Anda Baumerte

Anda is a climate and energy policy specialist with more than 10 years of experience spanning the civil service, research, consultancy, NGOs, regulated utilities, and, more recently, emergency services.

Prior to joining the police, Anda worked in the policy team at Northern Powergrid, where she managed extensive policy and stakeholder engagement on net zero, decarbonisation of transport and heat, and local energy. As an EV lead for the electricity network, she developed regional EV readiness strategy and managed the roll-out of first EV charging points across company sites in the North East and Yorkshire.

Since joining West Yorkshire Police as their first Sustainability Manager, she is working on building closer working relationships and fostering collaboration between the 100+ emergency service organisations, the energy sector, and policymakers, with a particular focus on the emergency fleet transition. Anda continues to support regional decarbonisation efforts as an advisory board member for the North East & Yorkshire Net Zero Hub and is an active member of several national and regional working groups in the emergency services’ sector.