Speakers A-Z listings

A-Z Speaker List A-E

Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE, Space Scientist and Broadcaster

Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE is a space scientist whose passion is presenting science to a general audience. Her BBC 2 programme ‘Do We Really Need the Moon?’ earned Maggie the talkback Thames new talent award. She is currently Presenter of BBC 4’s ‘Sky at Night’. Maggie studied at Imperial College where she obtained her degree in Physics and PhD in Mechanical Engineering.

Jorge Asensio López, Product Manager and Alternative Propulsions Business Lead for UK & Ireland, IVECO

Jorge has covered various roles for IVECO, managing the TCO products portfolio, as well as connectivity and repair and maintenance services for the brand. He holds a master’s degree in Industrial Engineering and a degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Denise Beedell, Public Policy Manager, Logistics UK

Denise joined Logistics UK in August 2018 from the Federation of Small Businesses, where she was Development Manager for Greater London and led on Transport, Environment and Crime policy issues in the capital. She helps to deliver Logistic UK’s urban and environmental logistics policy agenda, in particular its policy work on vans.

Tim Campbell, Managing Director - Campbells Consultancy

Tim has over 35 years’ experience exclusively working in the light and heavy commercial vehicle sector on a global scale, helping many of the household names from OEM’s, Tier 1 and finance institutions his consultancy and training company operates around the world offering insights into the various aspects of the commercial vehicle sector, particularly looking at the autonomy, connectivity and zero emission vehicles. Tim holds Galileo Master Certificate in Electric Vehicles from the European Energy Centre. Speeches and moderator engagements in the last 12 months include Urban Freight Alexandra Palace London, CV Show Chennai India, Green Truck Show Indianapolis USA and CV Forum Pune India.

David Cebon, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director of the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight, Centre for Sustainable Road Freight, University of Cambridge

David Cebon, PhD, FREng, FIMechE is the Director of the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight. He is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering in Cambridge University Engineering Department. Professor Cebon has authored or co-authored many papers on dynamics, safety, manoeuvrability and fuel consumption of heavy vehicles. He has also published on road and bridge response and damage, and advanced suspension design for heavy vehicles. Prof Cebon has been the Principal Investigator of numerous EPSRC grants and other projects from sponsors including Innovate UK and from EU and US sources.

Chris has been a Fleet Management Consultant for over 22 years and has always has had a strong focus on environmental fleet management and vehicle technologies. Pushing the agenda for cleaner vehicles and more efficient methods of transport has been at the heart of his time in the industry working with organisations such as The Energy Saving Trust, Go Ultra Low and the BVRLA. In 2015 he won the Energy Saving Trust’s Green Fleet Hero of the Year award. At Lex Autolease, Chris set up the plug-in vehicle proposition which has resulted in the Lex Autolease plug-in fleet size increasing to over 22,500 vehicles, and the introduction of a Hydrogen Fuel Cell vehicle. He works closely with customers developing their environmental strategies, and has helped some fleets reach over 40% zero emission vehicle penetration.

Graeme Cooper, Head of Future Markets, National Grid

Graeme leads National Grid’s work on transport decarbonisation enabling the journey to net-zero transport (Road, Rail, Aviation and Maritime). With over a decade in communications infrastructure and over a decade in zero carbon electricity, Graeme is a well-known and highly respected energy industry expert.

Leon Daniels OBE, ITT Hub’s Chair and Vice President of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

Leon Daniels served as Managing Director, Surface Transport at Transport for London until 2017. Before joining TfL, Leon built and sold his own venture-capital backed bus business to FirstGroup plc, a FTSE 100, multinational transport business. He also held the position of Commercial Director at First UK Bus, overseeing new ventures in UK and international transport. Leon is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Transport, an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Couriers and a Member of the Court of the Worshipful Company of Carmen.

John Comer, Head of Product Management UK and Ireland, Volvo Trucks

John graduated from Hatfield Polytechnic with a BSc mechanical engineering with automotive design. He initially worked for Bass Brewers, Burton-upon-Trent in 1985 involved with fleet engineering and vehicle specifications before joining Volvo Trucks in 1989. Since then, he has held various positions within Volvo Trucks – including Mitsubishi Canter Product Manager and in 2002 became Product Manager for Volvo Trucks – UK & Ireland, before taking up his current Group role in 2015.

Mark Cracknell, Head of Connected and Automated Mobility, Zenzic

Mark joined Zenzic in 2018, he leads on technology and the UK Connected and Automated Mobility Roadmap to 2030 to establish an industry-wide view of the future. He previously worked at TfL, supporting the London connected and automated testbed amongst other Surface Transport roles. Mark is a Chartered Engineer and has a first-class degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Southbank University.

Andy Eastlake, Chief Executive Officer, Zemo Partnership

Andy was a founding member of Zemo Partnership in 2003, appointed Managing Director in 2012 and Chief Executive Officer in June 2021. Andy built his career in vehicle engineering, focussing on advanced fuel economy and emissions testing. He was formerly Group Head of Commercial and Projects at Millbrook Proving Ground.

Philip Eystein Fjeld, Chief Executive Officer, CNG Fuels

Philip has worked in the gas industry for the past 20 years. He co-founded CNG Fuels in 2014. CNG Fuels develops, owns, and operates large, public access biomethane refuelling stations. The stations are used by HGVs and the company is in the process of building a nationwide network of refuelling stations.

Michelle Gardner, Acting Deputy Public Policy Director, Logistics UK

Michelle leads on policy areas including the environment, connected and autonomous vehicles and the strategic road network. Michelle has a background in both policy and public affairs and prior to joining Logistics UK, she was Environmental Manager at the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Previously she worked for the British Retail Consortium, first leading on public affairs and then on employment and health and safety policy.

Steve Gooding, Director, RAC Foundation

Steve is Director of the RAC Foundation, an independent charitable think-tank that commissions and disseminates research relating to motoring. Recent reports have covered topics including the safety of older drivers, the number of speeding offences detected by different police forces, and the condition of the nation’s road bridges. Steve took over at the Foundation in 2015 after a long civil service career encompassing many transport-related roles, latterly as Director General for Roads, Traffic & Local at the Department for Transport. Steve is a fellow of the CIHT, President of the CILT, a trustee of the Rees Jeffreys Road Fund, a regular columnist in Highways magazine and commentator on transport issues in the media.

Kevin Green, Marketing & Communications Director, Logistics UK

Kevin Green is the Marketing & Communications Director for Logistics UK – one of the biggest business groups in the UK: supporting, shaping and standing up for safe and efficient Logistics. Kevin has worked in Communications leadership roles for a number of large corporates including Capita, Logica, Mitie, Balfour Beatty, KPMG and PwC.

Peter Harris, Vice President, International Sustainability, UPS

Peter Harris began his UPS career in 1989 in Automotive and was promoted to Automotive Director for the UK in 1997. In 2005, Peter took an assignment with Corporate Compliance, developing and implementing a system to manage regulatory compliance outside the U.S. Peter moved into sustainability in 2011 when he accepted the role of Sustainability Director for Europe and in 2019, took on global responsibilities as International Sustainability Director. In addition to his UPS responsibilities, Peter is also a director of the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership, a publicprivate entity in the UK whose purpose is to accelerate the shift to low carbon vehicles and fuels.

Trudy Harrison MP, Parliamentary UnderSecretary, Department for Transport

Prior to her election as the MP for Copeland in 2017, she worked at Sellafield as a technical clerk before setting up a childcare business. After a career break, she joined Copeland Borough Council, latterly as Community Regeneration Officer. In 2013 she left to become a Programme Manager for investors in renewable energy.

Richard Jinks, VP Commercial - Oxbotica

Richard is the VP of Commercial at Oxbotica, responsible for developing strategic partnerships to expand the deployment of Oxbotica’s Universal Autonomy software platform. Heading up the commercial team, Richard’s focus is overseeing Oxbotica’s commercial engagements with current and future strategic partners, new product development as well as identifying new market opportunities. Richard joined Oxbotica from global insurer AXA XL, where he served as Global Head of Portfolio Solutions. Richard established their global autonomy programme, leading AXA XL’s partnership with Oxbotica. The programme’s focus was the assessment of the risks associated with autonomy, as well as providing solutions for AXA XL’s clients to accelerate the adoption of autonomous vehicle technology.

Phil Lloyd, Head of Engineering Policy, Logistics UK

Phil took up the role in June 2018, having spent most of his career working for the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA). He served his apprenticeship in Motor Vehicle Engineering in Manchester and joined what is now DVSA as a vehicle examiner, spending over 30 years with in a wide range of operational roles, including Auditing, Training and vehicle certification. For the last 13 of his years with DVSA Phil held a variety of senior management positions including; Head of Operations, Head of Policy, Head of Strategy & Planning and Head of Transformation, over that time leading the implementation of their Testing Transformation project, developing their Roadside Enforcement Strategy. Before joining the Logistics UK Phil was a self-employed contractor, providing technical training for MOT testers and consultancy to the Authorised Testing Facilities Operators Association (ATFOA); designing and developing a testing solutions strategy, which was supported by the Logistics UK as well as the other main Transport Trade Associations.

Merisa Lee Gimpel, Managing Director, Head of Working Capital Solution Development, Lloyds Bank

Merisa has over 15 years of experience in commercial banking, with a focus on product development and improving customer journeys. Merisa sits on the International Trade & Forfaiting Association (ITFA) Fintech Committee, the ICC UK Banking Committee and the BAFT Innovation Council. Prior to joining Lloyds Bank in 2018, Merisa was most recently Product Head of Supply Chain Finance at Citi for the European, Middle East and African region.

Lorna McAtear, Fleet Manager - National Grid

2021 Barbara Cox woman of the year winner, Lorna joined E.ON as an IT Project Manager before moving to the fleet team to head up groupwide telematics and carbon reduction projects, subsequently being appointed Commercial Vehicle Manager. Having worked in Germany on a global fleet project she returned to the UK and joined Royal Mail in 2014. Whilst there she led on the Optimise Prime project, the largest commercial electric vehicle project in the UK. In August 2019 she joined National Grid as Fleet Manager. She holds an international CPC, is a regular and respected contributor at industry conferences and round tables and is a judge for the Commercial Fleet awards.

Steven Meersman, Founder Director Zenobe Energy

Steven is one of the Founders of Zenobe. He leads the EV team which aims to make the ecologically sustainable option also the financially sustainable one for fleet operators. In addition he’s responsible for Delivery, Operations and Product teams. Prior to Zenobe, Steven spent nearly two decades between battery and traded energy commodity markets. He was a Global Head of Deals Desk at Trafigura where he led the commercial optimisation and market risk management teams. He started his career in batteries as part of the team that set up AES Energy Storage (now Fluence) Outside Zenobe, Steven advises the management at Contrarian Ventures, a venture capital fund investing in early stage energy transition start-ups in the Baltics. He is married with one daughter and when time permits enjoys the performing arts. He holds an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University and electrical, mechanical and industrial engineering degrees from the Catholic University of Louvain.

Richard Parker, UKI EV Lead, Webfleet Solutions

With over 20 years’ experience in the fleet industry, he specialises in improving fleet performance through data and digital solutions. He helps fleets successfully navigate the transition to more sustainable transport solutions. Recently named in GreenFleet’s Top 100 ‘most influential people’ he has received an EV Champion award for his work.

Phil Roe, President, Logistics UK

Phil Roe is Chief Customer Officer, DHL Supply Chain with responsibility for leading the Sales, Marketing and Customer Experience agenda for the UKI. Phil has substantial experience of supply chain leadership across multiple customers, sectors and geographies, with 30 years’ experience in a variety of senior leadership and operational roles and functional experience in marketing, new product development and sales. Phil is an Economics graduate; a member of DHL’s International Business Leader Program and recently completed a mini MBA at Salford Business School.

Andrew Scott, Head of Electric Mobility, Renault Trucks UK and Ireland

Andrew Scott leads Renault Trucks’ electric mobility activity, developing customerled product plans and working with Government and other stakeholders to inform their decarbonisation ambitions. He has led the innovation of Renault Trucks’ vehicles and brings service partners alongside these to help map the most viable and sustainable transition to zero carbon transport solutions.

Adam Simmons, Director of Future Road Investment Strategies and Government Relations, National Highways

Leading National Highways’ work to prepare for Road Period 3 (2025-2030), he is responsible for producing evidence and plans to support its programme of work for operating, maintaining and improving motorways and major A-roads during this period and beyond.

David Wells OBE, Chief Executive, Logistics UK

David is Chief Executive of Logistics UK, one of the biggest business groups in the UK, and the only organisation which represents all of logistics. With more than 18,000 members from the road, rail, sea and air industries, as well as the buyers of freight services such as retailers and manufacturers, the members of Logistics UK operate more than half of the UK fleet of HGVs, and consign over 90% of freight moved by rail, and 70% of air and sea freight.