Isabella Panovic is the Programme Manager at Innovate UK, facilitating the delivery of Innovate UK and the Department for Transport’s £200m Zero Emission HGV & Infrastructure Demonstrator (ZEHID) programme. The programme aims to increase HGV operator confidence and government understanding of various zero emission HGV technologies and their infrastructure.

Prior to joining the ZEHID team, Isabella has worked in R&D policy for a number of years within the UKRI research councils to support development of other net zero technologies, such as offshore renewables and decarbonising heating and cooling. Isabella also completed a PhD at the University of St Andrews, focussed on the chemistry of biofuels and biomaterials.