Fleet Street journalist, Shona Sibary, took over as editor of Batteries International at the middle of May. Shona has had a career spanning three decades in print and broadcast journalism working for UK national newspapers and mainstream newsstand magazines.

Shona joined Batteries International in April 2024 as deputy editor for the authoritative long-standing journal of record of the energy storage and battery industry.

Mike Halls, who has been editor of the title and owner of the firm, for the past 17 years, takes over as publisher.

“Having never previously worked on a trade publication before, Shona has brought an exceptional, commercial perspective to our editorial, drawing on years of breaking exclusives and interviewing people as diverse as Colin Firth through to John Major whilst he was PM.
“She has fully immersed herself in the battery world and identified some strong strategic directions in which to take our platforms, maximising all the exciting market opportunities out there. In addition to her superb journalistic skills, Shona is, at heart, a people person and loves nothing more than profiling the movers and shakers of the battery industry and really getting to the heart of what makes them tick.

Shona says: “In my career to date, I have written about everything from botched boob jobs to celebrities behaving badly. Fun years! But never have I, until now, felt so instinctively in the right place at the right time. There is so much scope in the industry today for brilliant editorial and breaking stories that the world needs to hear. I can’t wait to get those stories out there and continue Batteries International’s unrivaled reputation for being the trailblazing publication it is.