Josey Wardle is the Innovation Lead for ZEV infrastructure at Innovate UK. She specialises in the infrastructure required to enable zero emission transport, using experience gathered over 15 years working in the EV charging industry and PhD investigating the future of EV charging. Josey manages the EV charging and V2G/V2X innovation programmes and also supports maritime and heavy freight projects funded by UK Government. Innovate UK is part of UK Research and Innovation, a non-departmental public body, driving productivity and growth by supporting businesses to realise the potential of new technologies, develop ideas and make them a commercial success. Innovate UK provides connections and funds businesses and research collaborations in all economic sectors, value chains and UK regions to accelerate innovation.

Juliet is the Programme Director leading GFI’s Transport Team, looking after the GFI’s work on electric vehicles, charging infrastructure, HGVs and the UK battery supply chain. She leads on bringing a series of financial products including Utilisation Linked Finance and Residual Value Guarantees to market. She joined the institute from the Power, Utilities and Infrastructure Investment Banking team at Jefferies, where she worked on several deals within the green energy and energy transition sector, and was involved in the successful completion of several infrastructure transactions.

(1) Researched control system analysis and design for master’s degree. (2) Managed research collaboration on traffic flow simulation with A*STAR in Singapore. (3) Worked in charge of electrical engineering on Quick Charger for Electric Vehicle in Spain, Traffic Management System in Sri Lanka, 6 DoF Driving Simulator for car company, etc. (4) Managing communication with international standardization community, such as ASAM in Germany and DIVP in Japan.

A Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and a Chartered Engineer with a doctorate from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. Thirty year experience in the development and commercialization of advanced technology focused on the generation, conversion and delivery of energy. During a five year appointment with Rolls-Royce plc Lee implemented a successful fundamental change in the Distributed Generation Systems business unit. The business was transitioned from a bespoke designer of diesel generator solutions to a systems business based upon new technology building blocks. Energy was sold on a provision of power basis using an operational cost model. Lee joined Intelligent Energy in 2012 holding a variety of commercial roles including group Chief Sales Officer with responsibility for global commercial development. Late 2020 Lee joined NanoSUN and was responsible for the refocus of the business onto the successful Pioneer mobile hydrogen refuelling station. From January 2024 Lee has taken the post of CEO for Fuel Cell Systems. Working with Tom Chicken and the team and parent company Hydrasun, Lee is overseeing the expansion of the hydrogen systems business and the transition of the business to series manufacturing.

After more than a decade in the high hazard industry working on large scale counter-terror, fire and explosion testing, Lisa is now heavily involved in the hydrogen world working towards net zero and the energy transition. In her previous role at DNV Spadeadam, this included full scale dispersion testing, delivering hydrogen training courses, and now through her work at National Gas, working on deblending hydrogen from the gas network for the use in the transport industry. The FutureGrid Phase 2 Deblending for Transportation project involves investigating utilising the existing gas transmission network as a reliable and efficient supply of hydrogen that can be purified and compressed to fuel cell grade quality for use in all aspects of the transportation industry.  

Mark joined on-street charging innovator Trojan Energy in May 2021 and leads on External and Government Affairs.  He drove his first EV in 2008 and was immediately struck by the potential for massive disruption in automotive.  He has since led the EV team at EDF, later developing the large-scale commercial Rapid Charging Hub programme for TfL.  Mark has sat on a number of steering/advisory groups in both eMobility and heat electrification, and currently chairs RECHARGE UK at the Renewable Energy Association (REA). 

Professor Martin Freer joined the Faraday Institution as CEO in September 2024. He was previously Director of the Birmingham Energy Institute (BEI) at the University of Birmingham, a pan-discipline research centre. He also served as Director of the Energy Research Accelerator delivering a £200m programme to accelerate university research into regional, national and international impact linked to 1,400 researchers. Prior to that, Martin was Director of the Birmingham Centre for Nuclear Education and Research, which he established in 2010. Martin has co-led several policy commissions with the UK Government, including one that resulted in the creation of the Energy Innovation Zone in the West Midlands. Martin is a nuclear physicist. His main research area is the study of the structure of light nuclei using nuclear reactions. He received the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Prize, Humboldt Foundation, in 2004 and the Rutherford Medal from the Institute of Physics in 2010.

Martin Kendall is Managing Director of Vantec Europe Limited (2011 – present)

Based in Sunderland Martin is responsible for all UK operations that include Nissan Motor Manufacturing, Komatsu UK, Rolls-Royce Motor cars (R-RMC), Thorn Lighting, AESC Envision, Bentley Motors and GE Vernova, as well as being a member of the Global Internation Leadership Team in LOGISTEED.

Martin started his career at Nissan (NMUK) in 1986 when the plan opened working in material Handling before moving to Material Handling Engineering.

Moving to Vantec in 2002 and became Managing Director in 2012, during this time Martin has overseen the design and construction of two logistics centres in Sunderland, the launch of the Innovation Centre, launch of business with AESC, R-RMC, Thorn, Bentley Motors and GE Verona as well as launching business in Russia, Mississippi and Chennai.

Matt Silver is Innovation Lead for the £610 million Faraday Battery Challenge; working to transform the UK to be the go-to place for Electric Vehicle Batteries as part of the UK’s Net Zero target. His work cuts across our engagement with other countries and UK regions, our skills projects, and our business support programmes.

Matt has had roles in both the private and public sector, working with businesses to help them grow with business support, funding, and skills provision across the South West for Innovate UK, Cornwall Council and the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership.

Mike Nakrani is the CEO of VEV, experts in designing and delivering scaled enterprise electric fleet solutions. VEV is 100% owned by Vitol, a world leader in energy. Mike is a seasoned entrepreneur & intrapreneur with 20+ years of experience in the mobility sector, Mike was previously Head of OEM & European SMART Mobility at a leading international car manufacturer and VP of Electrification, Hydrogen and Mobility at an Oil and Gas Major.

With over 10 years of experience in both academia and industry, Mohammad specialises in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of diverse production systems. He is an experienced professional with a strong track record of Product Carbon Footprint, Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costing for a broad spectrum of sectors and industries, including agriculture, E-transportation, chemical, renewable energy, construction, waste management, mining, food processing, and military. Mohammad has extensive experience with battery regulation, as well as the sustainability assessment and recycling of lithium-ion batteries. Additionally, his background in industrial ecology has honed his expertise in Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) data collection, environmental auditing and environmental impact analysis. He excels in evaluating complex industrial systems and technologies, including emerging technologies, to identify and mitigate their environmental impacts.

Neus Castañé holds dual degrees in Electrical Engineering and Industrial Electronic Engineering and Automation from Rovira i Virgili University. She began her professional journey in the Oil & Gas sector, designing instrumentation and control systems, before joining IDIADA in the electric automotive industry.

Throughout her five-year career at IDIADA, she dedicated her first two years to electric charging systems, where she conducted stability studies on PLC communication and compatibility between various EV and EVSE manufacturers, while also giving support in the development of a Multi-Charging Test System. For the past three years, she has focused on electromagnetic compatibility, having participated in the design and now leading research at the EMC Laboratory, specializing in testing and validation of high-power electronics components.

CEO & Co-founder, Paua Winner of the Special Recognition award 2024 at the Solar Media EVIES awards #31 on the Greenfleet 100 Former smart systems director SSE, & Head of EV, EDF Energy

Nick Fleming –Director of Transport and Mobility, BSI Nick has over 15 years’ experience in standardization working across emerging technologies and with the automotive and transport industry to develop both national and international standards that support adoption of new technologies, promote innovation, safety, security and consumer protection. Matteo Novati – Programme Lead for BSI’s CAM Standards Programme Matteo has over 10 years’ experience in consulting for the transport sector, is the Programme Lead for BSI’s CAM standards programme. The programme, supported by CCAV, is aimed at accelerating the safe deployment of Autonomous Mobility in the UK, developing standards and good practices to support the transition to commercial deployment alongside the AV Bill, and informing international standards.

With 20+ years experience in the low carbon energy and manufacturing sectors, Nigel has worked with Connected Energy over the past 7 years to commercialise a range of second life energy storage systems using electric car batteries. In the emerging energy storage sector, a key focus of Connected Energy is to provide customers with end to end expertise and support in developing projects. Nigel worked in the energy efficiency sector for 5 years as business development manager for Ista Energy Solutions, a global leader of energy management and low carbon consultancy. Prior to Ista Nigel led the Low Carbon Development Initiative for Renewables East, a government funded organisation created to de-risk low carbon energy infrastructure projects. Nigel has a masters degree in Project Management and spent his early career with Rolls-Royce for 8 years delivering large scale energy projects for land and power applications.