Free lecture: Formula E Powertrain

Hear from a motorsport thought leader addressing topical issues associated with the increasing shift to electric vehicles, with particular focus on batteries and propulsion.

As part of the Annual General Meeting of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers' Powertrain Systems and Fuels Group, the IMechE London HQ will be hosting a special lecture on Formula E Powertrains.

This lecture will be run by Paul McNamara, Technical Director at Williams Advanced Engineering, who will be addressing the topical issues associated with the increasing shift to electric vehicles, with a particular focus on batteries and propulsion for electric vehicles.

To attend, please register your place for free at the event website and we will see you there!

About the speaker:

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 worked as an Executive Director at Shanghai Automotive Industries, based at their Technical Centre in the UK, but working for much of the time in the Chinese operation as part of the global team to set future product direction and deliver current programmes to market. Prior to SAIC he worked for more than 20 years at Ricardo during which time he was the UK Engineering Director for five years and Managing Director of the UK divisions for a further five years. During his time at Ricardo he directed major projects for key customers such as Ford, Volvo, Hyundai and McLaren.

Since Paul’s appointment to the role of Technical Director he continues to apply his extensive experience of high level strategic planning across WAE’s range of industry sectors, as well as first-hand knowledge of operating in emerging new markets across the world. Paul is key to ensuring that we continue to build a reputation for delivering projects in an agile and innovative way.