Neda Naghshbandi
Technical Director, Intelligent Transport and Infrastructure
AtkinsRealis
Dr Neda Naghshbandi is a Technical Director at AtkinsRéalis, specialising in AI-driven transformation across complex transportation systems. With a PhD in Complex Adaptive Systems from UCL, she brings a system-level perspective to integrating AI into real-world operations, focusing on governance, interoperability, and scalable adoption in safety-critical environments. Neda is actively shaping responsible, industry-wide approaches to AI adotion. Her work centres on bridging strategy and delivery, aligning technology, operations, and policy to enable meaningful transformation across the rail sector.