Christopher Leonard
UK Civil Service
Sustainable Road Transport Programme Manager - Ministry of Defence
Matthew Ling
Suffolk County Council
Environment Strategy Programme Manager, Growth, Strategy and Infrastructure
Chris Rimmer
CENEX (The Centre of Ecellence for Low Carbon and Fuel Cell Technologies)
Deputy Head of Department, Energy Systems & Infrastructure
Graham Hodgson
CENEX (The Centre of Excellence for Low Carbon and Fuel Cell Technologies)
Team Leader - Technical Innovation
Catherine joined the BVRLA as Senior Policy Advisor in 2019. She leads the Association’s work on Decarbonisation and Future Mobility, with a keen focus on EV charging infrastructure and how we best support the transition of commercial vehicles.
Catherine has worked in senior policy roles for over 17 years and has experience of working within private, public sector and not-for-profit organisations.
Prior to joining the BVRLA, she worked for the British Retail Consortium, where she held the post of Head of Crime and Security policy.
Matt Croucher is the Chief Operating Officer at Believ, a fast-growing UK charge point operator part owned by Liberty Global (the owners of Virgin Media/O2) and the Treasury, and on a mission to ensure everyone has access to convenient EV charge points and can make the switch away from internal combustion engine vehicles, including those without access to off-street parking. Prior to joining Believ Matt was the Zero Emission Mobility lead at WSP, one the world's leading planning and engineering consultancies. His experience in the EV sector stretches back thirteen years to 2009, working on a wide range of projects with public and private sector clients. Matt's route into EV's was as a transport planning consultant, and previously with a broader sustainable transport remit as WSP’s Sustainable Transport Lead, before going on to specialise in EVs as the sector has matured. He has nearly 20 years' experience as a transport planner, working closely with Local Authorities across the UK. He has been fortunate to work across a wide range of sustainable transport solutions, including active travel, behaviour change and travel demand management, public transport and car clubs, as well as on roadspace reallocation and air quality related schemes.
Graham is Director, Supply Chain and Technology within the Automotive department at S&P Global Mobility. He leads and manages the global research practice for Propulsion, Battery, Charging and Thermal Systems component forecasting, comprising fifteen analysts based in major automotive markets.
Previously employed within Engineering, Graham has 10 years’ experience in Powertrain Development and Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH) having previously worked for Ricardo, Bentley Motors and Jaguar Land Rover. He joined IHS Markit in 2016. IHS Markit merged with S&P Global in March 2022.
Graham graduated from Loughborough University in the UK with a Master’s Degree in Automotive Engineering and is a Chartered Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
Dylan is an Industry Analyst at ABI Research in the Electric Vehicles and Smart Mobility & Automotive services. His research covers the entire EV ecosystem including batteries, OEMS, software solutions, and charging. ABI Research is a global technology intelligence firm delivering actionable research and strategic guidance to technology leaders, innovators, and decision makers around the world.