Adam Ruddle is responsible for the design, development and delivery of the innovative autonomous Ultra Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system operating to great acclaim at Heathrow Airport. The 21 electric, low energy, battery-powered, computer-driven, driverless, zero emissions vehicles, each carrying four people (and luggage), travel on a separate guideway from Terminal 5 to the T5 Business Car Park.

A second, larger Ultra PRT system (240 vehicles) is being installed at Amritsar, India. Adam is responsible for pursuing offshoring of the vehicle manufacturing to India. He is also tasked with Ultra business development around the world, predominantly in India and North America.

Adam has a wealth of engineering experience gained in consultancy and inhouse with blue chip brands such as Prodrive, Cosworth and Rover. During his career he has been responsible for designing everything from an electric milk float to an amphibious sports car.

Andreas Schamel was appointed Managing Director of the European Ford Research Center based in Aachen, Germany, as well as Chief Engineer Powertrain Research & Advanced Engineering Europe, effective 1st February 2009. In addition to his position as MD, he will assume the lead role as site manager of the Ford Research Center Aachen and have overall responsibility for the operational business.

Prior to his current assignment, Andreas was the Chief Engineer, Engine Research, Research & Advanced Engineering for Ford Motor Company, based in Dearborn, Michigan, USA.  His responsibilities included the research, advanced development and testing associated with gasoline and diesel engines for North America, as well as the lead for hydrogen internal combustion engine fleet and research. Previous to this, Andreas was Manager Gasoline Powertrain R&A Europe, based in Cologne, Germany, also leading the development of gasoline direct injection technology for Ford.

Andreas has been with Ford since 1987, starting in component analysis computer-aided engine engineering in the company's Merkenich Development Centre in Cologne. His background in engines spans 21 years, with primary qualifications in Mechanical Engineering, an M.Sc. in Advanced Automotive Engineering and a PhD focusing on valve spring dynamics, both from Loughborough University of Technology, England. During his professional career, Andreas has had an ongoing strong linkage to technology development and evolved a passion to bring new concepts to fruition.

Dr Anthony Thomson is Vice President of Business Development and Marketing at Qualcomm, with broad responsibility for the company's Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging (WEVC) business interests, driving growth and operations on a global scale. Anthony joined Qualcomm in October 2011 after the acquisition of HaloIPT’s technology. As founding Chief Executive of HaloIPT, Anthony led efforts to commercialise Auckland University’s wireless power technology. He was responsible for securing venture funding, developing the company’s business strategy, and building its technology and management teams before the acquisition by Qualcomm.

Prior to HaloIPT, Anthony worked at a number of multinational corporations, investment banks and research institutions. Most recently he led the commercialisation of novel wireless power technologies at Auckland UniServices in New Zealand. Previously he worked at NYSE-LIFFE in strategy and business development roles.

Anthony holds an MBA from Cranfield School of Management in the UK and Masters and Doctoral degrees from Otago University, New Zealand. He is a member of the Institute of Directors.

Dr Ashley Kells - Intelligent Energy

Ashley holds a degree in Automotive Engineering and a doctorate following research into the development and optimisation of control systems for hybrid vehicle powertrains.

Following work in fuel cell system development at Intelligent Energy, Ashley moved into the programme management space and currently holds the position of Head of Programmes.

Ashley is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

Ashutosh Shastri is the founder of EnerStrat Consulting- a London-based strategy-policy and technology advisory practice in the energy-carbon and cleantech markets. Ashutosh has successfully advised leading international energy companies, private equity and venture funds, international policy institutions and on occasion governmental clients since setting up EnerStrat Consulting in the spring of 2003.

Prior to starting EnerStrat, Ashutosh was an expert consultant in the global energy practice of McKinsey and Company, based in London and in Mumbai between the years 1995 and 2003, where he advised primarily energy and industrial clients in the areas of corporate finance and strategy, operations, organisation and marketing. He has also worked as an engineer setting up energy projects as well as in institutionalising quality management practices on industrial shop floors in India.

Ashutosh is an electrical engineering graduate of The Victoria Jubilee Technological Institute, University of Mumbai, and maintains a keen interest in international affairs, especially the geo-politics of global energy: he is actively involved with the Sustainable Development Programme of Chatham House in London. Ashutosh is a member of the Clean Fossil Fuel Systems Committee of the World Energy Council (WEC) and enjoys the rare distinction of representing two national member committees in the WEC - the UK and India. He is also a member of the Energy Institute and The Institute of Directors in the UK and a Liveryman in the Worshipful Company of Fuellers.

Azhar Hussain - With a background is in consumer electronics and telecoms Azhar Hussain is the founder and CEO of TTXGP, the eGrandPrix; the world’s first and leading championship for electric motorsport; a platform for thought leadership and disruptive innovation.  Providing solutions to the energy challenges, TTXGP is a valuable R&D tool for innovation and advances in technology that will help power the industry on beyond the track. Using motorcycles as a platform for new ideas, TTXGP provides an ecosystem from which to test, prove and ultimately market the technologies of the future with a cost effective development platform.

To encourage participation in TTXGP, Azhar launched manufacturing company Mavizen and produced its first prototype race motorcycle TTX01 in 2008 to prove the concept and lay down the gauntlet to innovators world over. Its successor, TTX02 was launched in November 2009  to give potential participants a chance to acquire a proven platform that they can develop themselves to make it competitive and unique to them.  Mavizen has subsequently worked with a number of partners developing a product line that is being utilised in cars and energy storage solutions as well as on the track.
"Whilst the challenges still keep coming we look to 2013 with a sense of optimism and purpose. I am proud that we  remain true to our mission to be a positive force for change on and beyond the track. From the start, TTXGP has been a growing movement for technical innovation. We have created a timely social pact with motorsport by challenging the perception that embracing the environment and thrilling road racing are mutually exclusive. They are absolutely not."  Azhar Hussain.

Courtenay Heading is Inward Investment Adviser – Technologies, for the Isle of Man Government.  The Isle of Man is home to numerous cleantech companies and the Government helped initiate TTZero, a zero emissions motor cycle race which takes place annually within the world-renowned TT Races.

Previously, Courtenay was a Founder Director of Bladon Jets, an Isle of Man company which has developed a jet turbine with applications in the automotive industry as a range extender for electric vehicles.  Bladon Jets was Courtenay's fourth start-up since 1985.  Tata Motors acquired a stake in Bladon Jets in 2010 and is actively supporting the company in automotive markets (via Tata’s ownership of Jaguar Land Rover) and also in distributed power generation applications.

Caroline Watson has worked at the Energy Saving Trust since 2007 as a transport specialist. She has written reports on the impacts of policy on travel behaviour (aviation and the uptake of low-carbon vehicle technologies), and has led a number of projects on a range of issues from car labelling, smarter driving and electric vehicles. Caroline regularly speaks at conferences and events and has been interviewed by, and has written for, a number of publications including the Guardian, New Business magazine and the Automotive World blog.

Caroline has a Masters degree in Environmental Politics. Her areas of expertise include
low-carbon transport, electric vehicles and smarter driving.

David Martell was the founder of the £100 million public company Trafficmaster Plc, which he successfully managed and grew as CEO for sixteen years. He has significant experience in the transport industry, and his knowledge in managing the setting up and running of a countrywide network infrastructure is unrivalled.

Over the last two years David has pulled together a talented and experienced team of industry experts to enable Chargemaster to create the worldwide benchmark for high technology charging equipment to meet the demands of low carbon motoring in the decades ahead.

David was appointed by the UK Government to be an advisor to the Department for Transport from 1995 until 2000. He holds numerous patents relating to advanced automotive infrastructure.

Dr Dominic Emery is Chief Development Officer for BP Alternative Energy, which was created at the end of 2005 and now comprises biofuels, wind and corporate ventures, with a plan to invest $8 billion in alternative energy over ten years.  Dominic's current responsibilities include corporate venture investment, strategy and investor relations for Alternative Energy.

Dominic is a graduate of Oxford and Cambridge Universities and has worked for BP since 1986. He has held positions in BP’s Exploration and Production Division, in Asia and the Middle East, and also in the UK North Sea. Dominic has led gas and power business development in the UK and Northern Europe, as well as running power and utility assets at BP industrial sites. Since joining Alternative Energy in 2007, he has been Commercial Director, Chief of Staff before moving to his current role in 2012. Dominic has jointly published two books and more than 20 papers.

Dr Graham Cooley joined ITM Power as CEO in 2009. Prior to that, he was Business Development Manager at National Power plc and spent eleven years in the power industry developing energy storage and generation technologies.

Before joining ITM Power, Graham was CEO of Sensortec Ltd, founding CEO of Metalysis Ltd, a spin-out of Cambridge University, and founding CEO of Antenova Ltd.

Francis Wright is a co-founder of Turquoise International, a merchant bank focusing on energy and the environment. He was a founder director of Controlled Power Technologies, a developer of micro-hybrid automotive components, and has advised several companies in the transport fuels sector, including Gasrec, Vireol and Bronzeoak.

Francis previously worked in a range of investment banking roles at Merrill Lynch, RBS and Close Brothers Corporate Finance.

Javier de Rocafort is currently Strategic Advisor to Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild and CEO of Balmoral Capital Partners and Corporalia Investments. He also serves on the Boards of a number of companies in the US, India, UAE and Spain as well as four family offices including CrossHill Capital, the Entrepreneurs Fund (Barcelona-based, early stage venture capital fund),  Mavizen, TTXGP e-GrandPrix, Zebasolar, Lumetech, Sheffield International, IFR Automotive and IFR Engineering, Sun Racing Engineering and Genetrix. Javier is  Chairman of The Quimera Project (strategic sustainability projects for urban and metropolitan areas).

Javier has 20 years' experience in the private wealth and investment banking industry at top executive positions at Banco Santander, BNP-Paribas, A&G (Banque Cantonale de Vaud), and has worked in several countries (US, Switzerland, France, Spain and the UK).

John Butt founded Conduit Ventures in 2001 and has overall responsibility for the strategic direction of the Conduit Ventures funds. Prior to CVL, he worked at Citigroup, Price Waterhouse International Privatization Group and Bank of England based in the UK, North America, EU, Central and Eastern Europe. John has a degree in biochemistry from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland and an MBA from Kenan-Flagler Business School of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Jerneja Loncar leads theEuropean efforts of General Motors’ corporate venturing unit out of London. GM Ventures invests in automotive cleantech, smart materials, infotainment and business model innovations.

Jerneja joined GM in 2008 and worked on corporate transformation initiatives. Her background is in business development and strategy in automotive industry and financial services. She has worked in Europe, the USA and Asia and received her MBA from NYU, Stern School of Business and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Dr Ke Gang Wu has been a leading British expert offering independent market advice and consultancy on China for UK/China businesses for more than ten years. He has been Chief China Adviser of the British Chambers of Commerce since 2008 and is their Executive Director for Link2China. Hundreds of UK companies have used his services in areas of import and outsourcing, manufacturing, market strategy and joint ventures.

Dr Wu also advises and sets up trade and investment projects for Chinese companies in the UK. He advises on international relationships for local governments and was instrumental in setting up projects such as the Liverpool/Shanghai twinning in 1999. He has undertaken international projects for various government departments and international organisations in the UK, Canada, Hong Kong, Nepal and China.

Before 2008 Dr Wu was founding Director & Managing Consultant of ChinaLink, Director of International Trade Division and a Senior Manager of Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, and Chairman of the Liverpool China Committee. Prior to his economic work he had a distinguished career in higher education and scientific research on geographical and environmental subjects with the University of Liverpool and South China Normal University.

Dr Kevin Lindsey, Engineering Director of Axion, is responsible for whole vehicle design and manufacture and has extensive experience in the automobile sector. He began by leading major research programmes for BMW and Rover Group that were investigating new vehicle architectures for the future passenger vehicles and light trucks. The programmes encompassed aluminium, steel and composite components, including carbon fibre composite components.

Since then Kevin has had a number of senior roles at Aston Martin and Lotus, and has also been responsible for the design, development and manufacture of the Gibbs Aquada special purpose vehicle. He also has particular experience in quality tools, including FMEA, decision analysis and fault finding.

Dr.-Ing. Sae Hoon Kim is the Principal Research Engineer at Hyundai Motor Company, based in South Korea. He is also the Manager of the Fuel Cell Stack Development division of Hyundai Motor Company.

Prior to joining Hyundai Motor Company in 2008, Dr. Kim had an extensive career in research institutions in both Europe (at the Lehrstuhl fuer technische Thermodynamik, RWTH-Aachen, Germany) and in Asia (at KIST - the Korean Institute of Science and Technology).

Kit Malthouse - After completing his degree in politics and economics at Newcastle, Kit qualified as a Chartered Accountant with an international firm in the City of London. Since then Kit's life has been split between his family, his business and London politics.

In 1998 he was elected to Westminster City Council. Kit's first major job on the Council was to head up the Social Services department, dealing with the elderly, disabled, children and vulnerable people. During his time in the department he initiated a number of radical policy initiatives, most notably more than halving the number of street homelessness in the City, and steered the Department towards achieving the highest marks in the country from the Social Services Inspectorate.

Kit was then elected as Deputy Leader of the Council and was appointed Cabinet member for Finance by Sir Simon Milton, the Council Leader. During the five years he remained in this job he increased council reserves by more than £50m, delivered one of the lowest council tax levels in the country, and was part of the team that kept Westminster at the top of the league tables throughout.

Mark Henderson, Investment Director of LDC, is responsible for sourcing and completing transactions in the £2million - £100million equity range. Mark joined LDC in 2011 and leads the cleantech and environmental sector coverage in London.

Previously Mark worked at Investec in London, where he was head of the Power and Renewable Energy team. His transaction experience encompasses numerous equity, mezzanine and project financings (both large and small) across the globe, and he has published many industry articles. Before this, Mark was an energy banker at Société Générale and Dresdner Kleinwort Benson.

Mark has an Honours Degree from the University of Reading.

Dr Martin Dare-Edwards is UK Country Manager for Infineum's southern Oxfordshire-based Business and R&D operations. Infineum is a world-leading developer, formulator, manufacturer and marketer of petroleum additives for the fuels and lubricants industry, whose products are used in one in three vehicles across the globe. All Infineum's product developments are aimed at reducing the environmental impact of transportation.

Starting with Shell, Martin has 29 years of experience in petroleum and petrochemical R&D, including product and manufacturing process development. He was Chairman of the Oxfordshire LEP during its all-important and highly successful start-up phase.

Martin’s wide and diverse network creates many new and exciting 'dot-joining' opportunities to further UK enterprise, especially in high tech business sectors. In recognition of his success in catalysing innovation and enterprise in Oxfordshire, Martin has become one of the UKTI's global network of Business Catalyst Ambassadors, promoting the UK as the international business partner of choice.

Martin has also joined the Scientific Advisory Board for the novel crowdsourcing business, Marblar, aiming to exploit commercial value from dormant intellectual property. He has also recently been invited to join a re-established Advisory Board for the University of Oxford's Chemistry Department.

Martin Hale is the Head of Marketing  & Sales for UK and Ireland for EV Charging Infrastructure at ABB. ABB acquired Dutch company Epyon Power, one of the world's leading ultra fast charging solutions providers, on 1st July 2011 and changed its name to ABB in August. ABB’s Terra range of rapid electric vehicle chargers are web-connected, intelligent, with the capability to rapidly charge two cars simultaneously in under 20 minutes. As the global electric vehicle market for cars and commercial vehicles looks set to grow substantially, Terra charging stations address two of the most significantly perceived barriers to growth in the low carbon vehicle market – range anxiety and a lack of fast-charging infrastructure.

Prior to his current position, Martin also gained experience from the operators' perspective. He helped develop various brands including Canon, Chelsea Building Society, e2save (Carphone Warehouse), Eastern Electricity (now eOn), IBM, ICI, Sandoz and Toyota.

Minister Norman Baker MP, Department of Transport, was appointed in May 2010 by the new Coalition Government. His responsibilities include regional and local transport, buses and taxis - including concessionary fares, walking and cycling, accessibility and equalities, and alternatives to travel.

Norman was born in Aberdeen and raised in Hornchurch, where heattended the Royal Liberty School in Gidea Park before going on to earn a BA degree in German from the University of London. Prior to entering the House of Commons in 1997, he had a variety of jobs, including periods as an executive for Our Price Records and as an English teacher. He also served as a local councillor in East Sussex before becoming Leader of Lewes District Council in 1991.

In recent years Norman has held a number of portfolios in the Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet, including Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office, Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Shadow Secretary of State for Transport.

Patrick Head graduated from University College London in 1970 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He immediately joined the chassis manufacturer, Lola, in Huntingdon and in 1976 was approached by Frank Williams to spearhead the design department of what became, the following year, Williams Grand Prix Engineering. In 1978, the Patrick Head-designed FW06 made its race debut. The FW07 came next and the car took the first of the team’s 113 wins at the 1979 British Grand Prix. Four more victories followed that season, resulting in Williams finishing 9th in the Constructors’ Championship.

Patrick’s 1980 car took Alan Jones and the team to both world titles, securing Williams' position as a front-runner. As more success followed in the ’80s, Patrick moved away from designing the cars himself and created the role of Technical Director. He oversaw the processes of design, construction, racing and testing, bringing together all of the different disciplines.

In 1986, following Frank Williams’ road car accident, Patrick was forced to assume control of the team. Under his temporary stewardship, the team secured the Constructors’ titles in 1986 and both the Constructors' and Drivers’ titles (with Nelson Piquet) in ’87. In 1990 Williams hired engineer Adrian Newey. He and Patrick rapidly formed the outstanding design partnership of the decade, with their cars achieving a level of dominance never previously seen, and not repeated until the Ferrari/Schumacher era a decade later. In the seven year period between 1991 and ’97, Williams took 59 race wins, five Constructors’ titles and four Drivers’ titles.

The company continued to expand over the following years and Patrick changed his role from Technical Director to Director of Engineering: on 31st December 2011 he stepped down from the WGPH Board of Directors. He will continue as a Board Director of Williams Hybrid Power Limited, a subsidiary of the F1 team that develops and produces hybrid technologies.

Dr Peter Bonfield joined BRE in 1992 as a Senior Scientific Officer, progressing to Director of the Timber Division and then Managing Director of BRE's Construction Division. He became Chief Executive of BRE in January 2007, and on 2nd January this year was appointed Chief Executive of the BRE Group of companies. A materials engineer with a PhD in wind energy and the design of turbine blades, Peter's focus as BRE's Chief Executive is to drive innovation and improve sustainability across all sectors.

Peter has led major initiatives in the areas of new build and existing housing, as well as in commercial and public sector buildings. The award-winning BRE Innovation Park, designed to give a glimpse of how the future delivery of sustainable buildings and communities can be achieved, was Peter's brainchild. It has had a significant impact on the UK and the global sustainability arena since its inception in 2005. Since mid 2006 Peter has been on part-time secondment to the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), where he has helped create the sustainable development strategy for the Olympics and support its delivery.

To enhance the delivery of a new research resource for the built environment and to ensure that BRE has access to world class research and expertise, Peter has been instrumental in establishing University Partnerships with Strathclyde (energy), Cardiff (design and engineering) and Bath (materials) Universities. He is a Visiting Professor at Bath University, where he has also been awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Engineering, and is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (FICE), a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIOMMM) and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building (FCIOB). Peter fulfils a number of additional roles including representation on

•    Low Carbon Construction Innovation Growth Review Team
•    Modern Built Environment Knowledge Transfer Network Industrial Steering Group
•    National Platform (the industry group representing priority construction research needs to Government)
•    East of England Science and Industry Council
•    NHBC Foundation Advisory Board
•    Building Hub (Board Director)
•    Smartlife (Director)

Quentin Willson's career began respectably enough by studying English Literature under Philip Larkin, but after university he ‘went completely off the rails’ and started up a car dealership selling ancient Ferraris and Maseratis. Which is how he amassed his now famous knowledge of everything on four wheels and made him unique among motoring pundits. Quentin’s expertise is very real as he is the only car commentator who has bought and sold literally thousands of cars. He first came to the public’s attention in the early nineties as deputy editor of the only magazine devoted solely to second-hand motors, Buying Cars, and was soon poached by the BBC to co-host Top Gear with Jeremy Clarkson. For a decade he appeared every week on Top Gear, routinely exposing shoddy service and poor product, educating car buyers on how to beat the system as well as pressurising the industry to lower new car prices in the UK.

Quentin also presented his own classic car series, The Car’s The Star, along with the first property show to talk about money, All The Right Moves, both for the BBC. He then left Top Gear to present Channel Five’s rival motoring programme, Fifth Gear. While at Five he created the Britain’s Worst Driver format, which was nominated for best reality show in the coveted Montraux Golden Globe Awards, and a raft of Worst derived shows followed.

Today the Worst format is now an international brand and has been televised in 30 different countries. Quentin has also presented many other shows, including How to Fail Your Driving Test, The Biggest Car Fraud in The World and Television’s Most Shameful Moments. A familiar face on most channels, he regularly appears on BBC Breakfast, GMTV, Panorama, Watchdog, Tonight, This Morning, Richard and Judy and most news and current affairs programmes.

Quentin’s voice is almost as recognisable as his face and he has narrated Driving School, War and Piste, Cops Uncut, How To Live Longer, as well as network TV ads for Barclays Bank, Car Phone Warehouse, Kelloggs, Pacelforce, Shell Optimax, Black and Decker and Tic Tac. He is also a Bafta Judge and Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts. Quentin pens regular columns for The Sunday Mirror and Classic Cars Magazine as well writing for scores of other newspapers and periodicals. He has also written ten motoring books.

Dr Rob Wylie has focused on the clean technology investment area for over 20 years and is a Founder Partner of WHEB Partners. WHEB began as an award-winning clean technology incubator and corporate finance group in 1995 before evolving into WHEB Partners (formerly WHEB Ventures), raising the UK’s first cleantech private equity fund. WHEB now manages two specialist cleantech private equity funds with total assets under management of £130 million.

Rob is also a co-founder of other companies within the WHEB Group, all of which focus on environmental markets: WHEB Asset Management for investment in quoted sustainable stocks, WHEB Infrastructure Partners for investment in renewable energy projects, and RUSTON wheb, the cleantech executive search company.

A chemist with an MA and PhD from Cambridge University, Rob spent ten years in Shell’s agrochemical business before working in the 1980s with Rothschild’s bioscience unit looking at clean technology investment opportunities. He then joined KPMG, where he advised on the development of a variety of environmental funds in Central and Eastern Europe.

Rob has been an active participant on numerous industry, UK Government and university cleantech advisory boards, including the Cleantech Network European Advisory Board, the DTI’s Environmental Innovation Advisory Group and the commercial advisory board for a consortium of the main London Universities (Imperial, King’s and UCL).

Dr Thomas Prock advises clients in the high tech field, in particular in the electronics sector, on internet-related subject matter and computer-implemented inventions. He is also active in protecting inventions in the cleantech and medical device fields.

Thomas has worked on patent applications relating to non-volatile semiconductor storage devices, data processing and exchange, mobile telecommunications, smart grid-related inventions, waste reduction and medical imaging, to name but a few. He also has experience in contentious related matters, including European oppositions and litigation.

Thomas graduated with a Diploma in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Applied Science in Ulm (Germany) and went on to obtain his PhD from the Institute of Cancer Research, where he investigated the interaction between radio frequency electromagnetic fields and conducting tissue, with particular emphasis on its application to the design of phased array resonators.