Speakers

Denis Pasero joined Ilika Technologies in 2008, as a scientist specializing in battery technology, to manage commercial lithium-ion projects.

He became part of the Ilika team to apply his strong academic knowledge to commercial applications and saw the potential to be part of the development and success story of an enterprising smaller company with exciting technology and novel product ideas.

Today, as Product Commercialization Manager, Denis interfaces between customers and technical teams.

Dr Jyoti Ahuja is a Research Fellow on the Faraday Institution ReLiiB project, which aims to establish the technological, economic and legal infrastructure for managing lithium-ion batteries from large future volumes of end of life EVs.

Jyoti’s research assesses the legal and regulatory frameworks for EV LiB management in the UK and analyses the relevant domestic and international policies. She has presented and published papers on the regulatory and legal structures needed to construct an effective circular economy in the production, re-use and recycling of EV lithium-ion batteries.

In addition to interdisciplinary research, her work involves liaising with stakeholders, government and regulatory agencies, to facilitate the embedding of research findings into UK regulatory frameworks. Jyoti also teaches as a visiting lecturer at the University of Birmingham Law School.

T&E is Europe’s leading clean transport research and campaign group. Our vision is a zero-emission mobility system that is affordable and has minimal impacts on our health and environment. Since we were created 30 years ago, T&E has shaped some of Europe’s most important environmental laws. We got the EU to set the world’s most ambitious CO2 standards for cars and trucks but also helped uncover the Dieselgate scandal; we campaigned successfully to end palm oil diesel, secured a global ban on dirty shipping fuels and the creation of the aviation ETS, the world’s largest carbon market for aviation to name just a few.

We combine the power of robust, science-based evidence and a deep understanding of transport with powerful communications and impactful advocacy. Our staff in Brussels, Rome, Madrid, Berlin, Warsaw and London collaborate with our 60 national member and supporter organisations. All together our members and supporters represent more than 3.5 million people.

Carsten founded Astheimer Design in 2009, an automotive design studio developing mobility solutions for a sustainable future.

Carsten has degrees in both engineering in the UK, and design from the US and has spent a large part of his career in Italy, the birthplace of automotive design, building and running one of the studios for Pininfarina. He then became design director for Brunswick, a global marine company.

At Astheimer Design in Warwick, in the heart of the UK automotive industry, Carsten leads a world class team with state-of-the-art hardware and software that enables end to end project development, from the initial concept to fully functional prototypes including the development and build of road going vehicles, award winning boats, vertical take-off aircraft and more.

Together with the rest of the team at Astheimer, Carsten has developed long term collaborative relationships with our clients, including Land Rover, Bentley, Rolls Royce, Nissan, Airstream, Caterpillar and many others, thanks to a personalised service and the solid design principles and values by which we operate.

Roger has over 30 years’ experience within the automotive arena – including Audi, Virgin, Volvo, Ricardo, Modec ZEV, Gibbs HSA, and London Taxis.

From salesman to regional manager to sales director to EV Industry consultant – for over a decade now Roger has been involved with hybrids and EV’s. Inevitably perhaps, renewable energy is now forming a ‘nexus’ with it.

Roger has been very active on LinkedIn since 2004 and enjoys engaging on a daily basis with a rich network of like-minded people all around the world.

Mike Bassett graduated from Bristol University in 1993, where he studied Mechanical Engineering. He then studied for a PhD at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST,) focusing on the thermodynamic modelling of internal combustion engines.

Mike joined Lotus Engineering in 2000, where he worked in the Software Development Department, specializing in the modelling of internal combustion engine performance and drive-cycle simulation of conventional and hybrid vehicles. He moved to MAHLE Powertrain in 2007 to join the Performance Analysis Group.

Mike is currently Chief Engineer in the Research and Advanced Engineering Group, where he is responsible for leading MAHLE Powertrain’s research activities in the UK, where there is a strong focus on new technology and capabilities for electrified mobility.

Alex Tylee is an engineering and business consultant. His mission at Tylee Ltd is to enable companies working in the future mobility space (including electric vehicles) to access the help and support they need, whether that is business operations, technical support or they need investment. The aim is to have a one stop shop that can accelerate innovative engineering businesses. Alex has the knowledge and experience of what is needed to take an engineering start-up, finance it and grow it into a multi-national business.

Prior to founding Tylee Ltd, Alex founded the engineering consultancy Drive System Design (or DSD) in 2007. DSD initially focussed on transmission and driveline systems for automotive, later adding electric motors and power electronics expertise, allowing the design and development of full electric powertrains. Alex started in the business as Technical Director before moving over to the operational side of the business, running major projects and the finance department. During this time, Alex also launched a spin out company Evolute Drives, with the aim to market an innovative multiple speed electric vehicle powertrain.

Before DSD, Alex worked as an engineering consultant at Ricardo in the role of Principal Engineer in transmission system analysis. He also worked at Romax Technology as Engineering Service Manager and helped to grow the consultancy side of that business. He is considered a technical specialist in the design and analysis of geared systems for automotive and other industries.

Eylül is a battery research engineer at Qdot Technology, a spin-out from University of Oxford, whose mission is to enable clean energy through advanced thermal management technologies. She is currently working on the development of the company’s high-power density battery pack systems, where she contributes her expertise in battery modelling and charging algorithms. She also supports Qdot Technology in business development projects.

Eylül earned her MBA from University of Passau, where she specialized in intercultural management of multinational technology companies. Her strong technical and managerial experiences in Mercedes-Benz, NCR Corporation and Bosch during the university years prepared her as a business development engineer working directly with the CEO, CTO and Vice President of Orhan Holding, through which she stepped into the battery world as an R&D (electrical and electronics) engineer as part of a Faraday Project.

As a 2005 International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) national champion she is highly interested in mathematics. She is a professional dancer and categorizes herself as a “bridge” person, considering her combined technical and business roles so far.

A chemical engineer by education, Richard Clark is the Global Lead for Energy Storage at Morgan Advanced Materials, (LSE: MGAM), a leading global carbon and ceramics manufacturer which has been directly involved in the lithium-ion battery industry since 2000.

Richard has worked on many of Morgan’s recent technological developments in carbon and ceramics, including anode materials, separators and thermal runaway propagation prevention and mitigation systems for lithium ion-batteries.

Morgan’s latest development in the lithium-ion space is in the area of solid state electrolytes for which several patent applications are in process, with Richard leading business development activities as well as being a named co-inventor. He has been based in England, Korea, China and currently U.S.A.

Mark Copley is an Associate Professor of Electrochemical Materials at WMG.

His research spans active materials, additives, scale-up, processing and novel cell design. Areas of application are lithium ion, sodium ion and solid-state batteries.

Mark has recently joined WMG, previous to this he was a Senior Principal Scientist at Johnson Matthey, working on projects relating to developing new classes of active battery materials and demonstrating their viability at scale. He has also collaborated, extensively, on developing next generation battery technologies.

Following a ‘sandwich’ year at Cosworth Engineering where he met the founding Directors of Integral Powertrain, Andrew joined them as a graduate in 2000 where he designed, simulated and developed low carbon technologies for high performance Internal Combustion (IC) engines for OEM customers.

In 2011 Andrew led the development of Integral Powertrain’s first series production high voltage traction motor programme.

Today Andrew looks after Integral Powertrain’s R&D group and holds patents in motor cooling technology and went on to lead major e-drive programmes. Loughborough University, BEng (Hons).

Jacqueline grew up in South Africa and completed first a B.Sc. in Zoology and then a B.Sc. in Computer Science, both at the University of Cape Town. This led to a career as an internet developer and, after moving to London, developing banking intranet tools. Since banking is not known for its social welfare activities, she decided to go back to study clean energy at UCL, starting with an M.Sc. in Nanotechnology and finally a Ph.D. in Hydrogen Storage.

She ran the Energy Storage Research Network in the Energy Futures Lab at Imperial College London for four years, facilitating research collaborations in the growing area of energy storage.

Jacqueline is now a Faraday Institution Project Leader in the Mechanical Engineering Dept. of the College, managing a large research consortium on Multiscale Modelling of Li-ion Batteries.

Murray has over 36 years experience in power electronics product and system design; 25 years in BEV/HEV component, system and vehicle program delivery for series production and 10 years in automotive engineering consultancy.

Murray has experience in Engineering Director, VP Eng and Chief Engineer roles, working closely with budget and program delivery responsibilities. He has worked with OEM and T1 customer programs in China, Korea, Japan, US, EU and Scandinavia to deliver complex programs.

Now working as Head of Electrified Powertrain at Drive System Design Ltd where he is responsible for hardware, software, mechanical, test, certification, validation and line management.

Dr. Michelle Lynch is a Ph.D. in Chemicals and Catalysis and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC).

Her 23 years of post-doctoral experience span catalyst R&D, precious metals market research, patent analysis and consulting.

Michelle is currently the Managing Director of Enabled Future Limited (EFL) – a consultancy she set up to help chemical, catalyst and materials manufacturers to maintain profitable and sustainable optimized technology portfolios.

Prior to setting up EFL, Michelle worked with IHS-Markit, Nexant and Johnson Matthey. She is passionate about sustainability, pollution abatement and helping to create high impact solutions to tackle climate change.

Ellie is Product Owner for Paragraf’s GHS Series of graphene magnetic Hall sensors, working to align the GHS product roadmap with customer requirements and market demand.

Ellie has a degree and PhD in materials science. She spent a total of 7 years on the research and development of novel materials, including magnetic materials; targeting and delivering on specific industrial demands.

Ellie is currently serving as Vice Chair of the UK Magnetics Society and represents the UK magnetics community on the board of the European Magnetism Association.

Stephen Gifford joined the Faraday Institution in March 2019. His focus is on making the organisation the go-to place for insights into the technological, economic and social benefits of batteries and electrical energy storage. He is developing techno-economic models of supply, demand and cost, covering both global and the UK markets.

Stephen has over 25 years of economics experience, including as the Chief Economist at Grant Thornton, the Director of Economics at the CBI and as a senior economist at KPMG, Oxford Economics and the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit. Prior to joining the Faraday Institution, Stephen was Head of Economic Regulation at the Civil Aviation Authority, where he focused on the regulation of Heathrow and Gatwick airports, and the development of the new runway at Heathrow. Stephen is currently a Commissioner in the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales.

Stephen brings particular skills and expertise in economic policy, transport economics, infrastructure, market assessment and the role of the public sector. He has a first-class degree in Economics from the University of Liverpool and a MSc in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics from the London School of Economics.

Hugh achieved a first-class Master’s degree in chemistry from the University of Surrey, focusing on the synthesis of new materials and their use in green energy applications.

Hugh then moved to Cambridge University to study for a PhD in the synthesis and characterisation of novel electrode materials for batteries.

This was undertaken as part of the Nanotechnology centre for doctoral training (NanoDTC), a multidisciplinary centre which exposed Hugh to a wide range of science and commercial areas; from courses on quantum mechanics, materials science and bio mimicry to short consultancy projects and business, innovation and communication courses. This experience helps Hugh bring together ideas from a wide variety of fields to advance innovation at Paragraf.

David Greenwood is Director for Industrial Engagement, and CEO of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult at WMG.

Previously, David established and led the Energy Directorate at WMG where he led a team of over 200 researchers and engineers. Projects spanned a number of fields, including cars, trucks, boats, off highway machinery, aircraft and motorcycles. His research spans batteries, electric motors, power electronics, and the integration and control of these for propulsion and energy applications.

David moved into academia after 20 years in industry latterly as Head of Hybrid and Electric Systems for engineering consultancy Ricardo UK Ltd.

Professor Greenwood holds advisory and board positions for the Advanced Propulsion Centre, Innovate UK (Faraday Challenge and IDP), and the Faraday Institution. He is head of the Advanced Propulsion Centre’s Electrical Energy Storage Spoke.

Caroline is a Lead Engineer at WMG, University of Warwick, working in the Power Electronics, Machines and Drives Group.

She began her career at the Ford Motor Company, gaining experience over twenty years across all areas of the business, including vehicle launches throughout the world. Since leaving Ford she has specialised in automotive electrification, leading a wide range of projects in the manufacture of products and maximising their value at the end of life.

She initially joined the SME group at WMG, supporting manufacturers across the UK supply chain to innovate and adapt to capitalise on the paradigm shift to vehicle electrification. Building on this experience she now focuses on electric machines, especially their manufacture and embedding sustainability considering a life cycle approach.

Raj has been with Electrovaya for over 10 years and has been involved with every aspect of the business from cell manufacturing, engineering activities and business development. Raj is currently responsible for Electrovaya’s overall operations and he oversees the business development and manufacturing functions at the company. Raj attended Imperial College, London; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and the University of Cambridge, where he received his Doctorate in Materials Science.

John’s first degree was in Engineering at the University of Cambridge He also has a Master’s degree in Information Management from the University of Lancaster. Until 2015 he was an occasional visiting lecturer at the school of Mechanical Engineering in the University of Leeds and he has lectured in the People’s Republic of China on electric vehicles.

He has written a book on electric vehicle technology published as “ICE-Free” in English in 2012 (ISBN 978-0957149502) with a parallel Simplified Chinese/English Edition published in 2013.

For the last eight years John has been involved in research into lithium-ion battery management and he was a co-founder of Intercal (UK) Ltd in 2014. Working with a widening group of collaborators including Indra Renewable Technology in Malvern and more recently Warwick Manufacturing Group based at the University of Warwick, Intercal has developed a highly innovative and effective battery management system. He is named as inventor in Intercal patents covering the USA, Europe and China.

Gavin Harper is an Academic at the University of Birmingham, working on challenges around critical materials and clean mobility. Harper’s work has been published in Nature, and mentioned in Science.

His books on sustainable technology have been published internationally and translated into many languages. Quoted widely, his work has featured in and on CNN, Fortune, Grist, National Public Radio, Sky News and Wired.

In addition to his research, he is actively engaged in energy policy, working on Policy Commissions chaired by Lord Teverson, and former Chief Scientific Advisors Prof. Sir David King and Sir John Beddington.

Harper is a member of a couple of International Energy Agency Task & Experts’ groups, and a member of the National Energy Foundation’s Advisory Council.

Tony Harper is The Industrial Strategy Challenge Director for the Faraday Battery Challenge at UKRI (UK Research and Innovation). Tony was previously Director of Research Engineering for Jaguar Land Rover. Tony joined Jaguar as a Graduate Engineer in 1986 with an honours degree in Aeronautical Engineering at Imperial College London.

He spent his early career developing the first Airbag-based passive safety systems and developing a number of sports car concepts including the first XK8. In the early 1990’s, Tony was involved in the development and use of pioneering Knowledge Based Engineering systems automating sophisticated rule-based Design tasks. In 1999, Tony was appointed as head of Jaguar’s Vehicle Engineering team responsible for Vehicle Concept Design, Packaging, Aerodynamics and Vehicle Computer Aided Engineering. In 2006, Tony joined Jaguar Land Rover’s combined Product Development Operations to head up the Research and Advanced Engineering group.

In recent years, Tony has worked closely with the EPSRC and Innovate UK on a number of large, strategic projects on Electrification and Autonomy. He’s a Fellow of The Royal Academy of Engineering, Chartered Engineer, fellow of the IMechE, an honorary fellow of the University of Warwick, an elected member of the UK Automotive Council Technology group and sits on numerous advisory councils.

Fergal has over six years’ experience as a senior engineer and program lead in the electric vehicle industry having worked at Potenza Technology (BMS and EV battery integration specialist) and HSSMI (consulting automotive OEM’s incl. JLR, Ford, LEVC and Williams AE) prior to joining AMTE Power to lead their grant-funding strategy and automotive & aerospace accounts.

Fergal is drawing on his time leading multiple NVN, IUK, Faraday and APC projects to ensure AMTE successfully develops their Ultra Cell range from the R&D phase in Thurso, through scale-up to high volume in AMTE’s planned UK-based Gigafactory.

Founding The Blair Project at just 18 years old, Nile Henry is a young entrepreneur with an ambition to help shape the future leaders of the green tech revolution.

Inspired by his brother’s passion for motor racing, Nile identified an opportunity to change the narrative around the well-loved sport. Nile set out to transform the impact motorsport was having on the environment and exclusivity that surrounded the sport. Founding The Blair Project, it provides a way of educating young people in the skills required to transform fuel-powered karts into environmentally friendly e-karts, and drives a wider conversation around engagement in STEM and the importance of education in green tech. The initiative also allows people from diverse backgrounds access to what is traditionally an exclusive sport.

Outside of The Blair Project, Nile is part of the Manchester Climate Change Youth Board, a group of 13- to 28-year-olds who represent the city’s young people and hold political, business and community leaders to account in the fight against climate change.

Nile also advises Greater Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham, in the Social Enterprise Advisory Group, which focuses on the delivery of social enterprise in Greater Manchester and is aligned with the GM Local Industrial Strategy.

Chris is the Chief Technology Officer at Protean, responsible for technology development and engineering.

Before joining Protean in 2008 his career spanned particle physics research, satellite navigation and communications systems engineering in academia, start-ups and multi-nationals.

Chris holds a master’s degree in mathematics from the University of Cambridge and a PhD in physics from the University of Manchester.

Gareth is NPL Fellow and Science Area Leader in the Electrochemistry Group at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in Teddington, United Kingdom. His primary expertise lies in the development of novel in-situ diagnostic techniques and standard test methods for assessment of corrosion and material degradation in energy applications. Gareth has a strong track record of delivering innovative solutions to engineering problems, with demonstrable impact on industry in a range of sectors, including oil and gas, power generation and electrochemical energy conversion and storage. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and holds visiting academic positions at University College London, the University of Strathclyde and Harbin Institute of Technology. He is the author of over 190 publications and is currently serving a two-year term as President of the Institute of Corrosion.

Joerg Hofmann joined LEVC (London Electric Vehicle Company), a subsidiary of Geely Group, as CEO in early 2019 to lead the transformation of the iconic British brand into a leading European manufacturer of electric commercial vehicles and provider of green mobility solutions.

Prior to LEVC, Joerg was an advisory Partner at Bain & Company focusing on e-mobility and new mobility concepts. From 2000 until 2017 he worked at Audi where he held a number of international executive management positions: most recently CEO and President Audi Brazil and previously Managing Director Audi Retail Germany, Managing Director Audi Australia and Director for Sales & Marketing Asia Pacific, after beginning his career with General Motors.

Joerg reached the rank of Captain in the army and holds an MBA in Business Administration from Munich University and an MBA in Marketing Management from the Arizona State University.

Dr. Johannes Homa is the co-founder and managing director of Lithoz GmbH, the world-leading technology provider for ceramic 3D printers and high-performance materials.

After receiving a PhD in Materials Science from the Technical University of Vienna, Dr. Homa founded Lithoz in 2011 alongside Dr. Johannes Benedikt and has since gone on to become a co-founder of many different patents and author of numerous publications working in additive manufacturing.

He has further enabled the development of the ceramic additive manufacturing field in Austria with his founding of the AM Austria initiative, becoming the technical director of the Austrian 3D Printing Forum.

With the support of an expert team of engineers and material scientists, Lithoz has expanded into the fields of industry, medicine and dentistry, finding new applications for ceramics and 3D printing.

David started his automotive industry career in 1975 with Jaguar Cars in Coventry as a sponsored student-apprentice with the company while studying for mechanical Engineering degree at Lanchester Polytechnic (now Coventry University). He joined the Vehicle Research department of Product Engineering after graduation in 1979 and went on to develop the team that was responsible for the noise and vibration refinement of the all-new AJ6 engine and the XJ40 car – Jaguar’s first all-new vehicle in 30 years.

Subsequently David spent significant time working in Far East and USA in technical and managerial consulting roles before joining Tata Motors European Technical Centre in 2008, David spent 3 years based in Pune, India running the NVH team, later taking lead role as Programme Chief Engineer for several new vehicle projects delivered for Tata Motors based from the European Technical Centre at University of Warwick.

Now responsible for leading strategy and engineering development of low-carbon powertrain technologies (ICE/xEV) and early-stage vehicle attribute delivery for Tata Motors future passenger car product portfolio.

Danson obtained his PhD from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg in the field of linear machines for ocean wave-energy conversion. Since then, he has worked on rail, mining and renewable energy projects both in South Africa and for National Grid in the UK. During his time at National Grid he led the definition of offshore wind connection process with regards to power quality and the development of the Engineering Recommendation ER G5/. He has since worked at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) where he was responsible for the development and industrialisation of the Jaguar I-PACE traction battery as part of JLR’s first electric vehicle programme.

In 2018, he launched Danecca Limited to fulfil a vision of lowering the entry barrier and inspiring a change to electrification. He leads the company to build a world where the environment isn’t sacrificed for energy security. Danecca offer engineering, manufacture, testing and an intelligent approach to battery consulting to OEMs, Tier 1s and niche vehicle manufacturers.

He champions the use of Lean and Six-Sigma principles and has a special interest in process development. He leads the team at Danecca to demonstrate the transference of high-volume automotive engineering techniques to low- and medium-volume projects.

Dr Sarah Karmel is currently Head of the Chemistry Department at Photocentric Limited, where she looks after the development of novel photopolymer materials for 3D printing functional applications.

Previously, Sarah was the Blavatnik Fellow at the University of Cambridge in the Dr Erwin Reisner group, has a PhD in the synthesis of organoactinide complexes under Prof Moris S. Eisen at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.

Today she spends most of her time indulging in her real passion – 3D printing batteries!

Emma Kendrick is Professor of Energy Materials at the University of Birmingham and leads the Energy Materials Group. She has worked in industry and academia extensively on energy materials and devices, batteries and fuel cells.

Over the last 20 years Emma’s research has focused on translation of novel functional materials to industry relevant device demonstrators, new battery materials and chemistries to cell demonstrators.

Emma’s enthusiasm for new technology development extends to the industrial and academic fields. The Energy Materials Group is focused upon developing sustainable batteries using sustainable lab practices.

Investigating the influence of materials, manufacturing and recycling on the component interactions and performance properties of electrodes and cells.

T&E is Europe’s leading clean transport research and campaign group. Our vision is a zero-emission mobility system that is affordable and has minimal impacts on our health and environment. Since we were created 30 years ago, T&E has shaped some of Europe’s most important environmental laws. We got the EU to set the world’s most ambitious CO2 standards for cars and trucks but also helped uncover the Dieselgate scandal; we campaigned successfully to end palm oil diesel, secured a global ban on dirty shipping fuels and the creation of the aviation ETS, the world’s largest carbon market for aviation to name just a few.

We combine the power of robust, science-based evidence and a deep understanding of transport with powerful communications and impactful advocacy. Our staff in Brussels, Rome, Madrid, Berlin, Warsaw and London collaborate with our 60 national member and supporter organisations. All together our members and supporters represent more than 3.5 million people.

Study of Cybernetics at the University of Stuttgart – graduate Dipl.-Ing.

PHD degree of University of Stuttgart in Robotics – graduate Dr.-Ing.

During study work for Department of Control at University of Stuttgart and for Bosch.

Founding of CSM GmbH after finishing PHD in 1986 together with my wife Iris, an electrical engineer.

Specialization of CSM on very compact, robust and power-saving hardware for measurement technology and data acquisition in the automotive sector, initially for German OEMs.

Worldwide distribution of CSM products by ETAS until 2000 .

Since 2000 CSM has been concentrating fully on data acquisition modules and data loggers for in-vehicles use and for test benches.

In 2006 founding of CSM Products, Inc. as CSM daughter company for U.S. market.

From 2013 development of high-voltage measurement technology with today’s market leadership.

Project related development for vehicle manufacturers and suppliers of the automotive industry.

2015  Partnership with Vector Informatik. This includes distribution of CSM products in Asia and U.K..

Today’s company focus is to support our customers in the transition to Electromobility with tailor-made and safe measurement hardware and software tools.

Dr Stephen Lambert received his Doctorate from the University of Warwick by looking at the applicability of hybrid and electric drivetrains in motorsport.

Following this he worked at Lotus Engineering, developing hybrid and electric demonstrator vehicles for a number of OEMs. Through this role, he found himself working closely with battery manufacturers as a key partner for these projects.

He has since worked in various roles around developing battery technology in areas such as Formula 1 and high performance road cars.

Steve is now responsible for the electrification strategy for McLaren Applied, where he is helping deliver advantage by empowering customer to introduce and protect new vehicle concepts and technologies and to drive differentiation in the market.

Ben is an experienced patent attorney and heads up our Energy team. Ben works with start-ups and larger organisations to help them develop IP strategies to best exploit and protect their IP. Ben has a background in physics and computer science and drafts and prosecutes patent applications relating to energy storage, fuel cells, hybrid power systems, control algorithms, telecommunications, medical devices and other energy technologies.

Angus has over 20 years of experience within the automotive and motorsport industries.  Working for Land Rover, BMW, Prodrive and championship winning F1 teams Honda/Brawn and Renault, Angus gained a strong and in-depth understanding of all areas of active vehicle systems from suspension to engine and transmissions.  

In the last 6 years Angus has developed electric motors and EV systems for Protean and Drayson Technologies including the world land speed record holding Drayson B12 EV race car.    In 2013, Angus setup Rockfort Engineering Ltd, a vehicle systems and safety consultancy specialising in EV/HEV technologies for both road and race applications.

Rachel Maclean was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport on 14 February 2020. She was elected Conservative MP for Redditch in 2017.

Political career: Rachel was elected as Member of Parliament for Redditch at the 2017 General Election. She sat on the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee between September 2017 and June 2018. Rachel has served as a Parliamentary Private Secretary in the Home Office, Department for Work and Pensions and HM Treasury.

Career outside politics: Rachel joined HSBC in 1989, working in Australia, Japan and Hong Kong. In 2005 she set up a publishing company with her husband specialising in IT and software content. More recently Rachel co-founded a HR-software business which provides a platform for SMEs to use the latest technology tools to run their businesses more efficiently. Rachel founded ‘Skilled and Ready’, a charity working with schools to help young people develop skills that businesses look for in their employees.

Yu Merla is Principal Engineer for Advanced Battery Projects at Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE).

After completing his Master’s in Mechanical Engineering, Yu went on to achieve a PhD in Lithium-Ion cell technology from Imperial College London. Here, his work on life-extending battery prognosis algorithms caught the attention of WAE, where he became involved in the first-generation Formula E battery. Since then, he has been involved in a number of high performance automotive and aerospace projects including for the likes of Airbus, Lotus, Aston Martin and many more.

Yu leads the team within WAE looking at battery modelling, advanced algorithms and performance optimisation for major projects.

Dr Peter Miller joined Millbrook as Chief Engineer, Battery in June 2018.

Previously he worked for Johnson Matthey Battery Systems for 6 years as Chief Electronics Technologist and prior to this he was Director – Electrical/Electronic Engineering at Ricardo a large automotive consultancy where he specialised in batteries.

Before that Peter was European Director of Technology at Motorola AIEG a major automotive Tier 1.

He has worked with a large number of battery chemistries including all the main lithium-ion chemistries. Peter has extensive knowledge of testing, modelling and control of batteries, for function, life and safety.

A building engineer and construction manager by training, Alberto holds an MSc in sustainable energy and the environment from the University of East London. He has worked with HSSMI since 2016; first as a circular economy specialist, gaining an understanding of how the circular economy can be leveraged by the manufacturing industry and its extensive supply chain as a closed loop system.

Alberto has extensive experience as a circular economy entrepreneur, having co-founded Adaptavate, an award-winning start up. He is a certified practitioner in project management and lean manufacturing and holds an IMIAL Level 4 Award which certifies him in high voltage battery handling. He is considered a thought leader on end of life batteries, fostering transnational cooperation in the field, and is a founding member of the Sustainable Batteries Steering Group UK, a friend of the Global Battery Alliance and leader of project VALUABLE in the UK, chairing its Industrial Advisory Board.

Alberto is currently Research & Innovation Manager at HSSMI, leading the development of successful collaborative R&D projects across the business, building consortia with national and international companies, tapping into his network thinking skills.

Jacqui is a specialist in materials engineering, regulation and transformational change. Spending the early part of her career as a mechanical property and galvanising specialist in the Steel industry. Following her C.Eng, M.Eng. and MBA, she moved into industrial environmental regulation policy for the Environment Agency and Welsh Government. She was the lead official for Pembroke Power Station environmental permit and led the contentious merger of three Internal Drainage Boards (flood authorities) into the newly formed Natural Resources Wales (NRW) public body in 2015. Jacqui credits these experiences as teaching her how to untangle problems, policies and legislation that inhibit successful outcomes in business, Government and Regulators.

For the past few years, she has been the Deputy Challenge Director for the £274 million Faraday Battery Challenge Programme, kicking off the programme to transform the UK world-leading in automotive battery technology by 2027.

Outside of work, she is Formula 1 fan, a mum of two, Member of the Welsh Government’s WISTEM Board, Chair of the Industry Subgroup and an active STEM Ambassador. This year she worked with RMA Sandhurst and delivered a WISE STEM event to 2000 teenagers and HRH Princess Anne.

Jacqui is a Chartered Engineer and Environmentalist, Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Engineers and Freeman of the City of London.

Isobel is Director of Business Development at the new open access battery scale up facility, UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC).

Isobel has had a long career in the Lithium Ion battery industry, designing and building some of the first automotive high voltage battery systems in the early 2000’s founding a battery development company that launched the worlds first commercially available PHEV vehicle based on the Toyota Prius in addition to developing OEM solutions for some high profile fleet trial and halo car projects. Following on from her 10 years in her own business she joined Ricardo as a Business Manager and battery specialist before moving to Johnson Matthey Battery Systems (JMBS) as Engineering and Technology Director, heading up a large team of engineers and scientists, she was part of the leadership team managing the business through the purchase of JMBS by Cummins Electrified Power in January 2018.

In total she has served 17 years in battery design, R&D and business development in senior leadership and director roles and has been heading up all user engagement, supply chain development and customer programmes for UKBIC since January 2019.

A Chartered Engineer with a wealth of experience gain from motorsport, defence, aerospace and policy development. Philippa thrives on working with a wide range of stakeholders from government, industry and academia to create visionary solutions, with the ability to challenge existing silos across the sectors. Her experience allows her to offer oversight into the challenges faced both locally and internationally within the manufacturing and transport realms.

Joining the Advanced Propulsion Centre in January 2018 she uses her experience and knowledge of the UK’s transport modes and infrastructure to support the development of strategies that incubate collaborations. This joining of the dots will help ensure that the UK can develop solutions, and attract the right investment to create, develop and sustain UK supply chains that drive both job creation and exportable products and services to enable the UK to fulfill its net-zero ambition.

Natasha is a Director experienced in delivering growth and deal strategy, starting in downstream Oil & Gas, with a short stint in Nuclear Power, Natasha is now supporting Energy, Automotive and Financial Services clients develop their EV strategies, transition their fleets and deploy funds into the sector at Baringa Partners and is also a member of the Dept of Transports’ Net Zero Transport Board.

Natasha’s unique experience has brought her in depth knowledge across a broad spectrum of the transport electrification sector including analysis on: Infrastructure funds; EV bus financiers; Fleet operators; UK Charge Point hardware providers; Charge Point operators: ‘Big 6’ Utilities and their contribution to EV value chains; universal banks; grid-connected battery developer and charging markets.

Dr Rick Pekala, (Chief Technology Officer) has a BSc Degree in biomedical engineering from Duke University (1981) and a Sc.D. degree in polymeric materials from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1984).

Having begun his career at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, he worked for 11 years in the Materials Science Department on aerogels and other low density, microcellular materials.

In 1996, Dr. Pekala joined PPG Industries where he managed the Microporous Materials Group and had responsibility for precipitated silica used in battery separators and synthetic printing media. In 1999, Dr. Pekala joined ENTEK where he helped to commercialize new products such as lithium-ion battery separators, waterproof breathable membranes, and golf car separators. Dr. Pekala has over 100 technical publications, 2 R&D 100 awards, and 41 patents.

Manos has over a decade experience within the Electric Powertrain Development industry. Having held various engineering and management roles in companies like Arrival, Jaguar Land Rover, Volvo Trucks and Semcon, has a wealth of understanding on state-of-the-art EV PT development.

Currently Manos is developing the next generation of powertrains for the UK start-up Arrival, leading the powertrain design and delivery team. Trained in Six Sigma as a Black Belt and Management he believes in the optimisation of systems as whole, instead of the optimisation of individual components.

Beyond EV powertrains, Manos is interested in new technologies, and their integration with traditional engineering and manufacturing, such as AI and artificial neural networks. Automated manufacturing and robotic assembly as enablers for more efficient end to end systems.

Simon Price is CEO of Exawatt, a provider of strategic consulting, technology analysis and cost forecasting to manufacturers in the power electronics, EV, lithium-ion battery and solar PV industries.

Prior to founding Exawatt in 2015, Simon 2010 co-founded PV Tech Group, which provided factory design and integration services to solar PV companies. In 2008, he was part of the founding team of a startup technology company dedicated to improving the efficiency of crystalline solar cells.

Previously, as a consultant in the interactive entertainment industry, Simon provided services to software publishers and hardware manufacturers, including Microsoft, Sony, Intel and Nokia. An electrical engineer by first degree, Simon began his career as a business and technology journalist, focusing on disruptive technologies.

Simon has an MSc in Science Communication from Imperial College London, and a BEng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

Egor Prokhodtsev is responsible for Roskill’s automotive practice. Egor performs research and analysis on the electric vehicle, battery and downstream supply chain markets.

Egor Joined Roskill in 2020 having previously worked in market research function with particular focus on cobalt demand and battery technology developments. Prior to ERG Egor worked as business and data analyst for a major industrial corporation in Russian Federation.

Egor has an Engineering degree from Bauman Moscow State Technical University in the field of aerospace technologies.

Lucas is Sales & Business Development Manager at TWAICE. He holds a B.SC. in Energy Technologies from the Technical University of Hamburg and graduated with a M.Sc. in Automotive Engineering at the Technical University of Munich complemented with experiences in Mexico and Sweden. After several positions in both respective fields Lucas joined TWAICE in 2019 to implement a parametrization method for thermal models of Li-ion batteries. Since early 2020 Lucas has been supporting TWAICE’s commercial team with his technical expertise and is responsible for driving our business activities with international players of the automotive industry and battery system suppliers.

Dr. Cedric Rouaud has been Global Technical Expert and Project Director for Ricardo in thermal management and waste heat recovery for conventional and electrified vehicles (passenger car and commercial vehicles including battery, electric motor, power electronics, fuel cell) since 2017.

He joined Ricardo in 2008 as Principal Thermal Engineer and in 2011, he became Chief Engineer for powertrain development and thermal management. Dr. Rouaud began his professional career at Renault as a research thermal engineer in 2000, while fulfilling his doctorate diploma at the University of Poitiers on thermal management of hybrid electric vehicle. He became Renault’s Chief Engineer for thermal management in 2008.

Dr Wasim Sarwar is a Battery Systems Technical Specialist at Williams Advanced Engineering, where he is responsible for the design and development of a range of high performance battery systems for supercars, hypercars, multiple high-profile motorsport series, and novel aircraft. He is also an active member of the United Nations Electric Vehicle Safety Technical Working Group. He gained his PhD in Electrochemical Engineering from Imperial College London, and formerly worked for Jaguar Land Rover.

Anwar Sattar is a Lead Engineer in Battery Recycling, Remanufacture and Re-use at Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), University of Warwick. His work is largely focused on collaborating with industrial partners with the aim of developing and scaling up promising technologies and taking them to market ensuring that battery recycling continues to develop. Most recently, he has been involved in the £8.7 million RECOVAS (Recycling of EV Cells from Obsolete Vehicles At Scale) UK government funded project which brings together three different OEM’s with a vehicle recycler, battery recycler, battery manufacturer, a battery re-user and a battery remanufactured.

End of life provision for electric vehicle batteries is a strategic necessity for the UK, and this project will develop the UK’s first commercial scale recycling facility for automotive battery packs, using state-of-the-art recycling and innovative new processes, demonstrating sustainable and commercial engineering to meet net-zero and circular supply chains targets.aim of the project is to bring together a variety of actors across the different stages in the lifecycle of the battery packs and develop integrated solutions which benefit everyone involved.

Prior to working at WMG, Anwar worked in the recycling industry where he developed a scalable lithium ion battery recycling process as part of the £14 million AMPLiFII project (Automated Module to Pack Pilot Line for Industrial Innovation). He also has first first-hand experience with automotive battery and electric vehicle recycling. Anwar has a background in Chemical Engineering as well as a PhD in hydrogen and fuel cells.

Louise Scott joined the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s Automotive Unit in June 2018. She is currently the policy lead for Automotive Transformation, with a focus on development of the electric vehicle supply chain.

Prior to this she spent over 15 years working in public policy consultancy, specialising in evaluation and economic analysis across a range of policy areas including transport.

Louise began her career in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs providing economic analysis related to air quality and chemicals regulation.

Francisco is an example of the new generation of leaders in the automotive industry, he started his career working with diesel engines but for the past 13 years he has been focused in how to transform an industry that was based on fossil fuels into a fully electric and sustainable sector. He is really passionate about fighting climate change and succeeding the energy transition.

Francisco has two engineering degrees (Escuela Superior de Ingenieros of Sevilla and Ecole Nationale Superieur de Petrole et Moteurs) and two MBA degrees (from EM Lyon and from Cranfield School of Management).

He is currently the Vice President of Sales and member of the executive committee at ACC, a joint venture company between Stellantis and Total Saft aiming at becoming the European leader in electric vehicle battery technology.

During his career he has taken responsibilities in vehicle R&D, external affairs, corporate planning and in managing new business opportunities in the automotive sector like the connected services, electric vehicle grid integration (V2G, smart charging), renewable energy generation and stationary energy storage using 2nd life vehicle lithium batteries.

Claire leads on EPSRC’s research domain on the decarbonisation of transport, looking at issues as diverse as sustainable aviation fuels, EV battery developments, novel materials for low carbon infrastructure and new transport modalities.

Taking an interdisciplinary, whole systems approach to deliver the necessary technological innovations and behavioural change required Claire undertakes scoping, developing, commissioning and investment management and evaluation activities. She is also ESPRC project lead for Faraday institute and leading on stakeholder engagement for UKRI contribution to COP26.

As a team manager Claire develops leadership and coordination arrangements in relation to Net Zero for transport and brings a passion and enthusiasm for this research area.

Claire has broad experience including working as a project manager for Network Rail managing new signalling and telecoms installations as well as working for the Economic and Social Research Council on the climate change priority and transportation activities.

Dr Dee Strand is a Senior Scientist at Wildcat Discovery Technologies. Dr. Strand has over twenty years of experience in materials research, development, and commercialisation, primarily in the areas of energy storage and electronic applications.

Prior to joining Wildcat in 2013, Dr Strand served as a Research Fellow at Dow Chemical, where she was the technical lead in Dow Energy Materials, as well as the Principal Investigator on external research programs with universities and national labs on battery materials. Dr Strand also has extensive experience in patent analysis and technical due diligence of new technologies.

Dr Strand completed her Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, under the supervision of Professor John Schrag. Her Ph.D. research focused on rheology and birefringence of polymeric solutions. Dr Strand also holds a Master of Science degree in Chemistry from the California Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from North Dakota State University.

David joined Tevva with broad experience in road transport, market research, market strategy and B2B sales.

As a 5th generation transport contractor encompassing heavy long distance operations and overnight courier, David has a wealth of ground-up knowledge of the real issues facing fleet and transport managers.

He has held consulting roles focused on market entry strategies, business development processes and teams and board level logistics recruitment and has an MBA from Durham.

Professor Pam Thomas is the Chief Executive Officer of the Faraday Institution, the UK’s flagship energy storage research organisation. Launched in 2018, its mission-inspired programme is delivered by a consortium of over 20 universities and 50+ businesses and involves 450 researchers. She previously held the role of Pro Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Warwick, where she had responsibility for academic leadership of the research portfolio and strategy across the university. As a scientific leader, she is a member of the STFC Council, has served as a trustee of both the Alan Turing Institute (2016-2018) and the Faraday Institution (2018-2020) and is a member of the executive management board of the Midlands Innovation collaboration of universities. She holds a DPhil in physics from the University of Oxford. In her personal research, Professor Thomas leads the Ferroelectric Crystallography Group in the Department of Physics at Warwick.

Ulderico joined Nissan Motor Limited in July 2019 as Battery Research Engineer. He is the technical coordinator for research projects on next-generation battery technologies at the Nissan Technical Centre Europe.

Previously, he worked at OXIS Energy Ltd as Senior Scientist and Technical Leader for H2020 projects. He has published 15 peer-reviewed papers and filed 3 patents, in collaboration with several industrial partners such as BMW AG, Samsung R&D Japan, EVONIK Ind. AG and OXIS Energy Ltd. His main areas of expertise are solid-state and high energy lithium-ion batteries, with a particular focus on negative electrode materials and novel electrolyte formulations. He is also an editor for an Elsevier book on the application of nanomaterials in the field of electrochemical energy storage and a supporter of the open science movement.

He was awarded his doctorate (chemistry) in 2017 from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany). Ulderico received his BSc and MSc degrees in Industrial Chemistry from the University of Rome “La Sapienza” (Italy).

Pirmin is co-founder and CEO of b-science.net, a battery innovation & patent monitoring service that is based on a novel machine learning approach. He obtained a diploma in chemistry from ETH Zurich (Switzerland) in 2004 and a PhD from Northwestern University (USA) in 2009. Thereafter, he was a JSPS Foreign Fellow at the University of Tokyo (Japan). From 2010 to 2016, while working at a major battery materials manufacturer in Switzerland, he was a co-inventor of 7 patent families related to lithium-ion batteries. He holds the credential Stanford Certied Project Manager (SCPM) and has co-authored scientific publications with more than 1,600 citations.

Dr John Warner is a sought after and recognized battery industry expert, speaker, author and an experienced sales, business development, strategic marketing, and product management executive with over 30 years in the automotive and battery industries.

Currently, Dr Warner serves as Chief Customer Officer for American Battery Solutions and as Founder and President at Warner Energy Consulting LLC.

Previously Dr Warner served in executive sales and marketing leadership positions with EnerDel, XALT Energy, Magna Steyr Battery Systems and Boston-Power as well as spending more than 13 years with General Motors.

In addition, he serves as Chairman of the industry trade group NAATBatt International and sits on several SAE battery committees.

Dr Warner published his first book “The Handbook of Lithium-Ion Battery Pack Design” in 2015 and his second book, “Lithium-Ion Chemistries: A Primer” in published in May 2019.

James Widmer is CEO of Advanced Electric Machines Group Ltd which is developing and manufacturing its range of uniquely sustainable electric traction motors for customers around the globe.

AEM works with clients in the commercial vehicle, passenger car and aerospace sectors, offering motors which do not rely on rare earth magnetic materials or copper; whilst also offering class leading performance, efficiency and recyclability. AEM has volume manufacturing facilities in the UK, and is working to establish facilities around the globe.

James previously led the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK’s Electric Machines Spoke based at Newcastle University (UK), amongst other activities leading the development of the UK car industry’s electric motor technology roadmaps.

He has also held senior positions in the aerospace industry, leading large transnational development programmes. James holds the part time post of Professor of Advanced Propulsion in the Institute for Future Transport and Cities at Coventry University (UK).

I am Ivan Wilson, Co-Owner and Director of Embed Limited where I bring passion and leadership to keep the company striving forward.

At heart I am a control systems engineer. I have been involved in EVs for many years. The first vehicle, in 2007, was a strawberry harvesting platform. Over 4meter square and with lead acid batteries. Since it operated in a polytunnel, low emissions was key. I led a program to integrate a first generation Battery Management System into a French EV city car. I have been to California to develop inverter control software for a venture backed EV start-up. At the moment I am working on a new emachine and inverter with our partners ePropelled.

At Embed we are electrical, electronic and software specialists and the industry is moving in our direction. The sooner we ditch the engine the better. With a lifetime in the automotive industry I am very excited about where we are heading. There has never been a better time to be part of automotive. We are seeing unprecedented change and evolution all for the better. To top it all off we have just won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise for excellence in International Trade!

Anna leads the delivery of the innovation programme in battery technology for electric vehicles as part of the £318 million ISCF Faraday Battery Challenge, and has a focus on the technical strategy of the Challenge. Before joining Innovate UK in June 2017, she was based in the USA at Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. There she carried out collaborative research with business and academia to develop battery cell technology. Anna was awarded a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Southampton.

Martin Wood has had a 25+ years career in industry primarily in the automotive sector. He started his career at Ford Motor Company in the UK taking positions in both the Engineering & Manufacturing functions, working in new model development, test and launch. His experience was widened within the commercial departments of Ford, operating in Eastern Europe & Africa, he subsequently joined the Ford Components Division which became Visteon in 1997.

Martin joined a major 1st Tier automotive supplier, Kostal GmbH & CO KG, in 1998 operating primarily in Technical Sales until becoming Sales & Marketing Director in 2001, and later taking responsibility for Quality Assurance. Martin became Managing Director / CEO of the Kostal UK operation in 2006 with responsibility for all UK Engineering & Operational activities for UK and Scandinavian customers.

Martin has also operated as Managing Director for other general engineering businesses, gaining experience in many different territories and markets and operating withing the Oil & Gas, Chemical and Energy sectors.

In 2016 Martin joined UK Trade & Investment’s Automotive Investment Organisation (AIO) as Business Development Director with specific responsibility for the current and future supply chain. AIO is now the Auto Sector Team, part of the Department of International Trade’s Technology & Advanced Manufacturing Cluster.

Bahareh Yazdani is a Material Scientist with extensive skills in Li-ion cell manufacturing, solid-state batteries, nanomaterial, and multifunctional composites. She has started the career journey in 2005, working as a research assistant on Li-ion batteries cathode material and supercapacitors with 18 published papers.

After winning a fully funded scholarship, Bahareh completed her PhD from the University of Exeter in 2015 within three years and seven peer-reviewed published papers. She continued her career as Research Fellow at the University of Exeter and Lab Manager, then as deputy project lead in a solid state-based company with a proven track record of success at both academic and companies within all phases of development.

Bahareh’s combined background in material innovation, battery technology contributes to her role in UKBIC as a technical lead, bringing new technologies into scale-up for the future generation of high energy density batteries.

Mustafa is Technical Project Leader of the New Power Business Unit at Cummins Inc. He runs one of the Cummins’ HV battery development projects as the cross functional engineering leader.

He has a B.Eng. Electrical Engineering degree and has previously worked for Ford Motor Company and Daimler.

Before Cummins, Mustafa worked in engineering consultancy companies including FEV and Ricardo. He has been in the automotive industry for the past 9 years, with a focus on battery product integration.

Matthias Zentgraf is President, European Business at CATL. He is responsible for developing CATL’s European business and building the company’s profile amongst automotive OEMs, intralogistic customers & energy storage market.

Matthias has 31 years of experience in the automotive industry. Of those, he has already spent the last seven years developing Lithium-Ion battery applications for the automotive industry.

Matthias holds a degree in mechanical engineering, focusing on internal combustion engines and turbo machines in his research activities.

One of his prior roles included the system development as well as the series introduction of drive-by-wire systems. Moreover, Matthias was also actively involved in launching highly integrated air fuel modules and systems for internal combustion engines into the market.

Holding several patents for Powertrain systems, Matthias was Director Business Development for Air Fuel Modules & key account manager for Powertrain systems, which included development and sales in numerous segments, including fuel injection, engine controls, drivetrain electrification, sensors and mechatronic actuators.

Oscar holds a degree in industrial engineering and a master specialized in energy engineering. He is the technical sales manager for battery applications at OCSiAl. He works across the European supply chain with battery manufacturers and EV manufacturers to implement Tuball graphene nanotubes in their cells.

His experience in the lithium ion battery market also comes from working previously at European battery manufacturer Northvolt.

Oscar has also worked as technical consultant for renewable energy projects at Renetech and held other previous roles on product development and research areas