Florian Lennert is an expert on sustainable innovation and development and advises research institutions, governments, municipalities, businesses, and technology ventures internationally. He is a co-founder of Disrupting Mobility and was Head of Mobility at NEOM from 2019-2023, where he led on overall regional development, mobility strategy, and transportation systems. Prior to this, he co-led the Innovation Center for Mobility and Societal Change (InnoZ), focusing on sustainable urban innovation in connection with the EUREF Campus, a smart city district and living lab for smart mobility, renewable energy, and future city design in Berlin.

Florian is a member of the advisory boards of the Austrian Ministry for Mobility, Climate, Technology, Energy and Environment and of Volocopter. He served as chair of the European Commission expert group for smart mobility systems and services and as a member of the EU Commission expert assembly on smart and sustainable cities. Previously, Florian co-founded the Grantham Research Institute for Climate and Environment and the Centre for the Analysis of Risk and Regulation at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).