Speakers

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.

Ian Atkinson is Business Development Director at Meech International and is a manufacturing technology and support systems specialist.  With a long career based on optimising material flows in manufacturing, Ian is passionate in exploring different technologies and how their processes can be enhanced.

About Meech: 

Meech is a leading designer and manufacturer of static control and contamination removal solutions.  Their products are supplied extensively across the globe into many converting, packaging, printing and other specialist industries.  Over recent years, Meech has consulted in a wide range of battery technology applications and have helped enhance production processes in both prototype and more recently fully scaled-up battery production lines.   This growing knowledge is helping battery designers, machine and battery manufacturers integrate essential quality measures into their designs to reduce the risk of contamination in the cell and thus reduce the risks of thermal runaway.

Mike Bassett is Engineering Director at MAHLE Powertrain, where he is responsible for leading a team of highly skilled engineers who are engaged in developing technologies to enhance electrified mobility, as well as advanced combustion systems for renewable and zero carbon fuels.
 Mike studied Mechanical Engineering at Bristol University and a PhD at the University of Manchester, focusing on thermodynamic modelling of internal combustion engines. Mike has worked within powertrain consultancy for over 20 years and has considerable experience gained from many challenging powertrain projects to develop cutting-edge technology for customers across the globe. His experience spans fuels cells, electric propulsion systems and internal combustion engines.

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.

Jeff Borrman has worked in the recycling industry for over 40 years, specialising in the sustainable recycling of electronics, precious metals and battery material. For the last 11 years Jeff has been at the forefront of battery recycling innovation in the UK. His experience spans across various sustainable solutions focusing on future-proofing business operations for a cleaner and greener future. From his experience in pioneering techniques for precious and base metal separation, Jeff has now joined UK-based battery recycler Cellcycle. Using his wealth of knowledge and expertise Jeff is helping develop the UK’s leading end-to-end battery recycling company.

Mr. Barkan founded The Graphene Council in 2013 as global trade and professional community connecting scientists, academics, producers, end-users, and commercial professionals that
have an interest in the research, development and application of graphene.

The mission of The Graphene Council is to be a catalyst for the commercialization of graphene by meeting the needs of the global graphene community, helping to facilitate the development
and application of this unique material.

For more than 30 years, Terrance Barkan CAE has been building trade and professional associations on a global basis, working in more than 70 countries on 6 continents around the
world developing and implementing association growth strategy projects.

To date, The Graphene Council has attracted more than 30,000 members from around the world making it the largest community for people with an interest in graphene. The Graphene Council
produces a weekly graphene intelligence briefing newsletter, contributes to global standards bodies and administers the Verified Graphene Producer™ program.

The Graphene Council is also a Tier 2 Member of the Graphene Engineering and Innovation Centre (GEIC) at the University of Manchester in the UK, the “home” of graphene.

Under the leadership of Mr. Barkan, The Graphene Council has become the leading global organization promoting the adoption of graphene enhanced advanced materials solutions.

Bio:

• Robert Camm is a Senior Consultant in Frost & Sullivan’s European Mobility team
• In this role Robert supports industry clients with research and advisory projects, with a focus on electric vehicle, powertrain and ADAS domains
• This has included supporting clients with challenges including:
  • Developing future electrification strategy
  • Analysis of developing EV supply chains
  • Regulatory research
  • Component benchmarking
  • EV infrastructure modelling
• Prior to joining Frost & Sullivan Robert held positions at Ricardo in both Automotive and Strategic Consulting divisions, gained experience of powertrain development at Volvo Cars, and supplier quality management at Ford Motor Company

Dr Jennifer Channell is Innovation Lead for the Faraday Battery Challenge and Project Director, Europe for the Volta Foundation. Jennifer is passionate about the role that community and collaboration play in driving better outcomes to global challenges. She firmly believes that batteries provide a solution to transport decarbonisation but that unlocking battery circularity is to unlock the true sustainability of this technology. As Innovation Lead, Jennifer supports business lead innovation to develop better battery technologies and grow the supply chain. As Project Director, Europe for the Volta Foundation Jennifer is helping to build an inclusive, global battery community and leads the online Battery Pub events. Jennifer studied for her PhD in Chemistry at the Institute Laue Langevin in Grenoble and has been working in research and innovation management ever since.

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.

James is CEO of EVA England, before this he led the work of the Cabinet Office on the COP26 transport policy and helped build the Climate Group’s UK Electric Fleets Coalition (UKEFC), representing the UK’s biggest fleet owners. Before that he was Director of Policy and Communications at the renewables trade body the REA – the Renewable Energy Association.

Mickey Crozier is a Technology Manager at the MTC with a background in laser materials processing and automated production equipment.  Current responsibilities include leading MTC battery research strategy and ownership of collaborative R&D within the Component Manufacturing Technology group.  Previously Mickey was Director of Process Technology at equipment manufacturer M-Solv where he was responsible for R&D projects spanning energy generation and storage, microelectronics, displays and sensors using a range of advanced manufacturing technologies.  He has been responsible for the successful delivery of many large privately and publicly funded R&D projects

Mickey has 15 years’ experience in laser applications development for a wide variety of industries including automotive, energy and medical.  Previously he worked on the application of ultrafast time-resolved laser spectroscopies for the analysis of energy materials, jointly funded by STFC and Johnson Matthey and on development of production processes for the continuous improvement of various DPSS laser designs.

Mickey holds a BSc in Physics from the University of Sheffield, an MSc in Photon Science from the University of Manchester and an EngD from Heriot-Watt University.

Born and raised in Barbados Carlton is an entrepreneur and design engineer focused on solutions to global energy and waste challenges. Carlton’s career spans from electric Motorsport to renewable energy and has worked in Central American & European markets. With a specialisation in sustainable design and clean energy systems, he’s achieved international recognition such as Forbes 30 under 30 list 2017, Shell Global Innovator 2017 and Shell Entrepreneur of the Year 2016. As Co-founder and CTO at Aceleron, a battery technology company in the UK, Carlton channels his energy into identifying the technology strategy and product innovations to make high-performing batteries that are better for the environment and minimize battery waste.

Adam is responsible for Exawatt’s wide-bandgap power semiconductor and power electronics analysis. He has an MSci in Mathematics from the University of Bristol, UK, with specialisms in mathematical modelling, applied mathematics, mathematical physics and statistics, applying this interest to the areas of power semiconductors and power electronics systems.

Adam has worked as an analyst at Exawatt covering the power semiconductor, power electronics and EV industries since 2019. His work has focused on wide-bandgap semiconductors and their applications, with projects covering the entire supply chain from substrate production, manufacturing equipment, device fabrication, power electronics systems to EVs and other applications.

Shmuel is a leading international expert in the business of Power Sources, Energy storage and EV’s. Prior to founding the company, Shmuel held positions as a power sources, engineering and quality control team manager for over 20 years. Shmuel holds a BSc. in mechanical engineering from Tel-Aviv University and an MBA in quality control and reliability engineering from the Technion Institute in Haifa, as well as an Electronic Technician’s diploma.

Dr.-Ing. Florian Degen MBA studied mechanical engineering with a focus on production and manufacturing technology at RWTH Aachen University. In addition, during his studies he worked for over a year as a visiting enginieer at production engineering institutes in Canada (McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute) and Singapore (Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology). From the end of 2011 to 2019, he held various positions at the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT, most recently as department head responsible for the technology development of novel manufacturing processes. Dr. Florian Degen received his doctorate in this field in 2015 and completed further studies as “Executive Master in Business Administration” at RWTH Business School and HSG St. Gallen in the field of “Technology and Innovation Management” in 2018. After a stopover in a management position at a large German mechanical and plant engineering company, Dr. Degen returned to the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft to take a leading role in the development of the Fraunhofer FFB. There, he currently holds the position of Division Manager “Strategy and Corporate Development”. In this function, Dr. Degen is responsible for the above-mentioned topics as well as for technology management, sustainability management and business development.

Dr Carmen M. López is a Senior Scientist in the Electrochemistry Group at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) with more than 25 years of professional experience including 13+ years in Lithium-based batteries and electrochemistry. She specialises in post-mortem/post-test analysis of commercial cells and the development of in-situ/in-operando methods for battery metrology.

She has a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from Purdue University, USA, where she specialized in non-aqueous electrochemistry and photocatalysis; had post-doctoral appointments from Argonne National Laboratory, USA, where she initiated the research in metallic lithium electrodes for Advanced Batteries for Transportation, and at the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research, ZSW, Germany, where she worked on post-mortem analysis of commercial Li-ion batteries. Additionally, she was part of the team in charge of lab commissioning and program development at CICEnergingune, Spain, where she led the Metal-Air Battery Program, and has contributed to lab commissioning and research program initiation in Li-Ion and Li-S batteries, as a Senior Scientist, in the Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute, QEERI, Hamad bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Qatar.

In her spare time, Dr. López is a freelance technical writer who also writes fiction and blogs.

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.

Emmanuel Eweka is a recognised battery expert world-wide with over 30 years’ experience in developing novel electrochemical energy storage solutions for applications in the military, industry, and commercial sectors. Postdoctoral research fellow in the Southampton Electrochemistry Group. Emmanuel was one of the pioneers of the liquid crystal templating method for the deposition of nanoporous metal oxide cathodes for lithium batteries. Emmanuel Eweka joined DERA (now QinetiQ) in September 2000 and as Technical Lead / Chief Battery Scientist and Electrochemist, delivered several successful programmes on lithium batteries (Primary Li/CFx and lithium ion) and supercapacitors. Managed and built a multidisciplinary batteries team and state of the art R&D and cylindrical cell prototyping facility at Dyson. Whilst at Dyson, Emmanuel’s team delivered a highpower cell with competitive performance against commercial state of cells and Emmanuel established and built external battery research programmes with Oxford and Cambridge Universities. Emmanuel is currently CTO(Cell Technology) at AMTE Power Plc. where he also heads the cell development activities.

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.

Robert (Bob) L. Galyen, age 65, is recognized as one of the top executives in the battery energy storage world and science/engineering-based communities. He is a highly sought-after public speaker as a subject matter expert. His positions as CTO of CATL (the world’s largest battery manufacturer), Chairman of SAE International Battery Standards Steering Committee, SAE Fellow, Chairman Emeritus and CTO of NAATbatt International, provides him a unique leadership perspective in the global battery industry. His degrees in chemistry and biology, along with decades of engineering experience and executive roles, provides him a unique view in a leadership or consulting role in cross functional technology areas. He has patents, publications and participates on multiple BOD’s and TAB’s. The 44 years’ international work experience has given him a visionary perspective on worldwide business, making him uniquely qualified as a global energy storage and scientific/engineering community thought leader. Bob is married with 3 children and 7 grandchildren.

Keri Goodwin is currently a Chief Technologist at CPI and has 15 years of materials chemistry research experience.  She received an MChem and PhD from the University of Edinburgh before beginning her career at CPI in 2009.  During this time she worked in the printable electronics division of CPI for 8 years and lead the electronic materials development team, publishing several papers and patents relating to this work.  This was primarily focused on organic semiconducting materials and formulation development for flexible display applications.  She now leads the battery materials and formulation development area as part of the National Formulation Centre, within CPI. Her expertise lies in materials development for electronic applications as well as optimisation of coatings and interfaces using a variety of depositon techniques, both solution and vacuum based.

Sajin Gopi is an Electrical Engineer having about 10 years of experience in the Simulation and Validation of Automotive Systems in MiL/HiL/TestTrack.
Since 2017, he is working as an Application Engineer for AVL CAMEOTM in Smart Calibration and Virtual Testing department at AVL List GmbH, Graz Austria.
In AVL, he is responsible for methodology development in Advanced Applications areas mainly on Simulation and validation using AVL Virtual Testing products.
He started his career in TATA ELXSI as a Research Engineer and then moved on to Mercedes Benz Research and Development India as a Hardware in Loop Engineer.
He completed his Master’s degree in Control Systems from the National Institute of Technology Calicut in 2013, focusing on Advanced Control strategies and their Applications.

Robert is the Global Commercial Director at EVESCO. He has over 25 years of experience in the energy and power electronics industry. Robert has been a Founder and Director of several energy and power electronics companies, including a $ 1.6 billion Nasdaq-listed company.

Over the past decade, other roles he has held include Deputy Mayor of Kempston, Kempston Town Councillor, Co-Founder, Trustee, and Director of Bedford Free School. Robert is also an alumnus of Harvard University (HETC), University of Cambridge (Dip), University of Oxford (Said Business School) (A.I.), London School of Economics (MBA-Ess.), Queen’s University (Mini-MBA), York St. John University (MBA), Open University (B.A.), Ph.D. and Honorary Professorship from Global European School, and is currently enrolled in DBA (Doctorate) with SBS. Robert also has qualifications in International and Commercial Law and holds an HNC and HND in Power Electronics.

Robert is passionate about people and charity; he holds various voluntary roles, including for Shelter U.K. in their campaign to end homelessness.

Robin has considerable experience in  Industrial Automation and Control in both engineering and sales, in multiple industries including Oil & Gas, Refining, Petrochemicals, Power Generation and for the past two years in Battery manufacturing.

Robin is a qualified Controls and Instrumentation Engineer and has experience of working in the Middle East (Kuwait and Saudi Arabia) and Africa managing engineering teams responsible for operations and maintenance on Oil and Gas producing facilities.

Robin has worked for companies like Honeywell, Yokogawa, Bilfinger and most recently ABB involved in selling total automation solutions since 1991, at all levels in major blue-chip companies and start-ups.

Robin is enjoying his current role as a UK Segment and Account Manager developing opportunities in the battery manufacturing sector including Lithium Hydroxide plants, Anode and cathode plants, Gigafactories and recycling facilities.

Aimee Hill Head of Supply Chain at Green Lithium with career history working previously at Johnson Matthey Battery Materials (CAM scale up) and leading Cummins Engine Company global supply chain.

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.

David Hudson is EV Product Manager for ePropelled, a Massachusetts-based technology company offering electric propulsion systems for a range of applications. He leads the development and execution of its EV strategy for global eMobility markets. 

Victoria is a Research Analyst at Rho Motion where her primary focus is on the technical side of electric vehicle, energy stationary storage and battery market analysis. Drawing upon four years of industry experience as a scientist working in silicon anode development and lithium-ion battery cell testing.  Rho Motion, headquartered in London, offers the most comprehensive and well-informed forecasts and analysis for the energy transition.

Tarek Keskes is an Energy Specialist at ESMAP, the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program of the World Bank. In this capacity, he leads global efforts on electric mobility and provides cross-support to projects across various regions, including Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. Tarek is also actively involved in the Energy Storage Partnership, overseeing workstreams dedicated to battery circular economy and vehicle-grid integration. Prior to joining the World Bank, Tarek led and contributed to several technical assistance projects for sustainable energy with GIZ. He holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Munich, Germany.

Gaius is approaching three decades of experience in commodities, primarily in Australia and the UK, including underground and surface mining operations, exploration, corporate finance, mineral economics and as a resource analyst; for WMC, Outokumpu, Mincor, DJ Carmichael, WHI Securities, WH Ireland, HD Capital, Numis, Metalytics, Aegis Equities and Smartkarma.  He has conducted fundamental supply and demand analysis on iron ore, nickel, REEs, and lithium, among other commodities.  As an analyst, he has specialised primarily in the mid-tier/junior mining sectors, covering numerous mining stocks on the ASX, LSE and AIM.

Ayush Lal is a Senior Mechanical Engineer at Aptiv in Michigan, USA. He received his Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technological University, USA in 2017. His main skills and expertise cover the areas of power electronics, computational fluid dynamics and vehicle electrification. Mr. Lal has worked with automotive giants such as Delphi Technologies (now Borg Warner) and Eaton Corporation in e-mobility in the US. His work has been published in books such as Innovate Toronto.

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.

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.

Nusrat Ghani was appointed Minister of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in September 2022.

She was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport from January 2018 to February 2020.

Nusrat was a Government Whip between July 2019 and December 2019, and an Assistant Government Whip from January 2018 to July 2019.

Education

Nusrat was the first woman in her family to be formally educated. She attended state comprehensive school before studying at Birmingham City University (BA Government and Politics) and Leeds University (MA International Relations).

Political career

Nusrat was elected Conservative MP for Wealden in 2015.

In parliament Nusrat has been a member of a number of Select Committees, including:

·       Business Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee (2020 to 2022)

·       Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission (2017 to 2018)

·       Foreign Affairs Committee (2017 to 2018)

·       Armed Forces Bill Committee (2015)

·       Home Affairs Committee (2015 to 2017)

Most recently, in her role as a member of the BEIS Select Committee, she has led on a number of enquires, including a probe into the use of Uyghur slave labour in UK supply chains.

Nusrat was part of the UK delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly from 2020 to 2022 and the Rapporteur of the Science and Technology Committee.

For her work in raising awareness of the plight of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, Nusrat was nominated for the NATO Women of Peace and Security Prize, finishing runner-up to the Honourable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.

Career outside politics

Before beginning her career in politics, Nusrat was employed by the charities Age UK and Breakthrough Breast Cancer, and later for the BBC World Service.

Rosie Madge is currently a PhD researcher at the University of Birmingham working as part of the ReLiB project. Her research looks at recycling end-of-life lithium-ion batteries, with a particular focus on recycling of cathode materials. She has performed extensive work on upcycling these end-of-life cathodes into new cathode materials. Rosie also works for Exawatt as a Research Analyst, where she leads their research into modelling of lithium-ion battery recycling costs.

At an early stage, Jan dedicated himself to future-oriented and sustainable energy use at the University of Kassel in Environmental Engineering (B.Sc.). With his subsequent studies in energy technology (M.Sc.) at the University of Stuttgart and his final thesis on optimised electrocatalysts for water electrolysis, he turned to electrochemistry. This was followed by almost five years of research into new battery technologies at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Stuttgart where he investigated electrocatalysts for metal-air and metal-sulfur batteries. Since summer 2021, Jan has been part of the CUSTOMCELLS® sales team as a project planner. In this position, he elaborates cell or material development projects at an early stage together with customers from the aerospace, automotive or chemical industry, among others. This keeps him close to the current development trends in the battery business

Claire Miller is an innovator, engineer, and advisor at the intersection of mobility and energy. She works with businesses that are starting, scaling, and transforming to meet the urgent need to decarbonise.  Previously, as Director of Tech & Innovation, Claire was a member of the founding team at Octopus Electric Vehicles. She delivered the world first ‘Powerloop’ domestic vehicle to grid (V2G) service, and architected the digital environments of the start up EV leasing business.  She is an enthusiastic educator, communicator, and contributor, sharing knowledge and experience through media, conferences, and events with a diverse range of industry and academic audiences.  She holds a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College London and drives a Nissan LEAF.   

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.

Ines Miller is currently leading the battery and cell technology team at P3 automotive including experts from various disciplines. Her projects encompass technical benchmarking, technology scouting & roadmapping, cell & module development, cost assessment, value chain analysis, technical due diligence and market entry strategies for cell materials. Within P3 she is an expert for E-Mobility with focus on Li-ion and all-solid state cells and collaborated in several project setups with automotive OEMs, cell manufacturers and material suppliers along the battery value chain. Before working for P3, Ines has gained her Master’s degree in Business Chemistry at the University of Ulm.

Dr Manlio V. Morganti obtained is BEng from Milan Polytechnic, his MSc from Northumbria University, both in Mechanical Engineering. He gained his PhD from Cranfield University, with a thesis on multi-domain battery modelling and experimental validation. He worked on battery and thermal management modelling first at Delta (Cosworth Group) and then joined Jaguar Land Rover. His current responsibilities involve 1D battery pack modelling with a focus on cooling integration.

With a strong focus on development of high-performance DC rapid charging technology, Iain is a hands-on technologist and has worked in power electronics development since finishing his Ph.D. in power electronics at the EMD group at Sheffield University in 1999. After working in field applications roles for several power semiconductor companies, in 2007 Iain founded Converter Technology LTD, a power electronics design consultancy which was acquired by ChargePoint Inc. in 2018.

More recently, Iain recently joined Cambridge start-up Nyobolt as Director of Charging and is developing custom power electronics systems to support their novel high charge rate battery technology,

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. Jacqui is now employed as Chief Operating Officer at National Manufacturing Institute Scotland.

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.

Dr Vishal Nayar is an experienced business leader, winning and delivering multi-£Ms (full P&L) projects in Asian, European, Latin American and US markets. These include large-scale government and R&D projects, integrating hardware, software, IT systems and Apps. Since June 2021 as part of the UKBIC Business Development team, Vishal has worked with a number of cell and battery material companies. Previously, at Buddi Ltd, as Business Development Director, he led many successful market entries, helping Buddi to its IPO. At QinetiQ Ltd, managing complex high technology sales Vishal held a variety of roles including, Strategic Business Director. Vishal is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and holder of multiple patents.

Andy started his career as a 16-year-old Apprentice and then Project Engineer, before joining Austin Rover in 1986, culminating in his appointment to Chief Engineer for Transmission Engineering & Manufacturing. In 1991, Andy joined Nissan and held a succession of positions, including Program Director for Light Commercial Vehicles, Senior Vice-President, and Executive Vice-President before being appointed Chief Operating Officer in 2013.

​At Nissan, Andy is best remembered for transforming the product line-up, but was also responsible for Business Strategy and Product Planning, Global Sales & Marketing, IT and the company’s Electric Vehicle and Battery business. He was also Chairman of Infiniti. During this time in Japan, Andy was credited with pioneering ground-breaking technologies, including leading the development of the Nissan LEAF electric car.

​In October 2014, Andy was appointed CEO of Aston Martin Lagonda. At Aston Martin, Andy oversaw the launch of four core car models with nine derivatives, including the development and launch of the DBX, the company’s first foray into the growing Luxury SUV market.  This led to the company opening a new manufacturing facility in South Wales, UK. Andy’s time at Aston Martin coincided with unique business conditions, including navigating Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union and the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless he was also instrumental in moving the company towards a mid-engined car bloodline, with the creation of the Valkyrie to be launched late 2020.

In 2012, AutoExpress voted Andy into their Hall of Fame as the “Most Influential British Person in the Global Automotive Business” and in 2018, AutoExpress named him”Person of the Past 30 Years”.

​In 2021, Andy was appointed CEO and Executive Vice Chairman of electric bus maker. Switch Mobility (formerly Optare). Andy oversaw an investment in Switch that saw it valued at $1.8 billion, making it a unicorn. Andy made the decision to depart Switch in late 2022 to dedicate more time to a plurality of projects in the green automotive space.

Darshak Parikh is an E-Mobility lead working with the risk advisory team at DNV Energy Systems, and is based out of the London office. Darshak is primarily responsible for technical and commercial due-diligence projects related to Electric Vehicle (EV) technologies, Charging infrastructure, Battery Gigafactories and related technologies and market developments, and has also worked with clients on Fleet Electrification projects at DNV, with experience of vehicle electrification, and identifying suitable charging infrastructure strategy. Prior to joining DNV, Darshak was part of the E-Mobility Supply Chain and Technology team at IHS Markit at which, he was responsible for the technology and supply chain forecasting of E-Mobility components. Darshak started his career at Mahindra’s R&D unit, leading the development of BEVs in the South Asia region. Darshak’s experience ranges from technical and strategy consulting, product development to EV safety & risk assessment. Darshak holds a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from India’s prestigious technical university- Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar.

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.

George has over 24 years’ experience in the field of lithium battery systems, working in Engineering, Commercial and Product Management roles for various battery and BMS manufacturers. These include Axeon, Johnson Matthey Battery Systems, Dukosi, Exide and Turntide Technologies before joining Cosworth late last year. He has worked on batteries systems ranging from mobile phones and handheld devices for Alcatel, Motorola, Philips and Ericsson up to large battery systems for AGV’s, sports and luxury cars, heavy duty construction and material handling equipment for companies such as Sandvik, Iveco, JCB, Kalmar, Rolls Royce, McLaren, Jaguar Land Rover. George joined Cosworth as their Product Development Director where his experience in both technical and commercial aspects of the lithium battery business will be pivotal in planning future High Performance Battery Systems for Cosworth.

Laurent is a Managing Consultant from the Green Transition division of ICF with 10 years’ experience in energy-related work, first as a Battery engineer and then in energy consulting. Laurent has an MSc in Material Science from the MESC Erasmus Mundus program and a bachelor’s in physics from McGill University in Canada. Laurent has worked with government stakeholders (UK and EU) to develop policy, notably for energy-using products and industrial decarbonization. Recent focus has been on the material concerns and product impacts of the Green Transition. This focus has come across through activities in Circular Economy and tracking Critical Raw Materials, including for battery technology.

Philipp is a Principal and Head of the European Sustainable Mobility Group at Arthur D. Little, based in the Munich office

In over 12 years of strategy consulting, he has supported automotive OEM, suppliers and mobility service providers to increase sustainability of transport across the full value chain of vehicles, batteries, and charging infrastructure

His consulting experience includes assignments all over the world, including SEA, Middle East, and Africa

Philipp holds a Diploma and a doctoral degree in Business Administration from Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt and an LL.M. from the University of Muenster (both Germany).

Chris started his research career within Corus RD&T and Tata Steel R&D, working on industrial and steel related research and development. During this time, he developed his expertise in project management and fluid dynamics (both experiment modelling and computer simulation).

He has been with the Materials Processing Institute since its inception in 2014 and has achieved Chartered Engineer status with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. He has written and worked on multiple Innovate submissions and projects across various industries. Recently, he established the Institute’s Lithium-ion Battery recycling programme.

He has a Master of Engineering (Hons) in Aerospace Engineering and postgraduate Masters of Science in Management.

Claire Spooner is Deputy Director for the exciting £541 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.

The FBC aims to make the UK a science superpower for batteries. By supporting the UK’s world-class battery facilities along with growing and innovative businesses that are developing the battery supply chain for our future prosperity.  Claire works closely with key stakeholders to develop strategic interventions in response to industry challenges and commercial opportunities. She brings research and innovation knowledge to develop truly transformative academic, industry and investor collaborations and solutions. She works across the entire challenge, with a specific focus on our research agenda, comms and stakeholder engagement

Claire has held previous roles across UK Research and Innovation. At the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council she was Head of Decarbonising Transport and Head of Advanced Materials. These roles encompassed leading research domains, scoping new activities and commissioning. In the Economic and Social Research Council she led the Climate Change Priority, developing and commissioning thematic work on environmental and energy remits. These roles have helped inform her interdisciplinary approach.

Robert Stanek studied Business Management and Production Technology at the University of Stuttgart. He joined P3 in 2012 as an automotive consultant. Since 2017 Robert is Partner at P3 and responsible for e-mobility area with focus on electrified powertrain and storage systems and M&A projects. He spent the last 10 years in global battery and powertrain projects around the globe to support product development and industrialization of cell and battery production. His projects encompass among other things cost analysis of batteries,
technical benchmarking of e-powertrain components and charging technologies as well as strategic analysis’ in the field of electric mobility for OEMs, Tier supplier and Equipment Manufacturers. He is an expert in the field of product cost optimization and technical due diligence projects.

Selin Aria Tur is a MSc. degree electrical engineer working for CNH Industrial as their Vice President of Advanced Technologies and Innovations. She has spent over 20 years of her professional career in developing electric/electrified vehicle powertrains, components and systems for passenger and motorsport racing cars including Formula 1 and Formula E working for Williams Advanced Engineering, Mercedes HPP and AVL. Moving into commercial vehicle segment in 2018, her focus has been electrification of on-highway and off-highway vehicles for the first few years. In her current role, she leads overall technology development teams working on agricultural and construction vehicles.

• Background in System Engineering and Corporate Strategy
• 3 years as Strategy Analyst for Energy, Materials and Natural Resources @Dassault Systèmes
• 5 years as Global Battery Industry Consultant in charge of developing strategy, solution portfolio and supporting customer projects on Battery sector @Dassault Systèmes
• Member of the Digitalization Task Force for BatteRIes Europe (2020)
• Advisory board member of LiPLANET (2021)

David Voxlin is the global expert on sustainability and consumer decision behaviour at SKIM, a leading insights agency.  He advises Fortune 500 clients on their sustainability strategies through better understanding their customers and decision-making processes. David started his career at the World Wildlife Fund working on sustainability policy before entering research consultancy at LRW (now Material). He founded Craved, a foodtech startup selling locally produced craft food and drink in London before joining SKIM. David holds a MA in Political Theory from UCL, and an MSc in Demography from LSHTM.

Josey Wardle is the Innovation Lead for ZEV infrastructure at Innovate UK. She specialises in the infrastructure required to enable zero emissions transport, using experience gathered over 10 years working in the EV industry and her recent PhD investigating the future of EV charging. Josey currently manages the EV charging and V2G/V2X programmes of innovation projects funded by OZEV and BEIS. 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.

Samir Yajnik possesses over 30 years of experience in ER&D and Manufacturing in the Automotive, Aerospace and Heavy Engineering Industries, with a special emphasis on enabling, delivering and servicing e-mobility solutions. Samir currently heads and runs Electrodrive Powertrain Solutions Pvt. Ltd., or Electra EV for short, an independent EV Powertrain company since Oct 2018. Electra EV specializes in Design & Development, Engineering, Testing & Validating, Manufacturing and Servicing full EV Powertrain systems. Electra EV has already supplied EV Powertrains to more than 5000 Tata XPRES T and other electric vehicles running on Indian roads for the last three years. Recently, under Samir’s leadership, Electra EV developed and launched the new 96V Powertrain for the all-new Tata Ace EV for intra-city logistics. The ACE EV clocked more than 39,000 bookings in the first week after launch. The company has also launched it’s 350V EV Platform very recently and is looking to grow outside of India – in the UK, Europe and ASEAN markets. He is passionate about using ER&D which can create innovative products and then bringing them to the market with the potential to impact the world significantly. He has helped companies scale in ER&D and has mentored many startups both in India and overseas by strategizing, planning and creating consulting engineering & design solutions. His focus has been on improving existing capabilities, building new offerings and increasing efficiency. Before joining Electra EV, Samir worked with Tata Technologies for over 22 years as President & COO. Samir also launched Tata Technologies’ aerospace engineering services in the European region and served on the board of Tata HAL Technologies – an aerostructures-focused company. Earlier in his professional life, he founded a startup in the Engineering space in Singapore, later acquired by the Tatas. His recent forays have been in green energy initiatives, including guidance on standards in EV, EV infrastructure, battery technologies and alternative energy storage systems. An ardent advocate for accelerating the adoption of electric mobility, Samir is a member of the CII Western Region Task Force on Future Mobility (2022-2023) and a member of the’India CEO Forum for Clean Air under CII’s Cleaner Air Better-Life initiative and a founding member of the ER&D Council of NASSCOM for over 15 years, in which period he also served as Chairman of the ER&D Summit for three years.

Samir is a B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Bombay and has completed an MS in Mech. Engineering from the University of Mississippi and has completed a Corporate Finance Executive Program from London Business School.

Mustafa is a Principal Battery Engineer at Rimac Technology UK, where he leads several battery development projects for high-performance all-electric vehicles. He has over 12 years of product development experience in the automotive industry. After completing a BSc. Degree in Electrical Engineering in 2011, Mustafa joined Ford Motor Company in Turkey and started his career as a product development engineer. Later, while working on early Li-Ion battery research projects for automotive applications in Ford Research Centre Germany (2014-2016), Mustafa became convinced that he wanted to be fully involved in the all-electric future and joined Ricardo UK as a Senior Electrification Engineer in 2017. He then moved on to Cummins Electrified Power UK, where he was a Battery Chief Engineer (2018-2021) and responsible for launching Cummins’ first BEV energy storage product for the commercial vehicles market. After spending some time as Battery Chief Engineer in VinES (Vietnam), he eventually joined Rimac Technology UK in 2022.

Bob started at Hewlett-Packard in 1984.  During his 39 years with HP, Agilent, and now Keysight, Bob has been part of the company’s marketing and R&D organizations for power supplies, electronic loads, power analysers, data acquisition equipment, test systems and test software.  Now, as a solution architect, Bob is responsible to create Keysight’s EV testing solutions roadmap by researching customer and industry trends and developing plans to meet emerging customer needs. He was product manager for several generations of power supplies, including the first modular power system introduced by HP in 1989.  He has also managed Agilent’s power supply test systems business, wireless power business, and battery test systems business.

Bob holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA.