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Isobel Sheldon OBE
• 20 year veteran of the Lithium Ion battery industry.
• Awarded an OBE (2020) from HM the Queen for long service to EV batteries and their development
• Multiple world firsts:
• World's first commercially available PHEV (2004)
• Highest power density battery in automotive on two occasions (Infiniti e-merge and McLaren P1)
• World's first 12 meter EV bus battery
Career History
• Multiple Senior Director positions in battery development:
• Engineering and Technology Director, Johnson Matthey Battery systems
• Engineering and Technology Director, Cummins Electrified Power
• Development Director UK Battery Industrialisation Centre
• Global battery specialist Ricardo Plc Hybrid and Electric Division
• 10 years running own start up business, battery system development
• Board of trustees, The Faraday Institution
• Chair of funding Faraday Institution review panels for UK academic research (battery research)
• Advisory board member, UK National Physical Laboratory on LCA metrology
• UK Automotive Council working group member that established the need for battery eco-systems in 2016