Haigh takes helm at Zemo Partnership as Eastlake steps down

Claire Haigh has been appointed new head of Zemo Partnership taking over from Andy Eastlake who is stepping down after more than a decade leading the organisation.

Zemo Partnership (formerly Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership/LowCVP) has been working with government and stakeholders for over 20 years to deliver key policies and initiatives to accelerate the decarbonisation of UK road transport.  

Claire Haigh is the Founder and CEO of Greener Vision (formerly Greener Transport Solutions) and Executive Director of the Transport Knowledge Hub. She was previously CEO of Greener Journeys, an evidence-based campaign organisation (2009-20) funded by the major public transport companies set up to highlight the environmental and associated benefits of bus travel. She also currently chairs the Delivery and Impacts Independent Review Panel for the Joint Air Quality Unit (Defra/DfT).

As the Partnership’s Vice Chair, last year Haigh carried out a survey of the views of (approaching 100) senior stakeholders on the past role and future opportunities for Zemo.  

During his tenure, Andy Eastlake oversaw the work of the Zemo-convened Electric Vehicle Energy Taskforce which brought together stakeholders from the energy and transport sectors to maximise the potential opportunities arising from transport’s decarbonisation transition. Recommendations from the Taskforce were recently enshrined in legislation through the Public Charge Point Regulations 2023.

The Partnership celebrated the achievements of the past twenty years with an anniversary conference held at London’s City Hall in June. Zemo’s ‘Top 20’ achievements was published alongside the occasion. (For more flavour from the event, see this video link.)

Andy Eastlake said: “It’s been a huge honour to lead this great and diverse collaboration and through this, support so many other groups and individuals to play a part in tackling perhaps the biggest challenge of our time.

“We’ve all made great progress on the road to net zero but now it’s time to re-focus and deliver the technologies that we know are now market-ready and able to decarbonise our transport sector.”

Claire Haigh said: “Climate change is our greatest predicament and decarbonising transport is one of the toughest challenges of all. The UK has some world-leading targets, but what is now needed is a laser-like focus on delivery.  Crucially, we need the right policies and incentives to enable the investment and support the supply chain transition.

“There is a massive amount to do, but there has also been significant progress.  Under Andy’s exemplary leadership, Zemo has been there as the honest broker every step of the way - working with government, industry and academia to find solutions for net zero road transport.”