C.C. de Saxe

Qualifications

2018	Professional Engineer (Pr. Eng.) (Mech.) Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA)
2017	Ph.D. University of Cambridge, U.K. (Jesus College)
2012	M.Sc. (Eng.) University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
2009	B.Sc. (Eng.) (Mechanical) University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Professional Experience

Feb '26 –	Electric Freight Systems Ltd, Cambridge, UK Director & CTO
Jul '24 – Nov '25	GoMetro, London, UK Head of EV Transition
May '23 – May '24	Zeus Labs, London, UK Head of Sustainability
Jun '21 – Apr '23	University of Cambridge, UK Senior Research Associate: Centre for Sustainable Road Freight
Oct '17 – May '21	Council for Scientific & Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa Principal Engineer I: Smart Mobility Senior Engineer II: Smart Mobility Senior Engineer I: Smart Mobility
Oct '13 – Sep '17	University of Cambridge, UK PhD Candidate: Transportation Research Group
Jan '11 – Sep '13	Council for Scientific & Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa Research Engineer: Built Environment Masters Studentship: Built Environment
Jan – Dec '10	Anglo American Platinum, Rustenburg, South Africa Engineer-in-Training: Rustenburg Platinum Mines

Independent Consulting

2024	via Betterrides.ai Market research and freight decarb. road-mapping for a €25bn+ beverage major (Africa-focus)
2022	via IfM Engage Global road freight emissions tracking framework & decarb. roadmap for a trillion-$ US tech. leader
2016	via Cambridge Enterprise Regulatory framework development for high-capacity HGVs in Europe, as part of a pan-European consortium (for ACEA)

Other Roles

2018 –	Intl. Forum for Heavy Vehicle Transport & Technology (HVTT Forum) Information Officer & Member of the Board of Trustees
2023 –	Robinson College, Cambridge, UK Senior Member (May '23 –) Fellow in Engineering (Mar '22 – Apr '23) Undergraduate Teaching (1P1, 2P1 Mechanics) (2022 – 2023)
2018 –	University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Honorary Senior Lecturer (Aug '24–) Visiting Senior Lecturer (Aug '21–Jul '24) Visiting Lecturer (Aug '18–Jul '21) Sessional Lecturer (Applied Mechanics A) (Jul '18–Dec '19)
2024 –	Imperial College London, London, UK Guest Lecturer, MSc in Sustainable Energy Futures
2021 – 2022	Newnham College, Cambridge, UK Undergraduate Teaching (2P1 Mechanics)
2014 – 2015	Jesus College, Cambridge, UK MCR Vice-President
2007, 2008	Anglo Platinum, Johannesburg and Limpopo, South Africa Internships at the Johannesburg Head Office and on-site in Limpopo
2006	Alstom Power, Baden, Switzerland Gas Turbines Division Internship – Contract Management

Academic Leadership & Service

2026	Co-Chair, Scientific Committee ICWIM10 / HVTT19, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 9–13 May 2027
2021 –	Member, Scientific Committee HVTT16 (Qingdao, 2021), HVTT17/ICWIM9 (Brisbane, 2023), HVTT18 (Québec City, 2025), HVTT19/ICWIM10 (Ljubljana)
2020 –	Member, Scientific Committee International Workshop on Sustainable Road Freight, Cambridge, UK (annual)
2024	NRF Ratings Reviewer National Research Foundation, South Africa
2021	Guest Editor Research in Transportation Business & Management 48 (2023), Special issue on 'Decarbonising freight transport: Transitions towards net zero'
Ongoing	Peer Reviewer • IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems • Vehicle System Dynamics • Proceedings of the IMechE, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering • Nature Energy • Transport & Sustainability • Discover Vehicles • iScience • IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference (ITSC) • International Symposium on Heavy Vehicle Transport Technology (HVTT) • SARF/IRF/PIARC Regional Conference for Africa • Southern African Transport Conference (SATC)

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