Christopher Baker-Brian

Chris Baker-Brian is the co-founder and Managing Director of BBOXX's Product Division. BBOXX is a venture backed company developing solutions to provide affordable, clean energy to off-grid communities in the developing world. Founded in 2010 by Chris and two fellow Imperial College London students, the company has enjoyed fast growth; BBOXX has now deployed more than 400,000 solar kits and impacted over 1,500,000 lives across Africa and Asia. The company now employs over 3000 full and part time staff in 15 countries around the world. Investors include Kholsa Impact, Synergy Growth, Bamboo Finance, Ceniarth, ENGIE, MKB&CO and DOEN. As the Product Division MD, Chris leads the development, from the London office, of a wide range of advanced rural electrification solutions, as well as a range of software products to support BBOXX’s growing global operations. He also oversees supply chain operations across Asia and Africa, Specialities: Rural electrification, product design, energy strategy, power systems and electronics, other areas of electrical engineering.