Rotimi Thomas

CEO & Co-Founder, SunFi

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Rotimi Thomas is the CEO and Co-Founder of SunFi, an Omnichannel platform unlocking Africa’s clean energy economy by empowering Solar Installer Sales agents with tools and infrastructure to transition end consumers to accessible and sustainable solar and clean energy solutions. With an extensive background in energy modeling, infrastructure finance, project development, and management, Rotimi has been instrumental in scaling SunFi's impact. The company has exceeded 7MW of installed capacity, saving consumers over $2million annually, and is impacting over 50,000 lives annually. Before SunFi, Rotimi co-founded and helped build Aspire PowerSolutions, a Solar Installation and Services company in Nigeria. He also held a leadership position at Siemens as the Head of Market Development and Development Capital for sub-Saharan Africa, Gas to Power group until December 2018. He joined Siemens in 2013 through the company's Finance Excellence Program (CFO training program). Rotimi completed his Master In Business Administration (MBA) and Master in Environmental Management (MEM) at Duke University in 2013. Rotimi enjoys martial arts, listening to andmaking music, food, traveling, and other hobbies. He speaks intermediate German and enjoys mentoring talent including future entrepreneurs and MBAs.