We are pleased to announce Parvez Akhtar has joined the 44 Energy team in the role of Director. Parvez will support our consulting practice in the areas of powertrain development and calibration, regulatory affairs, and next generation technologies.
Parvez brings extensive powertrain expertise from across the automotive sector having worked at Perkins, Ford, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), FPT/Iveco group and Tevva hydrogen trucks. Over a 30-year career, Parvez has worked on numerous engine and vehicle programs with responsibilities in design, development, calibration, performance & emissions, certification, program management, and production.
At JLR, Parvez managed the development activity on Ingenium through the new product introduction cycle from concept through to launch, ensuring robust delivery with on-time test, development, and DVP as well as co-coordinating with software teams for release activity and the manufacturing team for production launch at the Wolverhampton Plant.
As Engineering Director at Dolphin-N2 (part of FPT/Iveco group), Parvez led the development of split cycle technology for application on heavy duty transport and power with primary responsibility for development of prototype hardware and control system. Parvez was also involved with early research work into hydrogen combustion.
Parvez holds a Master’s degree in Computational and Experimental Fluids Engineering from UMIST and will based in the Camberley office in the UK.
