Spiro, Africa’s leading electric mobility company, has announced the appointment of Huy Chieu as Chief Development Officer (CDO).
Huy joins Spiro with nearly three decades of global automotive and electric vehicle experience spanning vehicle engineering, product development, manufacturing, supply chain and operational scale-up.
Over the course of his career at General Motors, VinFast and Hero MotoCorp, he has worked across North America, China, India, Southeast Asia and Europe. He has led large engineering organisations, developed vehicle platforms across internal combustion, hybrid and electric technologies, and delivered complex, high-volume vehicle programmes from concept to market.
As Chief Development Officer, Huy will report to Anant Badjatya, Group CEO of Spiro, and lead the company’s end-to-end product development and operationalisation, supporting Spiro as it continues to strengthen its products, engineering capabilities, manufacturing footprint and supply chain across Africa.
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His appointment comes at a pivotal stage in Spiro’s growth. The company has more than 120,000 electric motorcycles on the road, operates over 2,500 battery-swapping stations and has completed more than 47 million battery swaps to date. Spiro is continuing to scale its operations and deepen the localisation of its value chain as it builds an increasingly integrated electric mobility ecosystem across the continent.
Anant Badjatya, Group CEO of Spiro, said: “Huy joins us at a pivotal stage in Spiro’s growth journey. He brings a unique combination of technical depth, operational excellence and leadership experience, together with a strong track record of bringing complex vehicle programmes from concept to market. His experience will play an important role as we continue to strengthen our products, scale our operations and advance our mission of transforming mobility across Africa.”
Huy Chieu, Chief Development Officer of Spiro, said: “Spiro has built a unique electric mobility platform with the ambition and scale to transform transportation across Africa. I am excited to join the team at this pivotal stage and help turn that scale into stronger products, deeper engineering capabilities and world-class manufacturing. The opportunity now is to build mobility solutions in Africa that can compete globally.”
What does Spiro do?
Spiro is Africa’s largest electric mobility company present in seven countries, operating the continent’s most extensive and fastest-growing network of battery-swapping for electric two-wheel vehicles.
With more than 120,000 electric motorcycles, over 2500 battery swapping stations and more than 47 million battery swaps to date, Spiro has achieved over one billion kilometres of low-carbon emissions travel, transforming mobility and economies by substituting expensive imported fossil fuel-based transportation with affordable, accessible and sustainable solutions.
Through its expanding regional production network and operational assembling facilities in Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria and Rwanda, Spiro is committed to delivering electric vehicles made in Africa by Africans for Africa and the world.
