Claire Haigh is to take the helm of Zemo Partnership, formerly Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership/LowCVP, as Andy Eastlake steps down after more than a decade of leadership.

Claire Haigh takes over leadership at the Zemo Partnership as Andy Eastlake steps down

Haigh, founder and CEO of Greener Vision, formerly Greener Transport Solutions, and executive director of the Transport Knowledge Hub, will assume the leadership role from January 2024.

Also previously CEO of Greener Journeys, an evidence-based campaign organisation funded by the major public transport companies, she has worked closely with Zemo/LowCVP for many years.

As the Partnership’s vice chair, Haigh carried out a wide-ranging survey earlier this year, examining the views of senior stakeholders on the past role and future opportunities for Zemo, providing input to a strategic review commissioned for the 20th anniversary year.

The key conclusion of the review was that the priority now for net zero is the delivery of targets – this will be the Partnership’s primary focus under Claire’s leadership. A Zero Emission Mobility Taskforce has been established to support this purpose.

A founding member of LowCVP in 2003, Eastlake began leading the Partnership in 2012

Zemo also credited Andy Eastlake’s legacy of sustained progress in transport decarbonisation. A founding member of LowCVP in 2003, Eastlake began leading the Partnership in 2012. During his tenure, he has overseen the work of the Zemo-convened Electric Vehicle Energy Taskforce which – for the first time – 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.

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.

“I wish the new leadership and all my many friends, colleagues and collaborators in this unique partnership every success in the next stages of the sprint to net zero transport.”