Brendan Finn is an independent transport consultant with almost 40 years of experience in the public transport sector. He is based in Ireland and has been collaborating with MemEx since more than 20 years. With a background in bus operations, he has worked in many countries in Europe, Asia and Africa on projects in passenger transport policy, regulation, operations and implementation. He has been active in rural transportation since the mid-1990s, both in collaborative European projects such as SAMPO, SAMPLUS, FAMS, CONNECT, and at local level assisting communities in Ireland and Northern Ireland to define their user needs and to develop rural mobility plans.