Trevor Baylis OBE, confirmed as VIP presenter

Published by Geraldine McIlwaine for The Green Organisation in Housing and also in Central Government, Communities, Environment, Local Government

We are delighted to announce that Trevor Baylis, the renowned British inventor, famous for inventing the wind up radio, has kindly agreed to serve as our VIP presenter for this year's awards.

In 1991, Trevor Baylis saw a television programme about the spread of AIDS in Africa and he set about developing the Wind Up Radio.  He invented it in response to the need to communicate information about AIDS to the people of Africa.

In October 1997, Trevor was awarded the OBE by The Princess Royal at Buckingham Palace, where he was also surprised by Michael Aspel and whisked off to be featured in an edition of “This Is Your Life”.

In September 2003 Trevor teamed up with a group of experienced business professionals to create 'Trevor Baylis Brands', a company formed to help inventors learn more about their inventions, how to go about protecting them and seek routes-to-market for the commercially viable ideas. Trevor continues his tireless work to promote the concept of ‘personal power’.  His biography entitled “Clock This” has been on the bestseller list.  

Click here to see a video of Trevor at home talking about invention.

Trevor now runs Trevor Baylis Brands plc, a company dedicated to helping inventors to develop and protect their ideas and to find a route to market.