Judith Judson
Position - CEO
Judith Judson has joined Fortescue WAE as CEO to lead the company as it builds on its legacy as a bespoke consultancy to become a global manufacturing business, accelerating an efficient, electric and decarbonised future through zero ... Read more
Andrew Carlisle
Position - Head of Mobility
Andrew Carlisle is Head of Mobility at Fortescue WAE, with responsibility for overseeing the customer journey through to final delivery; partnering with them to accelerate a decarbonised future. Andrew brings 20 years of ... Read more
Tim Strafford
Position - Managing Director for Motorsport
Tim Strafford is Managing Director for Motorsport at Fortescue WAE, bringing over 20 years’ experience across technical, commercial and leadership roles in Motorsport and Automotive. Having spent 18 years of his career at McLaren, ... Read more
Jim Herring
Position - Head of Heavy Industry
Jim Herring has joined Fortescue WAE as Head of our Heavy Industry Division, having worked at Fortescue for 13 years and 23 years working in the heavy industry sector. Jim’s most recent role prior to joining Fortescue WAE was with ... Read more
Amelia Johns
Position - Managing Director Power Conversion
As Managing Director - Power Conversion, Amelia Johns is leading her team in a mission to solve the power supply bottlenecks delaying the shift to real zero. They are achieving this through developing and integrating class leading ... Read more
Sam Coughlin
Position - Chief Operations Officer
Sam Coughlin is the Chief Operations Officer for Williams Advanced engineering, Sam is responsible for the organisational operations and delivery across the WAE business. Sam brings over 20 years of multi sector international ... Read more
Paul McNamara
Position - Technical Director
Paul is responsible for overseeing the overall technical management and delivery of the company’s expanding range of projects in the automotive, motorsport, energy, defence and civil aerospace sectors. Before joining Williams, Paul ... Read more
Joe Jones
Position - Technical Proposal Manager - EV Powertrain
With a BEng in Motorsport Engineering from Oxford Brookes, Joe joined WAE as a placement student in the Business Development Team before being offered a full time role in the company. Joe is now working in Advanced Battery Technology and focusing on commercialising the company’s IP and “know how” into the consumer market. Read more
Melissa He
Position - Senior Engineer – Advanced Battery Concepts
Melissa is a senior engineer at WAE, in Advanced Battery Technologies, leading the development of WAE’s next-generation BMS algorithms. Whilst at the company, Melissa has been extensively involved in battery / cell testing, modelling, and simulation for programmes including Extreme E, Formula E, and LMDh, just to name just a few projects. She holds degrees in Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, and Motorsport Engineering. Read more
Timothy Engstrom
Position - Manager - Advanced Battery Technologies
After graduating with a Master’s Degree from Imperial College London, Tim began his career at a major automotive OEM, where he was lead engineer for a hybrid battery, delivering the commodity through to a successful launch into ... Read more
Rob Millar
Position - Head of Electrical
Rob started his career as an electronics engineer, working on automotive body control systems before moving into an electrical integration role in automotive systems with TWR Engineering in 1992. In 2004, he became involved with ... Read more
Graham Belgum
Position - General Manager Green Fleet team
As General Manager for WAE’s Green Fleet team, Graham is responsible for the team delivering Tier 1 and 2 battery power solutions and products to OEM’s and customers, supporting them during deployment in the field and subsequently, repurposing the battery modules to ensure second and third life before finally recycling at the end of their lives. Read more
Stefan Jacobs
Position - Chief Programme Manager
Stefan is Chief Programme Manager with responsibility for the delivery of products for heavy industry applications. By developing products for volume production, solutions can then be fed into multiple platforms across a mine site to ... Read more
Alec Patterson
Position - Chief Programme Manager
Alec Patterson is Chief Programme Manager at WAE with programme responsibility across the electrification of all FMG’s heavy mining equipment (HME). Alec works closely with global OEMs to ensure that WAE’s electric power system ... Read more
Elisabeth Thomas
Position - Technical Lead
Elisabeth Thomas is Technical Lead and Integration Lead for a number of Green Fleet products, managing the development through from requirement capture, design, development to testing and final product delivery. “What excites me ... Read more
Richard Wilkins
Position - Senior Programme Manager
Working as Senior Programme Manager Richard is responsible for the Infinity train and static storage programmes; both of which are designed to remove diesel from heavy haul rail and mining operations by 2030. The infinity train is ... Read more
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