Jonathan Murray to lead Zemo Partnership

Jonathan Murray has been named as the new managing director of Zemo Partnership, replacing Claire Haigh who is stepping down from the role.

Murray has worked in senior positions at Zemo (and, formerly, the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership) for approaching 20 years, most recently as director of Finance, Operations and Business Development.

Among a wide range of achievements, he led the Electric Vehicle Energy Taskforce (2019-23), engaging a wide range of cross-sectoral stakeholder organisations.

Murray currently leads Zemo’s work for the Welsh Government on Decarbonising Commercial Vehicles in Wales, focusing on one of the biggest areas of challenge in terms of net zero transport. This work will conclude its first phase with announcements next week.

Commenting on his new role, Murray said: “I am excited to take on this role at a critical time in the transition to decarbonised transport in the UK. We are well on the way to achieving our goals, though there are still challenges ahead both in policy and in delivery… but if we get this right, the opportunities to create benefits for both our economy and our environment are huge.

“I would like to wish Claire well in her endeavour, through which she seeks to tackle similar challenges, but from a different perspective.”

After more than a year in the role, Haigh is taking up a new opportunity with the University of St Andrews Centre for Energy Ethics, who are putting on a major exhibition of her work - The Tabula Project.

Her related report, The Art of Seeing, applies key insights from The Tabula Project to the problem of tackling climate change. Claire will be focusing on this project for the rest of 2025 but will remain an Associate of Zemo Partnership.

During Haigh’s tenure, Zemo published the Delivery Roadmap for Net Zero Transport, overseen by the Council for Net Zero Transport.

Zemo’s Renewable Fuels Assurance Scheme – which fills a vital gap in the UK’s transport decarbonisation landscape – has also gone from strength-to-strength, as well as the introduction of the Sustainable Racing Fuel Assurance Scheme. 

Haigh said: “I am passionate about tackling climate change and am truly delighted to have been given the opportunity to complete The Tabula Project which seeks to find new ways to address some of our most intractable problems. 

“Transport and the environment will remain a key focus for me and I am heartened that, as I stand down as MD of Zemo, I leave the Partnership in the safe hands of Jonathan Murray, with whom I have worked very closely for many years.”

Murray will formally assume the role of acting managing director from Monday, March 31.