Jonathan Ziebart shifts from practitioner to consultant as RebelGroup director

Transport knowledgeable Jonathan Ziebart has joined worldwide funding and advisory home, RebelGroup. He turns into a director within the agency’s London workplace.

RebelGroup is a global consultancy, headquartered in Rotterdam. Since launching in 2022, the agency has unfold to workplaces in Antwerp, Düsseldorf, London, Washington D.C., Johannesburg, Nairobi, and Toronto. The agency, which is constructed round a non-hierarchical tradition, presents purchasers strategic recommendation, coverage evaluation, partnership consulting, monetary recommendation and funding administration.

Because the agency appears to proceed to develop these providers, it has introduced the appointment of Jonathan Ziebart as a director. He brings 14 years of strategic progress, funding and enterprise turnaround expertise from the worldwide public transport trade, throughout the UK, US, Denmark, Hong Kong, Chile, Singapore, Malaysia, Panama, and India.

Kimmo Oostermeyer, founding father of Insurgent’s infrastructure, belongings and operations crew, acknowledged, “Jonathan’s transfer to RebelGroup is anticipated to deliver recent views and strong management to the corporate, as we proceed to develop our advisory providers within the worldwide bus sector and strengthen our place within the UK. His worldwide monitor report of success at Ascendal and his deep understanding of the transportation and infrastructure industries place him effectively to contribute considerably to RebelGroup’s future endeavours.”

Ziebart has specific curiosity and worldwide experience within the fields of fleet decarbonisation; bus franchising; and transport and associated infrastructure investments. He strikes from trade into consulting, having most not too long ago led the transformation of Ascendal UK’s Cambridge-based enterprise, Whippet, to nationwide recognition in trade awards; while having overseen the launch of the UK’s first privately funded electrical bus fleet. He was one of many founding members of Ascendal in 2018, and performed a vital position in increasing its operations throughout three continents and was instrumental in securing main contracts, together with the working accomplice contract for Citybus in Hong Kong.

Talking on his new problem, Ziebart added, “With the UK bus trade going through a difficult outlook – from widespread bus franchising to fleet decarbonisation – I look ahead to working alongside my colleagues at RebelGroup to assist operators and authorities alike in delivering finest at school transport. This time of problem can be a good time of alternative for transport funding, and I’m excited to work with and advise the broader transport monetary ecosystem on maximising long-term worth.”