RiverSimple
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Many people are involved in the project. Here are five key members of the team: Hugo Spowers (full-time) leads the project. An Oxford university trained engineer and entrepreneur, he has a passion for zero-emissions vehicles. As an entrepreneur, he founded and ran businesses, over 15 years, designing and building racing cars, and restoring classic cars. He went on to obtain an MBA from Cranfield University where he conducted a feasibility study into bringing hydrogen fuel cell cars to market; this led him to found RiverSimple, bring together the consortium behind LIFECar and then pursue Hyrban as a path to commercialisation. John Constable is the Chair of the project. One of the leading professors of management strategy in the UK, he supervised Hugo's original project at Cranfield University. He has combined his significant academic career with leadership roles outside academia. He was Director General of the British Institute of Management, and has held board seats on three quoted companies, one a member of the FTSE 100, and several private companies. He has been Chairman of a major charity, a Trustee of a large pension fund, a member of a District Health Authority and of the Civil Service Staff College Advisory Council and a Council member of two bodies influential in the provision of management education in the UK. John holds engineering degrees from Cambridge and London Universities and a Doctorate in Business Administration from the Harvard Business School. Patrick Andrews (full-time) leads the open source project and is corporate secretary. A former solicitor, he spent several years as an in-house lawyer in the aerospace industry, working overseas for Pratt & Whitney Canada, before joining Kingfisher plc as group legal manager where he helped establish the first B&Q stores in China and Turkey. He moved on to the corporate finance department and led a team negotiating the acquisition of Europe’s second biggest DIY chain. Since 2002 he has been pursuing his interest in alternative business structures, working with cooperatives, charities, fair trade companies and a broad range of social enterprises.Sebastian Piech heads up the branding and strategy. He is the founder and Chairman of bScope based in Tokyo and Shanghai focusing on nurturing and developing long term, sustainable (socially & environmentally) business ventures and seed-stage opportunities in China. Sebastian has for many years also been involved in international strategic business development for Porsche Holding, Europe’s largest automotive retail business. Sebastian is a branding and marketing expert with years of experience in Japan and China having worked as a strategy planner in Hakuodo Inc. and DDB Needham Worldwide. He has also worked in new product and brand development at CLK in the UK (now Corporate Edge). Sebastian holds a BSc Hons. Engineering Science degree from Reading University, UK, and is fluent in German, English, Japanese, and Chinese (Mandarin). Steve Evans is responsible for sustainability. A Professor of Life Cycle Engineering at Cranfield University, Steve is originally from the aerospace sector where he worked with Marconi, Plessey, and finally Martin-Baker, focused on ejection seats, Steve joined Cranfield in 1988 and has worked in many sectors and companies to help improve design performance. His collaborators include the Technology Strategy Board, Jaguar/Land Rover, Morgan Motor Company and Nissan Technology Centre (Europe). Steve has been appointed as a Special Adviser to the House of Lords inquiry into waste reduction. |
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