Tom Baker
Managing Director and Partner
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Dr. Thomas Baker, Managing Director and Partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), is a core member of the firm’s energy practice and global lead for the Low Carbon Energy & Infrastructure Sector. Thomas joined BCG as a consultant in 2011, and has worked for clients in the energy sector on a variety of decarbonization and energy transition topics.
A scientist specializing in energy, specifically solar photovoltaics (PVs), he focuses much of his time in clean technology (renewables, clean hydrogen, carbon capture) and has rich experience across the US and globally, including project work in Europe, Asia, and Australia. Before joining BCG, Tom worked in strategic marketing at First Solar and also as a researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, studying renewable technologies, such as lithium-ion batteries and hydrogen fuel cells.
In his graduate work at Harvard University, Tom focused on computational solid-state physics applied to heterogeneous catalysis and PV. He has contributed to several BCG publications on the energy sector and is a featured speaker and panelist at many industry conferences.
A scientist specializing in energy, specifically solar photovoltaics (PVs), he focuses much of his time in clean technology (renewables, clean hydrogen, carbon capture) and has rich experience across the US and globally, including project work in Europe, Asia, and Australia. Before joining BCG, Tom worked in strategic marketing at First Solar and also as a researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, studying renewable technologies, such as lithium-ion batteries and hydrogen fuel cells.
In his graduate work at Harvard University, Tom focused on computational solid-state physics applied to heterogeneous catalysis and PV. He has contributed to several BCG publications on the energy sector and is a featured speaker and panelist at many industry conferences.