Decarbonising UK Freight Transport is made up of five research themes and a management team. The research is overseen by a Strategy Board comprised of an independent Chair, industry stakeholders and the theme leads.
Strategy board

Chris Thorne – Chair
Director, Tring Consultancy, and former CTO – Heavy Duty Vehicles at the Energy Technologies Institute

Tristan Smith – Director
University College London

Phil Greening – Co-Director
Heriot Watt University

Nish Rehmatulla – Network Manager
University College London

Julian Allen – Lead researcher, theme 2 (maternity cover)
Senior Research Fellow, University of Westminster

Dan Brett – Network Link
Professor of Electrochemical Engineering, University College London

Marie Cabbia Hubatova – Industry lead, theme 4
Manager – International Climate, Environmental Defense Fund

David Cebon – Lead researcher, theme 1
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Cambridge

Paolo Enrico Favino – Industry lead, theme 1
Head of Clean Maritime Growth, Maritime Environment Technology and International, Department for Transport
Dominic Hudson – Lead researcher, theme 4
John Mangan – Lead researcher, theme 5
Professor of Marine Transport and Logistics, University of Newcastle

Katharine Palmer – Industry lead, theme 2
Global head of sustainability, Lloyd’s Register

Rachel Pawling – Lead researcher, theme 3
Lecturer in Ship Design, University College London

Paul Shearing – Network link
Reader in Chemical Engineering & Materials, University College London