Andy Heiron (confirmed)
Head of Electric Vehicle Programme
Renault UK
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Manager, Automotive Consulting
Ricardo Strategic Consulting
Simon Arbuthnot is currently a manager at Ricardo Strategic Consulting and has received his professional education Cranfield School of Management, with specialism in Economics, Strategy and Finance. Simon has over 10 years of management experience with OEMs in automotive industry including Ford Motor Co and Lexus. He has been involved with a number of operations including:
- Sales and Marketing: Brand Management, Dealer Operations, Customer Acquisition & Retention as well as Pricing & Incentives
- Strategy Development and Implementation: Network & Distribution Strategy; Order Fulfilment; Constraints Management; Change Management
Simon has also been involved with key projects throughout his career which include:
- Technical and Operational Due Diligence of a global EV solutions company
- Operations & market entry strategy and business plan development for an electric vehicle manufacturer
- Market study and market entry strategy for a battery OEM
- Conducted various due diligence programmes in clean transport, electric vehicles and battery manufacturing segments
- Due Diligence, market studies and advanced transport technology studies for key EU institution
- Market entry and commercialisation strategy for two innovative, lower emissions, internal combustion engine manufacturers
- Transaction support for a UK Private Equity firm for clean transport investments
- Development of bio-fuels strategy for European investor
- Market studies and strategic advice on low carbon transport strategy and electric vehicles to commercial and not-for-profit organisations
- Development of “white papers” and delivery of conference papers on electric vehicles, clean energy, biofuels and low carbon transport
- Development of best in class product development processes for a Chinese OEM
- Development and implementation of European brand strategy for a premium OEM, including European hybrid launch strategy
- Development of econometric models to understand consumer Electric Vehicle buying behaviour and the impact of interventions (incentives, infrastructure, marketing spend etc)
- Programme management of complex, multi-national projects
Kate Armitage (confirmed)
Electric Vehicles Team Manager
EDF Energy
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Senior Automotive Consultant - Hybrid and EVs
Frost and Sullivan
Nick has worked closely with business planning functions, providing strategy guidance and market development support throughout his career.
In his previous role he was Product Planning Director at TRW with global responsibility for their £3 billion automotive steering business providing strategy guidance for their electric steering products. Prior to this Nick was responsible for leading Lucas/TRW’s developments in Advanced Driver Assistance Systems technologies including ACC and Lane Departure Warning and was instrumental in setting up a JV company with Thales for 77 GHz radar sensor development and production.
Nick has 13 years of automotive experience preceded by 23 years in Aerospace and Defence at British Aerospace and Lucas. As well as holding senior management positions in these corporations, Nick has been MD of EMM Computers, a technology start up company which exceeded $ 1 million turnover in its first year of operation.
Since joining Frost & Sullivan in 2004 Nick has been working closely with senior executives in the automotive domain developing their business and product strategy.
Sean Long (confirmed)
Automotive and Low Carbon Vehicle Sector, Senior Specialist
One North East Regional Development Agency
Sean Long is the Sector Senior Specialist for Automotive and Low Emission Vehicles for One North East Regional Development Agency. With over 25 years of experience in the automotive and supply chain related industry working for Global companies such as Caterpillar, Land Rover , BAE, Fisher Rosemount Controls and Miller. His roles within this industry have covered areas across the value chain from Managerial positions in Purchasing, Logistics, Manufacturing, Engineering, Product Planning, Marketing and Sales, along with Project Management and 6 Sigma Black Belt Management and deployment.
As the Automotive Sector Specialist Sean represents the Agency at National forum levels, notably the National Automotive Group (BIS), the Technology Strategy Board, ETI – Energy Technology Institute and leading trade associations in the UK SMMT (Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders), CEA (Construction Equipment Association).
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Business Development Manager
Th!nk EV
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