Edward is part of KPMG’s Mobility 2030 team focusing on supporting organisations to identify and exploit opportunities across the ecosystem, as well as providing commercial due diligence. Edward also has significant experience of supporting SMEs across the mobility ecosystem, including to develop business plans to support fundraising rounds.

Paul has a B.Eng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering and Electronic Systems and is Head of Electric Vehicle Readiness at EA Technology. He has a background in the regulated electricity utility sector and specialises in asset management and infrastructure planning and investment for electricity transmission and distribution networks. He sits as Patron’s representative on the Institute of Asset Management Council and is chairman of the ISO/TC 123 UK mirror committee on Management of Network Assets in Power Systems.

Ian Cameron has over 20 years’ international experience in the electricity distribution networks industry. His background is in network operation, capital construction and connections, with a specific focus on renewable energy and system optimisation, this focus is supported through his Electrical and Mechanical degrees.

As Head of Innovation for UK Power Networks, Ian’s role includes management of the central team of highly skilled engineers providing support to the business and industry through developing innovative solutions to strategic key focus areas. These focus areas being readiness of the distribution network for the low carbon transition, future business / operating models and efficient and effective delivery of existing business outputs. Furthermore, Ian has overall accountability for innovation delivery programmes and innovation strategic direction.

Ian’s career started in Eskom South Africa, where he left the position of Senior Technical Specialist, he then joined UK firm Freedom Group Power Projects division as Regional delivery manager. The most notable experience for Ian was joining UK Power Networks and delivering the connection of over 230 large renewable distributed generation sites, adding over 4GW to the grid in three years.

Louise has over ten years’ experience in the environment sector. She is currently on secondment from the Greater London Authority (GLA) to advise the delivery of London’s Go Ultra Low City Scheme (GULCS) residential and car club work streams. GULCS is a joint London Councils, Transport for London, and GLA programme funded by the Office for Low Emission Vehicles. The programme is delivering new chargepoints across London. At the GLA Louise developed policy and delivered environmental programmes. Previous to this, Louise was a Senior Consultant for Arup and worked on a variety of climate change programmes. She has also managed a UK Regional Climate Change Partnership. Louise started her career with the Environment Agency influencing internal and national policy on climate change and sustainability. 

Graeme leads National Grid’s work on electric vehicles/decarbonisation of transport by leading and coordinating all the work relating to the UK regulated business of National Grid.
 
As National Grid separates the Transmission Ownership (TO) from the System Operation (SO) by April 2019, Graeme will be representing the TO business of National Grid.

His work helps the Government, the energy and automotive industry’s transition towards zero emission vehicles. With over a decade in communications infrastructure and over a decade in low/zero carbon electricity, Graeme is a well-known and highly respected energy industry expert. 

Graeme is a graduate of Oxford Brookes University (BSc 1997) and Bi Norwegian Business School (MBA Energy 2016).

Graeme takes his decarbonisation work home with him as he drives a PHEV and BEV and heats his home using ground source heat pumps.

James has worked in energy policy and communications for over a decade, starting as a researcher in Parliament before working as an energy consultant for communication agencies. He was policy manager at energy watchdog Consumer Focus and joined the Renewable Energy Association in 2014, where he is Policy and External Affairs Director. James was also local councillor in Islington and chaired the Environment and Regeneration Committee.

Erik is a serial entrepreneur and engineer, who founded Pod Point in 2009. After seeing the potential of EVs as the next major mode of transportation. Erik set himself the goal of wiring up the UK with chargepoints, ready for a new era of mobility. His aim is to use his skills as an entrepreneur to help people adopt clean transport in their everyday lives. 

Under his stewardship Pod Point has become one of Europe’s leading providers of electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) with a range of intelligent charging points for use at home, in workplaces and at frequently visited destinations. So far the firm has shipped over 50,000 points and boasts a publicly accessible network of over 2,500 charging bays. 

Erik is a regular speaker at prestigious events and has delivered presentations for a broad range of audiences, from professional investors and energy specialists through to EV enthusiasts. He has an engaging style and is skilled at adapting his delivery to fit every audience profile.

Stirling Habbitts leads the project finance activity of Triodos Bank in the London market, focused on renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure. Triodos Bank is one of the leading providers of finance to renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure projects in Europe by number of deals. Triodos Bank is a Dutch bank focused on Western Europe, with project finance teams in the UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, France and Germany. Stirling’s experience covers renewable energy (solar, onshore wind, offshore wind, hydro, biomass, biogas), energy infrastructure (EV charging, storage, distribution networks, smart meters, OFTOs), energy from waste, conventional energy and social and transport infrastructure. Stirling previously held positions in energy and infrastructure finance with UniCredit Bank in London and with ING Bank in Amsterdam, and commenced his career with KPMG in Sydney. He holds masters degrees in mechanical engineering and in environmental engineering and sustainable infrastructure from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden.

David Hill is an expert on electricity markets and demand flexibility. He is responsible for defining and delivering Open Energi’s strategy to radically reduce energy costs and enable an affordable, zero carbon energy future. This includes working with customers and strategic partners to grow our network of distributed energy resources, develop new products and realise new market opportunities. David joined Open Energi in 2010 after completing an MSc Energy, Trade & Finance at Cass Business School.

Anthony Hinde studied Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nottingham. He has gone on to work for 20 years in the low carbon power sector in heat recovery, CHP and geothermal power generation. More recently Anthony has started at Vattenfall as the UK Director for Emobility. Vattenfall has been present in the UK market for 10 years this year and has over 1 GW of installed wind power, as well as divisions looking after district heating, power networks and electricity supply. Emobility is the newest division in the UK having been started in May 2018, joining Vattenfalls existing European charging network Incharge.
Anthony lives with his wife and 2 young children in North west London, and is energised to be involved in an industry with so many passionate and knowledgeable individuals

Chris is a lifetime petrol head but is now an official electric vehicle nerd.
During his twenty years in new business, a close affinity to the automotive world has been a thread throughout his sales career so far. In the last 12 years he’s worked for the leasing division of a High Street bank and vehicle leasing companies both large and small.
He currently works with large fleets in both the private and public sector in the major corporate sales team at Hitachi Capital. As part of this role, Chris offers insights into why change is needed and then supporting fleet decision makers with managing the change within their organisation.
Chris has said there's never been a more exciting time to be working in the automotive industry: from clean air zones, rising taxation, electric vehicles, connectivity, autonomous driving, through to WLTP – he believes these unprecedented factors bring great opportunities for positive change.
Although an EV evangelist, Chris advises that these vehicles should not be considered in isolation. The infrastructure and policies to support them must be the priorities.

Rob works in the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV), a cross-Government policy unit working to position the UK as a global leader in the design, development, manufacture and deployment of ultra-low emission vehicles and associated technologies. As deputy head, he is responsible for energy and infrastructure policy, including Government’s strategy on charge-point deployment and how to integrate them within the energy system. Rob has worked in Government since 2007, both within the Department of Business and Department of Energy and Climate Change, working on renewable heat, devolution and, most recently, electricity system policy.

Michiel is CEO and founder of fast charging company Fastned and is responsible for the day to day operations. He graduated from the TU Delft as a mechanical engineer. Michiel started with Fastned in 2012 together with co-founder Bart Lubbers. The mission of Fastned is providing freedom to the electric driver to drive everywhere. To achieve this Fastned builds an European network of fast charging stations where all electric cars can charge super fast.

David Martell is the Founder and Chief Executive of Chargemaster, which was recently acquired by BP. Passionate about cars, David came from a background in accounting before starting Trafficmaster – one of the first nationwide traffic sensing and satnav companies in 1988, which was eventually valued at £500m and floated on the stock exchange in 1994. He sold his stake in Trafficmaster after 15 years to focus on electric vehicles. He soon realised that a solid and sustainable infrastructure was going to be the key to the EV economy, and founded Chargemaster with a single aim: to provide a dependable, convenient power source for EV drivers. Having founded Chargemaster in 2008, David has led the business to its market-leading position, both in providing UK-manufactured charging points, and operating the UK’s largest electric vehicle public charging network, POLAR.

Frank Meijer has 10 years of experience in automotive retail sales and 15 years in automotive business-to-business sales. In his previous positions Frank was responsible for retail at dealer group and service company in The Netherlands. In business-to-business Frank held several positions in The Netherlands and in Italy. Currently he is responsible for development and implementation of Hyundai Eco Cars and Mobility Services in Europe such as Hyundai IONIQ car sharing with electric vehicles un Amsterdam.
Frank is born in The Netherlands and has lived in the USA, Italy and now he lives in Frankfurt, Germany.

Alex leads Bristol City Council’s Smart and Sustainability agendas and has helped the city top the UK Smartest City Index and become European Green Capital. As part of this he’s leading the Go Ultra Low West Project working with the other West of England councils

Mark, a partner with in the leading international law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP (www.bclplaw.com) and heads BCLP’s EMEA Energy, Environmental & Infrastructure Team.
Mark has over 20 years of experience in providing multidisciplinary advice to public and private sector clients on a wide range of high value, innovative and complex infrastructure projects.
Mark has been involved in some of the most high profile infrastructure deals both in the UK and overseas, including advising on equity (including secondary market trades), public and private debt structures, infrastructure fund trades and concession based structures.
Mark is recognised as a leading legal adviser and is rated as an Infrastructure / PPP expert in the latest edition of Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession and Who’s Who of Project Finance 2018 Edition.
He regularly writes, chairs and addresses audiences on Global PPP structures.
Mark is qualified as a Solicitor in England & Wales and also a member of the New York State Bar.
Mark is a non-executive director of The International Project Finance Association, a member of TheCityUK PPP working group, a member of The Infrastructure Forum advisory council and has contributed to several Infrastructure reports for London First and TheCityUK.

George joined Zouk in 2012 and has 10 years of experience in project finance, renewable energy and private equity investment. He focuses on deal sourcing, deal structuring, transaction execution and due diligence on the infrastructure team. George has been at the forefront of Zouk’s waste and electric vehicle investment strategies and sits on the board of InstaVolt Ltd which was founded by Zouk in 2016.
George previously worked in the PFI/PPP sector, as a project finance professional focused on executing infrastructure investments in the transport and social infrastructure sectors.
George holds an Economics B.Sc from the University of Southampton and is a member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers (AMCT).

Dan is an Investment Director with Octopus Investments and leads their Transport as a Service (“TaaS”) offering.
TaaS provides vehicle fleet operators with a turnkey clean transport solution by enabling both infrastructure and vehicles to be utilised on a pay-as you-use basis.
Octopus is a UK private alternative investment manager managing £8.3bn of assets and is the largest non-utility owner of onshore renewable generation assets in the UK. www.octopusinvestments.com
Dan previously founded and ran a clean energy project development company delivering pay-as-you-use solutions, and he is an Entrepreneur Mentor in Residence at London Business School.

Rubina Singh is a Senior Consultant at Gemserv and helps shape Gemserv’s strategic direction and innovation strategy. Her experience includes consultancy on EVs, renewable energy & storage, thought leadership on market design and policy reform in a transforming energy landscape.
Prior to Gemserv, she lead Fraunhofer TechBridge, an open innovation and technology de-risking program in the USA to accelerate emerging energy technologies. She has run global innovation competitions resulting in million-dollar investments; published 10 papers in IEEE, PV-Tech and TechCrunch; presented at international conferences; and has served as a judge on numerous business innovation competitions.
Rubina’s has worked on solar technologies, e-mobility, battery storage and smart grid projects with Fraunhofer, MIT, Robert Bosch, University of Michigan, ETH Zurich and Australian National University.

Michael is Head of Strategy at Meridian Mobility, the UK's gateway to connected and self-driving technology development which was set up in 2017. He is on secondment from the UK Government's Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV).
Michael was a founding member of CCAV in 2015, before which he was Head of Horizon Scanning in the Government's Horizon Scanning Programme, establishing a cross-Government Emerging Technologies Community of Interest, focusing on the opportunities for UK plc and government departments from the Eight Great Technologies and reporting to the Cabinet Secretary's Advisory Group. Prior to that, 2010-2011, he was Low Carbon Economy Manager for UK Trade and Investment (including EVs).
Michael holds Master's degrees from the Universities of Toronto and Oxford.

Tom Thackray leads the organisation’s policy work on infrastructure and energy, aiming to improve business connectivity and ensuring the UK maintains a secure, affordable and low-carbon supply of energy.
In his time at the CBI Tom has held a variety of roles including leading the CBI’s Innovation and Enterprise teams, covering policy issues relevant to small and medium-sized businesses and the digital and creative industries. He is an experienced advisor to government and has contributed to Ministerial groups on research and innovation, cybersecurity and small business.
Prior to joining the CBI Tom worked in public affairs consultancy in Brussels and London.

Benedikt Unger is Pöyry’s decarbonisation and transport expert. As project manager of the ‘Full Energy-Sector Decarbonisation Study’ he analysed costs and risks of pathways to full decarbonisation of power, heat and transport. The study results highlight the importance of flexible electricity demand from transport in achieving climate goals.
Benedikt’s recent work focuses on changing business models along the value chain in the intersection of energy, transport and technology.

Chris Wright founded Moixa with Simon Daniel in 2006 and leads technology development as CTO. Over the last 7 years Moixa have developed the UKs leading domestic energy storage system with their UK market-leading Moixa Smart Battery. They are now rolling out their Gridshare aggregation platform to multiple partners including ITOCHU in Japan as they expand.
Moixa is based in London’s Clerkenwell design district, has a roster of patents in the arena of computer interface technology, batteries and renewable energy.
Chris studied architecture at Cambridge University and worked as an architect at practices including Norman Foster and Partners, and in industrial design, before founding Moixa to address Energy systems.