Team Type: UK Team

Chris is Winch Energy’s Vice President Business Development, where he has been responsible for two of Africa’s largest Mini-Grid projects to date in Sierra Leone and Uganda. Chris has 9 years’ experience working in the off-grid sector in Africa, specialising in developing Mini-Grid projects from start to finish. Previously to Winch he worked as researcher at the University of Southampton, where he contributed to various publications and research in the off-grid sector. In total he has contributed to the implementation of over 60 Mini-Grids to date. Chris has a Civil Engineering degree from the University of Southampton and a Masters in Sustainable Development from SOAS.

Daniel is a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and a Chartered Global Management with over 20 years’ commercial experience working across diverse industries including financial services, consultancy, recently in manufacturing and off-grid renewable energy sector both in Africa and UK. 

He is responsible for the financial control of the Winch Energy Group and to drive best accountancy practice, he has implemented a cloud-based accounting system across the Winch Energy Group, which includes six overseas subsidiaries in Italy and Africa. As well as ensuring that each company within the group complies with various statutory regulations in the respective jurisdictions where the company is situated. He also manages the relationships with stakeholders including external auditors, tax authorities, bankers and investors.

He also actively supports the Corporate Finance team during fund raising and the Business Development team in preparing project bids and tenders.

Tom has been heading the Business Development for the Winch Group since 2016. During this time, he has originated circa €1bn worth of Business to Government projects, which have been instrumental for the growth and expansion of the Group.

He has originated and secured the Corporate Social Responsibility funding from Total for the Design, build and installation of Winch’s flagship Bunjako Island project. He also originated and negotiated Winch’s success for the largest international mini-grid tender in Uganda alongside GIZ and REA Uganda as well as secured private sales contracts with International developers.

A graduate from Durham University, Tom previously worked in the insurance and banking industry and now manages business relationships with Governments, Export Credit Agencies, banks and Investment Funds.