Opportunities to Shape the Future of Road Transport
Our analysts will explain how these trends will impact the automotive, energy, infrastructure and battery materials markets in the coming decades, and host a panel of regional market leaders to discuss the evolving opportunities in shared mobility and autonomous driving in the Middle East.
Agenda:
- Presentation: 10 things you need to know about road transport
- Panel: Shared mobility and autonomous vehicles in the Middle East
Speakers
Colin McKerracher
Global Head of Advanced Transport
BloombergNEF
Colin McKerracher manages coverage of the transport sector at BloombergNEF. Colin’s team covers the technology, policy and economic factors shaping the transport and automotive sectors. This includes electric vehicles, charging infrastructure, batteries, shared mobility, autonomous driving and other new vehicle technologies. Colin’s team advises the world’s top automakers, electric utilities, oil and gas companies, governments and financiers. Colin previously managed BNEF’s coverage of the global smart grid industry. He has 15 years of experience in the clean energy and transport sectors and presents regularly at leading industry events. Colin’s past roles include Director of Sales and Marketing for Neurio, a smart grid technology company, and Business Development Manager for a Canadian biofuel company. Colin holds degrees from the London School of Economics and the Sauder School of Business at UBC. He is based in London, UK.
Andrew Grant
Senior Associate, Intelligent Mobility
BloombergNEF
Andrew Grant is a Senior Associate at BloombergNEF covering intelligent mobility. He produces analysis on business models, technologies and policies related to connected cars, mobility services and autonomous driving. Andrew works with automakers, utilities, technology companies and investors to understand the role of data in the future of transportation. He is based in London and holds MSc Applied Economics and Bachelor of Business Science in Economics degrees from the University of Cape Town.
Steve Severance
Head, Program Management and Marketing
Sustainable Real Estate, Masdar
Steve Severance leads the Program Management and Marketing for Masdar City, a low-carbon sustainable city and clean-technology cluster in Abu Dhabi. He oversees numerous projects to ensure they meet program baselines that balance sustainability and economic requirements, as well as program controls guaranteeing each project meets sustainability, revenue, cost and schedule targets.
Vilhelm Hedberg
CEO
Ekar
Vilhelm Hedberg is the co-founder and CEO of Ekar. Vilhelm holds over 10 years of experience in the fields of Quality Management and Logistics, his first role in the UAE being at Wilhelmsen Lines, where he was responsible for the shipment of over one million automobiles throughout the Middle East. His career quickly progressed and he soon became Partner at QMS Global, one of the largest ISO Certification companies in the world where he was responsible for the development of QMS Global FZ LLC, representing Asia and Africa.
Gary West
Managing Director, Advanced Mobility
GM Middle East
Gary D. West is responsible for the strategic planning and implementation of GM’s Future Mobility technologies in the Middle East, in line with the company’s vision of zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion. West brings extensive automotive management experience, working in diverse locations in the USA, China and Singapore. During these assignments he was responsible for channel growth, commercial sales, business-to-business strategy and best practice implementation. West has over 26 years of global automotive vehicle sales, service, and marketing experience, managing teams in emerging, developing and mature markets.