Paul is the ZEV & Energy Integration Team Leader in the Innovation Hub at Oxfordshire County Council. He has worked for many years in and around the automotive industry; initially in engineering and project management at OEM and supplier companies which included a period in the late 90s at a technology company developing a range of electric vehicles. Since 2014, he has been involved in the work of transitioning vehicles to alternative energy sources; initially at the Energy Saving Trust working to encourage fleet operators to make the move before moving to OCC in 2018 to take the lead on projects involving zero emission vehicles. The ZEV Team at OCC is involved in projects looking at vehicle electrification, the use of hydrogen in transportation and how all of this is best integrated into the energy system. The team has also led the development of an EV charging strategy for Oxfordshire.