The executive who became the face of Uber Technologies’ series of licensing battles with London’s transport authorities is leaving the ride-hailing behemoth after four years.
Sky News has learnt that Jamie Heywood, Uber’s regional general manager for Northern Europe, is to step down from the role next month.
His departure will be a frenetic tenure punctuated by a string of rows with Transport for London, its stance on the employment status of thousands of drivers and its approach to surviving the pandemic.
Mr Heywood’s resignation was disclosed in a recent memo to colleagues, in which he said he would devote time to completing a book project.
“I feel honoured and proud to have worked alongside every one of you as we’ve collectively risen to the many and varied challenges the world has thrown at us: electrification, Covid, the UK Supreme Court, and TfL, to name just a few,” he wrote in the note seen by Sky…
