Mohamed Mezghani has been working in public transport and urban mobility related fields for more than 30 years. Since January 2018, and currently, he is the Secretary General of the International Association of Public Transport (UITP). Until then, he had been Deputy Secretary General of UITP (2014-2017), Knowledge Director (2001-2006) chairing the department developing content-related services for UITP members, and Senior Manager (1999-2001). From 2006 till 2013, he worked as an independent consultant and Adviser to UITP on several technical assistance and training projects in Africa and the Middle East.

Before joining UITP, Mr. Mezghani has been working as consultant in the French group, BCEOM, (from 1990 to 1999) and in the French Agency for Environment and Energy Management, ADEME, (from 1988 to 1990). 

He has been graduated in Industrial Engineering (1987) from École Nationale d'ingénieurs de Tunis, Tunisia, and has a Master in Transport (1988) from École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris, France.