Dr. Kevin Austin
Head of Transport - London Mayoral Office
Kevin is both an economist and transport planner. He has worked in both the consultancy at government sectors. Prior to joining the GLA he was Deputy Director of the MVA London Office, where he was responsible for many of the London based projects. He is currently Head of Transport at the Greater London Authority and is responsible for advising the Mayor on all aspects of transport policy relevant to London.
page topLee Jeffcoat
Chief Engineer - New Business Development - Lotus Engineering
Lee Jeffcoat graduated from Coventry University in 1995 with a BA(hons) in Industrial Design (Transportation). In 1995, Mr. Jeffcoat joined Lotus as a Powertrain Designer and in 2002, he also helped establish the Powertrain Design Department for Lotus Engineering in Malaysia.
From 2005 – 2007, he was named Powertrain Chief Engineer for Lotus Engineering Malaysia. At the end of 2007, Mr. Leecoat returned back to Lotus Engineering UK as a Business Development Manager for Powertrains. He also became the Design Lead on Lotus’ performance and emission engine upgrade programme between 2008 and 2009. Recently, he has returned to business development for Lotus Engineering in the UK.
page topAlexandre Beaudet
Business Development Manager - EVO Electric
Researcher at Imperial Centre for Energy Policy and Technology
Alex Beaudet is a strategy and business development specialist with over 10 years experience in the energy and transport sector. He is currently advisor at EVO Electric, a developer of advanced electric motors and drives. Alex previously worked for Hydrogenics, a fuel cell system developer with close links to General Motors, and was strategy consultant at Mitsubishi Research Institute in Tokyo.
He holds a BSc from the University of Montreal, a Master’s in Economics from Hitotsubashi University (Tokyo), and is currently completing a PhD at Imperial College London. His research compares electric and hydrogen vehicles as future options for road transport.
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Director - E4tech Sustainable Energy Consulting
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page topDon Cochrane
Sales and Marketing Director - Tesla Motors
Don is Sales and Marketing Director for Tesla Motors in the UK and Ireland. He is also responsible for Tesla’s Business Development in the UK, Russia and the Middle East. Tesla is at the very forefront of the Electric Vehicle Industry and prides itself on developing and producing new technology along with working with governments and legislators to create real world initiatives that enable consumers to embrace zero emission personal transport.
After graduation, Don has had a successful career in media and marketing with a number of key automotive Brands, where he developed his expertise and his passion for new technologies and marketing to consumers. He was Production Director for Ogilvy London, Director for Formula One Management and Sales and Marketing Director for Th!nk .
page topDon Newton
Group Technical Director - Axeon Battery Technology
Axeon is Europe’s largest independent supplier of lithium-ion battery systems. They provide custom power solutions for electric and hybrid electric vehicles, power tools and mobile power. Don’s role at Axeon is to lead the technology development of the new generation of EV and HEV batteries. He joined Axeon in January 2008 from Delphi Diesel Systems where he was Chief Electronics Engineer responsible for all aspects of Diesel Fuel Injection Electronics Engineering. He was previously Director of Electronics at Ricardo Consulting Engineers and prior to this he held senior Electronics management positions with Motorola Automotive and Jaguar Cars Ltd. He holds an MSc in Electronics from Cranfield University and an MBA from the University of Warwick.
page top page topJonathan Shine, Managing Director - Lithium Force Europe (confirmed)
Jonathan Shine runs the European operations of Lithium Force, a US-based company specialising in electric vehicle supply chain solutions. The company owns and is invested in variety of entities in the supply chain for the deployment of electric vehicles including battery manufacturers, specialist designers and builders of battery packs (including BMS and CAN integration), recharging infrastructure specialists including fully-operational battery swap technology and a laboratory specialising in vehicle to grid (V2G) solutions.
The flagship project that Lithium Force is rolling out worldwide is its e-bus fleet operation, following the deployment of 50 all-electric buses for the Beijing Olympics, all equipped with exchangeable battery packs. The typical full battery exchange time per bus is 6just six minutes, less than the time it takes to refuel with diesel!) The buses have been integrated into the Beijing metropolitan bus service. Jonathan also runs a successful electric vehicle consultancy and sales company, Drivelectric, which he founded in 2001. With close to a decade of in-depth, real-world electric vehicle experience, Jonathan checks his passion for zero-emission vehicles with a refreshing sense of realism about what can really be achieved in the marketplace, given both demand-side inputs and the constraints of EV supply.
Jonathan recognises the need to be honest and realistic about the costs of EV deployment, and believes that large-scale EV adoption is possible, only when market-disruptive techniques are used to bring them to market such as the use of innovative financial instruments that allow the benefits of EV whole-of-life vehicle costs to be felt at the point of sale. Jonathan has a background in management and IT consultancy, a degree in economics and political thought from Manchester University and an Advanced Diploma in Sustainability from the University of Cambridge.
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