Chris Kerr

From an early age, Chris Kerr loved connecting things and people. So, when it was time for him to enter the workforce in New Zealand, he decided to train as an electrician. But he quickly realised that, at six foot four, crawling through roof spaces and under floors wasn't ideal for him. But he still loved connecting products and people to those products, and the technology. He subsequently moved into consumer marketing and management professionally and around the globe physically, living and working in NZ, UK, and Dubai.

Chris joined Schneider Electric in 2017 as the CEO of Clipsal, in a role at the intersection of serving the electrician and consumer. Here, Chris brings a unique, practical, no-nonsense approach to helping electricians and consumers navigate the complexity of power and technology innovation in their respective worlds and bringing those worlds together.  

In the next 10 years, we will use more electricity in our homes than we have in the past 50. Consequently, there are significant changes and trends in energy management for home automation and, of course, electric vehicles. Chris’ expert insights are connecting electricians and consumers, enabling them to design, install, and use energy management solutions that are not only efficient and sustainable, but also lifechanging.

Chris’ four daughters drive his push for sustainability: making it simple, adaptable, and scalable, empowering homeowners to make better energy decisions by controlling how energy is used in their homes.

From a home base of Sydney these days, Chris’ four daughters and wife also reinforce his other passion: championing equal opportunity to ensure that people in the communities in which he lives and works feel valued and safe to contribute their best to those communities.