What a day looks like A brisk early morning dog walk


in the Warwickshire countryside, starts the day whatever the weather! A typical day may then involve reviewing, designing or developing ideas as well as participating in the final assembly and dispatch of the day’s orders. “By working closely with the Operations Director, we have as a company created a very efficient manufacturing process, one that minimises waste and allows us to be very nimble in getting product to customers, turning an order around very quickly but without having vast quantities sitting idly


on shelves. This has naturally cultured a very sustainable way of working and manufacturing, which is done in the UK, and using wherever possible, locally sourced components. “ So, by approaching everything we do with an engineering mindset at the heart of the design, we have almost unconsciously created a very sustainable way of getting the products to market. The office is fully powered using sustainable energy and all


waste is sent for processing at a nearby recycling facility, and as a team, we’re very proud of these initiatives we’ve developed.”


Keeping it personal


A natural problem solver, Chris is always happy to lend his experience and logical thinking to some of the more complex installations, refits and is especially adept at designing solutions so that we can retro-fit our lights to existing older generation LED or Halogen lights, effectively future proofing the yachts lights for many years to come. This flexible and adaptable approach means that as a company, Bluefin LED can be very agile within the superyacht market, creating engineer and design led, custom orders for unique projects.


More than content working on the latest developments, Chris is always there to add his years of technical and installation experience, by visiting shipyards or advising on distributor training, and if you catch him on our stand at a trade show he’ll be happy to impart an anecdote alongside wisdom.


Work hard play harder


A keen and competent amateur archer, a passion I share with my youngest daughter, we regularly participate in activities at the Ivanhoe Archery Club, Ashby de la Zouch. Never wanting to be far from an electrical project or two, I converted the family home to a highly efficient solar/battery bank set up, which means that for most of the year we can run exclusively off grid. This also includes my wife’s industrial glass kilns, which she uses for creating unique decorative art panels, splash backs and glass tiles.


With more renovations and upgrades planned in the future for the house (and a resolution to stop buying project properties!) as well as carving out time for the family, Chris acknowledges that like most of us, finding the work-life balance is sometimes a challenge but an important one.


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