Spiro Strengthens Product Leadership with Huy Chieu’s Appointment

Spiro, Africa’s leading electric mobility company, has appointed Huy Chieu as Chief Development Officer (CDO), strengthening its leadership as the company continues to expand its product development, engineering and operational capabilities across the continent.

Huy Chieu Brings Global Automotive Experience

Chieu 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. His experience includes leading large engineering organisations, developing vehicle platforms across internal combustion, hybrid and electric technologies, and delivering complex, high-volume vehicle programmes from concept to market.

Expanded Product Development Mandate

As Chief Development Officer, Chieu will report to Anant Badjatya, Group CEO of Spiro, and lead the company’s end-to-end product development and operationalisation.

His responsibilities will support Spiro’s efforts to strengthen its products, engineering capabilities, manufacturing footprint and supply chain across Africa. The appointment comes as the company continues to build a more integrated electric mobility ecosystem across the continent.

Scaling Electric Mobility Across Africa

Spiro currently 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.

The company is also continuing to scale its operations and deepen the localisation of its value chain as it works to expand electric mobility infrastructure and solutions across African markets.

Commenting on the appointment, 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.”

Focus on Product and Manufacturing Capabilities

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.”

Chieu’s appointment is expected to strengthen Spiro’s product development and engineering leadership as the company moves toward greater industrial scale and a more locally integrated electric mobility ecosystem across Africa.