Julia Poliscanova

Julia joined T&E in June 2015 and now leads the organisation's vehicles, electrification and battery supply chains work across Europe. In her decade with T&E, Julia built up T&E’s work on sustainable batteries and raw materials, and was instrumental in the EU agreeing its first ever sustainable battery law and the Critical Raw Materials Act. More recently, Julia led successful efforts to have only zero emission cars in Europe from 2035.In 2023, Julia was named as one of the top influencers in POLITICO's annual ranking of the top 40 EU influencers. Julia represented T&E on the board of the Global Battery Alliance for three years, and currently sits on the International Energy Agency’s Critical Minerals advisory group, and the steering committee of the European Raw Materials Alliance.

Julia previously worked as senior EU environment expert for the Mayor of London and, as an advisor in the European Parliament, followed legislation on renewables, energy efficiency and sustainable transport. Hailing from Latvia, Julia studied European politics and French at Goldsmiths, University of London, and holds an MSc in energy from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, specialising in batteries and fuel cells.