Venture CatalystBURN Manufacturing
Leadership Team
- Peter Scott (CEO, Founder)
- Leif C. Haerum (CFO)
- Chris McKinney (CCO)
- Oliver Mauersberger (COO)
- Sylvia N. Kokonya (Chief Talent & Happiness Officer)
- Jacob Okoth (Chief Field Operations Officer)
- Mark Connor (Global Commercial Director Charcoal Appliances)
- Irene Kamande (East Africa Commercial Director)
- Otome Oyo (Global Marketing Director)
- Ray Fernandez (Global Field Operations Director)
- Deepak Tiwari (Finance Director)
- Samuel Murekefu (Director of Innovation)
Affiliations or Awards
Memberships and Partnerships:
- CCA (Venture Catalyst Portfolio member)
- Mwangaza Light (last mile distributor)
Awards:
- Winner: Affordability Prize Award, Global LEAP Awards, 2020
- Bloomberg New Energy Finance Award, 2018
- Swiss Energy and Climate Summit award, 2018
- Million Lives Club Award, 2017
Related Information
- Company website
- Leadership Series interview
- Venture Catalyst project summary
- Innovation Case Card: End-to-end Integration from R&D to Carbon Project Implementation
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Funding
Known Investors or Grant Providers:
- Acumen (equity)
- Adam Smith International (grant)
- BetterVest (debt)
- CCA (grant)
- Climate Care (equity)
- EEP Africa (grant)
- Fledge (equity)USAID (grant)
- Grand Challenges Canada (grant)
- Habitat for Humanity (equity)
- Kiva (debt)
- Lundin Foundation (equity)
- OPIC (debt)
- SNV (grant)
- Washington Global Health Fund (grant)