Chris Lane is Strategic Head of Transport Innovation at Transport for West Midlands. In this role he delivers change through people, processes and technology across a portfolio of programmes, including a commercial Mobility as a Service, Connected and Autonomous Mobility testbed and developing new way of travel through the West Midlands Future Transport Zone as well as enabling the take up of Ultra Low Emissions Vehicles. Working in transport for most of his life, he has had the opportunity to deliver significant changes to transport. His background encompasses significant Business Transformation programmes, implementing innovative CAV, ITS and ICT systems and playing a major role in the successful delivery of TfWM’s successful Smartcard ticketing and Passenger Information schemes.