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Judith Judson

Judith Judson

Position - CEO

Judith Judson has joined Fortescue WAE as CEO to lead the company as it builds on its legacy as a bespoke consultancy to become a global manufacturing business, accelerating an efficient, electric and decarbonised future through zero ... Read more

Andrew Carlisle

Andrew Carlisle

Position - Head of Mobility

Andrew Carlisle is Head of Mobility at Fortescue WAE, with responsibility for overseeing the customer journey through to final delivery; partnering with them to accelerate a decarbonised future. Andrew brings 20 years of ... Read more

Tim Strafford

Tim Strafford

Position - Managing Director for Motorsport

Tim Strafford is Managing Director for Motorsport at Fortescue WAE, bringing over 20 years’ experience across technical, commercial and leadership roles in Motorsport and Automotive. Having spent 18 years of his career at McLaren, ... Read more

Jim Herring

Jim Herring

Position - Head of Heavy Industry

Jim Herring has joined Fortescue WAE as Head of our Heavy Industry Division, having worked at Fortescue for 13 years and 23 years working in the heavy industry sector. Jim’s most recent role prior to joining Fortescue WAE was with ... Read more

Amelia Johns

Amelia Johns

Position - Managing Director Power Conversion

As Managing Director - Power Conversion, Amelia Johns is leading her team in a mission to solve the power supply bottlenecks delaying the shift to real zero. They are achieving this through developing and integrating class leading ... Read more

Sam Coughlin

Sam Coughlin

Position - Chief Operations Officer

Sam Coughlin is the Chief Operations Officer for Williams Advanced engineering, Sam is responsible for the organisational operations and delivery across the WAE business. Sam brings over 20 years of multi sector international ... Read more

Paul McNamara

Paul McNamara

Position - Technical Director

Paul is responsible for overseeing the overall technical management and delivery of the company’s expanding range of projects in the automotive, motorsport, energy, defence and civil aerospace sectors. Before joining Williams, Paul ... Read more

Joe Jones

Joe Jones

Position - Technical Proposal Manager - EV Powertrain

With a BEng in Motorsport Engineering from Oxford Brookes, Joe joined WAE as a placement student in the Business Development Team before being offered a full time role in the company. Joe is now working in Advanced Battery Technology and focusing on commercialising the company’s IP and “know how” into the consumer market. Read more

Melissa He

Melissa He

Position - Senior Engineer – Advanced Battery Concepts

Melissa is a senior engineer at WAE, in Advanced Battery Technologies, leading the development of WAE’s next-generation BMS algorithms. Whilst at the company, Melissa has been extensively involved in battery / cell testing, modelling, and simulation for programmes including Extreme E, Formula E, and LMDh, just to name just a few projects. She holds degrees in Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, and Motorsport Engineering. Read more

Timothy Engstrom

Timothy Engstrom

Position - Manager - Advanced Battery Technologies

After graduating with a Master’s Degree from Imperial College London, Tim began his career at a major automotive OEM, where he was lead engineer for a hybrid battery, delivering the commodity through to a successful launch into ... Read more

Rob Millar

Rob Millar

Position - Head of Electrical

Rob started his career as an electronics engineer, working on automotive body control systems before moving into an electrical integration role in automotive systems with TWR Engineering in 1992. In 2004, he became involved with ... Read more

Graham Belgum

Graham Belgum

Position - General Manager Green Fleet team

As General Manager for WAE’s Green Fleet team, Graham is responsible for the team delivering Tier 1 and 2 battery power solutions and products to OEM’s and customers, supporting them during deployment in the field and subsequently, repurposing the battery modules to ensure second and third life before finally recycling at the end of their lives. Read more

Stefan Jacobs

Stefan Jacobs

Position - Chief Programme Manager

Stefan is Chief Programme Manager with responsibility for the delivery of products for heavy industry applications. By developing products for volume production, solutions can then be fed into multiple platforms across a mine site to ... Read more

Alec Patterson

Alec Patterson

Position - Chief Programme Manager

Alec Patterson is Chief Programme Manager at WAE with programme  responsibility across the electrification of all FMG’s heavy mining equipment (HME). Alec works closely with global OEMs to ensure that WAE’s electric power system ... Read more

Elisabeth Thomas

Elisabeth Thomas

Position - Technical Lead

Elisabeth Thomas is Technical Lead and Integration Lead for a number of Green Fleet products, managing the development through from requirement capture, design, development to testing and final product delivery. “What excites me ... Read more

Richard Wilkins

Richard Wilkins

Position - Senior Programme Manager

Working as Senior Programme Manager Richard is responsible for the Infinity train and static storage programmes; both of which are designed to remove diesel from heavy haul rail and mining operations by 2030. The infinity train is ... Read more

In the Spotlight

Fortescue ZERO has built a team of talented individuals across multiple disciplines. It's this growing team that enables us to deliver world-leading capabilities and innovative thinking. Take a look at our spotlight videos to get a better feel for what it's like to work with us.

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