Mario Iacobacci is an accomplished infrastructure economist who brings deep experience across major infrastructure projects, public policy, and economic advisory work, with a strong track record supporting governments, investors, and industry on complex, high-profile assignments. He has an international track record in transportation and infrastructure economics, labour markets and other applied microeconomic issues – having worked across the US, UK and Canada in the last 30 years.
Mario’s expertise covers business cases – notably cost-benefit analysis for publicly funded infrastructure – as well as cost escalation analysis; infrastructure market capacity and labour market analysis; economic development and infrastructure strategy; economic analysis of major infrastructure projects; and expert witness and litigation support work on construction and infrastructure issue.
Mario holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Cambridge and contributes actively to the field through leadership roles including as Chair of the U.S. Transportation Research Board’s Standing Committee on Freight Transportation Economics and Regulation (2017-23) and longstanding member of the Metrolinx Project Evaluation Advisory Panel.