects with the Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA), where he led the CDIA portfolio for India, Bangladesh, Thailand and Kyrgyzstan. Before moving into the urban infrastructure finance space, Sasank lived and worked with GIZ in India for 6 years, where he spent most of the time advising the Indian rural development bank on developing new financing products for projects related to sustainable resource use.  

Sasank is a father, a committed development professional, an economist, and an American. In addition to Belgium, he has also lived in worked in Vietnam, Philippines, India, Germany and the United States.

Eléonore is the Deputy Coordinator & Partnerships Manager at the Global Secretariat of the MobiliseYourCity Partnership in Brussels, Belgium. 

Before joining the MobiliseYourCity Secretariat in February 2020, Eléonore has worked for the World Secretariat of ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability in Bonn, Germany since 2016. In her last position at ICLEI as Communications Officer, she was responsible for strengthening the place of the organization in the global landscape of likeminded players and supported project teams to achieve their communications and advocacy goals. 

Prior to joining ICLEI, Eléonore has worked for the International Urban Food Network coordinating a study funded by the French Environment Ministry in order to devise reform-oriented policy recommendations for French actors. 

Nicolas is a Sustainable Mobility Expert at the Global Secretariat of the MobiliseYourCity Partnership in Brussels, Belgium. As part of the Capacity Development team of the Secretariat, he contributes to the definition of the overall methodological framework of the Partnership.  

Before joining MobiliseYourCity in December 2021, Nicolas worked for international organizations such as SLoCaT, CAF (the Development Bank of Latin America) and the UNFCCC. For some years he also supported in planning and implementation processes of sustainable mobility policy in Bogota, Colombia as well as environmental actions in the transport sector in the city.  

Jacopo is the Associate Communications and Sustainable Mobility Expert at the MobiliseYourCity Global Secretariat, based in Brussels, Belgium.

Before taking on this role, he worked as an intern within the Secretariat’s Capacity Building team, where he contributed to the organisation of events, webinars, and training sessions, while also supporting communication activities and social media management.

Prior to joining MobiliseYourCity, he was a Public Policy Analysis intern at the OECD’s Environment Directorate, where he supported regional and municipal governments in achieving their net-zero transport objectives. His work included a project with the Catalonia region, focused on policies to reduce passenger transport emissions while improving quality of life. He also contributed to the implementation of Dublin’s Climate Action Plan under the EU’s “100 Climate-Neutral Cities” Mission, fostering cross-sectoral collaboration to advance the city’s goal of carbon neutrality by 2030.

He holds a Master’s degree in Urban Planning and Policy Design from Politecnico di Milano, and an academic background in Global Governance and Political Science.

Jenny is a CODATU expert in sustainable mobility, based at the MobiliseYourCity Global Secretariat in Brussels, Belgium. Her work focuses mainly on decarbonization strategies and greenhouse gas emissions calculation tools for the paratransit sector, as part of a project funded by ADEME.

Jenny has a bachelor's degree in economics and a master's degree in sustainable development economics. Before joining MobiliseYourCity, Jenny worked for international cooperation programs in Colombia and for the private sector on issues related to low-carbon development, transport, and active mobility. She has extensive experience in supporting the development of sustainable urban mobility plans in several countries and in capacity building/training for local governments and stakeholders in GHG emissions calculation, MRV, and climate finance.

Caroline is a Sustainable Mobility Expert at the Global Secretariat of the MobiliseYourCity Partnership. She works for the Secretariat part-time while also supporting GIZ’s global project, Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative. As part of the MYC Secretariat, she contributes to capacity building and methodology development.

Her interest in urban mobility developed during her Master’s in Public Policy in Erfurt, Germany, where she focused her studies on policymaking at the local level. She then worked at Mobility Institute Berlin, supporting German cities in advancing the Verkehrswende (“transition to sustainable mobility”) through projects such as SUMPs. Prior to joining MobiliseYourCity in December 2025, Caroline participated in GIZ’s development cooperation traineeship program. During this time, she supported a GIZ transport project in Bogotá, Colombia, and spent three months working at the Asian Development Bank in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Maksim is the Capacity Development Intern at the Global Secretariat of the MobiliseYourCity Partnership in Brussels, Belgium.

Before joining MobiliseYourCity, Maksim worked as an intern with the Urban Mobility Team in the Urban Basic Services Section of UN-Habitat in Nairobi, Kenya. There, he analysed government mobility policies in Almaty, Bishkek, and Kragujevac as part of a sustainable urban mobility planning initiative, contributing to ongoing policy dialogues aimed at more inclusive and sustainable transport systems. He also conducted research on urban electric mobility trends and sustainable mobility financing, co-authoring technical papers for UN-Habitat's Mobility Team, and led the coordination of a global programme on Housing, Land, and Basic Services that will inform UN-Habitat's Strategic Plan.

He holds a Master's degree in Urban Management and Development from the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS), Erasmus University Rotterdam, and a Bachelor's degree in Urban Studies from Leiden University, with a minor in African Studies at TU Delft.

Jeremi is MobiliseYourCity's Communications and Events, where he works on the Partnership's communications and on the production of its 10th anniversary. 

Originally from Finland, he joined the Secretariat with previous experience in diplomacy and in film and arts festival production. He holds a Master's degree in International Relations from the Université libre de Bruxelles, and a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from the University of Amsterdam, with a minor in Urban and Regional Planning.