Bethan Carver - Head of Partnerships & Affinities - EDF Energy (confirmed)
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page topBenny Daniel - EV Market and Automotive Consultant - Frost & Sullivan (confirmed)
MBA (Marketing & HR) and B.Engineering (Mechanical)
Benny joined Frost & Sullivan in 2005 and is now a Consultant in the European Growth Consulting team, working across a electric vehicle market solutions for various automotive clients. His expertise and prior consulting experience spreads across a range of automotive sectors including suspension technologies, cabin air filters, diagnostic equipments, gear technology etc.
Benny has acted as lead analyst & consultant on various consultancy projects and now heads the Electric Vehicle research initiative at Frost & Sullivan.
Some of Benny’s most recent consulting projects include:
- Supplier selection and benchmarking suspension engineering capabilities for a leading Japanese OEM
- Facilitate and improve OEM’s technology communication strategy across Europe
- German OEM R&D benchmarking evaluation exercise
- Competitive Due Diligence exercise for an investment banking company with regard to diagnostic equipments
- Global Market entry Strategy for heavy duty engines – CV, Marine & off road app.
Benny has also authored several studies covering Diagnostic Equipments, mechanical handling and testing equipments, door modules apart from several white papers focussing on cabin air filters, Google’s entry into the automotive world, Fork Lifts, Comfort and Enhancement Systems etc.
Further to his profound interest in research, Benny’s strengths also involve a strong background in the engineering industry and marketing. Prior to his Masters degree, Benny worked as a Graduate engineer Trainee for Mahindra and Mahindra Pvt Ltd, a Vehicle manufacturing organisation in India for a period of 4 months, He was also extensively involved in advertising, project management and business development for Rediffusion DY&R - an advertising giant. His strong communication skills have enabled Frost & Sullivan to hold several key preliminary discussions with key players from the automotive world.
page topProfessor Neville Jackson (confirmed)
Group Technology Director - Ricardo UK Ltd.
Chairman - Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP)
Neville Jackson is currently Group Technology Director at Ricardo plc, He is responsible for developing the future vision of powertrain and related vehicle technology at Ricardo and for the strategy, planning and execution of research and development. He is Chairman of the UK Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership, a director of CENEX, the UK Centre of Excellence for Low Carbon Vehicles, a visiting Professor at the University of Brighton and a member of the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council Industry User Panel. He is also a member of the European Council for Automotive Research Programme Review Board and also held the position of Vice Chairman of the European Automotive Research Partners Association based in Brussels. His career has included 26 years at Ricardo focused on research and demonstration of a wide range of future prototype vehicles featuring advanced technologies.
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.
page topBarry Shrier - Founder - Liberty Electric Cars (confirmed)
Barry Shrier is a visionary pioneer; with a successful track record in launching new businesses that solve consumer needs with leading-edge technology innovations.
Focussing since 2007 on addressing Global Warming / Climate Change, his current venture is Liberty Electric Cars. Liberty designs and markets zero-emission cars - based on iconic British marques like the Range Rover re-engineered with highly-innovative electric motors and state-of-the-art nanotechnology batteries. Liberty transforms world famous, gorgeous British luxury cars – expertly upgraded into high performance cars with zero carbon footprint.
Barry is also the founder of The Zero-Emission Vehicle Foundation. The Foundation seeks sponsorship funds and in-kind support from large organisations, and creates a forum for companies involved in the zero emission space to exchange ideas and form partnerships, and compete more effectively for funding. The Foundation thus accelerates the growth and success of the electric car sector; stimulating a major reduction in greenhouse gases, and the transition to a sustainable economy.
Previously, Barry Shrier founded and managed two businesses, and a Deutsche Bank subsidiary, and brings substantial experience including full profit responsibility, cost control & credit management, budgeting and forecasting, personnel management and motivation, managing investor relations, negotiation, etc.
Barry was hired by Deutsche Bank to launch Paybox, the world’s first international mobile payment system. He was Managing Director for the UK and European spokesman for Paybox and a leading speaker on Mobile commerce.
Prior to Deutsche Bank, Barry worked for several strategic marketing consultancies where he developed his expertise in the application of cognitive psychology to understand consumer behaviour. He managed various international projects for Unilever, Guinness, Procter & Gamble, Mars and Nestle.
Barry speaks regularly at international events in Europe and North America on the subjects of the future of the auto industry, commercialising technology innovations, and consumer behaviour. He is recognised as a charismatic and admired public speaker known for delivering informative, entertaining, and provocative speeches, lecturing to MBA level and often being voted ‘Best Speaker’.
Barry was also the author of the published market research report ‘Wireless in London - Observations in 2002 on the status of high-speed Public Access WLAN’s’.
Barry is also a Non-Executive Director of the Washington DC based Leo Terra LLC; launching the world’s first global mobile broadband satellite network. As an active member of the Institute of Directors (I.O.D), Barry is a passionate promoter of entrepreneurial innovation.
Barry has an MSc in Philosophy from the London School of Economics, and a BA in Politics from Middlebury College, Vermont, USA.
page topJosh Steinmann - Vice President of Global Business Development - Better Place (confirmed)
Josh Steinmann is responsible for Better Place business development activities and special projects within Europe. His responsibilities include establishing public- and private-sector partnerships and agreements in key markets. He previously led the Better Place global development team during the company’s first year of operation. Steinmann is a founding member of Better Place and has been with the company since its official launch in 2007.
Before joining Better Place, Steinmann was Director of Global Business Development for Qualcomm, a leading wireless communications company. After joining Qualcomm in 1997, he held various positions in product management and global development. Most recently, he was responsible for working with mobile operators and mobile equipment manufacturers worldwide to promote the adoption of CDMA technology. His responsibilities included business development in Southeast Asia, founder and co-chair of a global standards forum, GHRC, and worldwide responsibility for the CDMA450 market. Steinmann is a graduate of Stanford’s Graduate School of Business and the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Check out the Better Place Website! page topCalvey Taylor-Haw - Managing Director - Elektromotive (confirmed)
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About ElektromotiveFounded in 2003, Elektromotive is the world’s leading provider of technology and engineering solutions for electric vehicle recharging stations. The company’s main product is the Elektrobay, a recharging station for on-street or multi-storey car park use. Based on the South Coast of the UK, in the City of Brighton and Hove, we are a small, efficient team dedicated to designing and installing leading edge technology for recharging electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. The first four years saw the development of the Elektrobay, our recharging station for on-street or multistorey car park installations. We think the Elektrobay is an exquisite, sophisticated piece of design engineering offering a safe and user friendly means of charging electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. We are sure you will agree.
The last two years has seen Elektromotive prove the product in the market place. Westminster, in the City of London has been this proving ground. The world has been watching with interest. 2008 saw the expansion of the Elektrobay recharging infrastructure rolled out over seven London Boroughs in 21 locations with more to follow. Proof indeed that we have achieved design excellence in a user friendly, world class package.
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