Worldcom Partner JBP Associates with be hosting an online webinar on March 20, 2025 at 9:30 GMT called Charging Ahead: The route to developing Britain’s EV charging network at pace.
The EV marketplace is at a crossroads. Whilst EV adoption is increasing, the transition to electric vehicles is falling well short of Government targets.
The UK market is facing several challenges that include limited model availability, affordability of electric vehicles, range anxiety and environmental worries over EV batteries. Just as crucial are the big public concerns about EV chargers including availability, accessibility, reliability, grid capacity, public charging costs, ease of use and payment.
So, what is needed to accelerate the roll out and use of the EV charging network infrastructure throughout the UK to boost adoption of electric vehicles and meet the Government’s targets?
This webinar will look under the bonnet of the EV charging landscape in the UK. The webinar will include a debate about how building out the infrastructure required can be achieved at the needed pace. Topics will cover:
- Public education around EV charging and bringing about positive behavioural change amongst consumers
- Need for greater engagement and collaboration involving stakeholders in the EV marketplace together with local, regional and central government
- Critical partnership that needs to be established between local authorities and the EV charging network providers
- Supportive policy, regulatory and planning regime to boost the EV charging market
- Making EV charging equitable around the country
- Tackling grid capacity
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Webinar Panelists include:
Shimon Shoshani, co-founder & Commercial Director of Plugyy Energy Solutions
Shimon is a co-founder of Plugyy, which develops, builds and operates solar energy, EV charging and electrical infrastructure for organisations from the private and public sectors. He has worked in the renewable energy and power sector since 2004.
Prior to setting up Plugyy, he was Europe’s head of Distributed Energy for Marubeni, one of Japan’s largest general trading and investment companies, where he started up and led the distributed energy business. Prior to that he was UK head of onshore wind ay Statkraft, one of Europe’s largest generators of renewable energy.
Martin Hale, Managing Director, Qwello
Martin is managing director of Qwello, a pan-European developer, manufacturer and operator of charging infrastructure. He has a track record in the EV market spanning nearly two decades having had key roles with major players during that time, including at ABB, Chargepoint and RAW Charging.
Tim Johnson, Head of Sales Public Charging at Mer UK
Tim is Head of Sales Public Charging at Mer UK, which provides EV charging solutions for businesses an public spaces. He has been in the EV industry for six years and has led the roll out of EV charging infrastructure for clients including Morrisons, Royal Mail Group and Blue Diamond Garden Centres.
At Mer UK he leads the team to develop a public-facing charging network. With a key focus on reliability and a future-fit network, his team develop fully-funded EV charging solutions for commercial landowners, helping them unlock potential revenue streams, while delivering an additional service to their existing customers.
Brian Moorhead, Grid Consultancy Director, eSmart Networks
Brian is Grid Consultancy Director at eSmart Networks leading a team that provides UK-wide grid consultancy. Brian is a former Power Academy scholar and has spent his whole career in the power industry across a range of roles focussed on connecting renewables, battery storage, EV charging and industrial electrification to the grid.
Paz Sharma, Managing Director of Allego
Paz is Managing Director of Allego UK & Ireland, one of Europe’s leading EV Charge Point Operators. He leads the company’s growth strategy, focusing on rolling out ultra-fast, accessible, and interoperable charging networks across the UK and Ireland.
Paz has extensive experience in the EV sector and is passionate about using data-driven insights through Allego’s proprietary Allamo tool to ensure charging infrastructure is built where it’s needed most. He strongly advocates for public-private partnerships and believes in creating a sustainable, future-ready EV ecosystem through collaboration and innovation.
Grahame Woods, Head of Energy Communications and Stakeholder Engagement, JBP Communications
Grahame is Head of Energy Communications and Stakeholder Engagement at JBP, responsible for leading the support the company provides to those organisations driving the decarbonisation agenda through its subsidiary Climate Communications. Grahame works with a range of clients in the energy transition space, helping to communicate and engage effectively with political decision makers and other business-critical target audiences. Originally from New Zealand where he worked as a policy adviser to the Shadow Energy and Resources Minister, his career has been focused on enabling the private and public sector to work together to accelerate our path to net zero.
A regular conference speaker, webinar host, and commentator, Grahame specialises in providing organisations with the tools they need to make their voice heard throughout Westminster and Whitehall.
