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David Owen
CEO
David has been Publisher of Solar Media Ltd (formerly Semiconductor Media) since 2007. In that time he has been responsible for launching four print publications and seven websites all dedicated to the solar industry. In 2010 he became a steering committee member for the Renewable Energy Association’s Solar Power Group, now merged with the Solar Trade Association in the UK. Accepted as an expert on the Solar PV market he has conducted many talks on the state of the UK solar market at events in Germany, China and the UK. He has a Bachelor of Arts with honours in English and Medieval Studies from Sydney University and has almost finished his MBA with the University of Technology in Sydney. An avid reader, David also enjoys all major sporting events that result in an Australian win.
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Ben Willis
Head of Content
Ben Willis is Solar Media’s Head of Content. Ben is an award-winning journalist and editor with a background in environmental, development and social policy issues. His work has appeared in the Guardian and Telegraph, and numerous consumer and specialist publications, including Geographical and The Ecologist magazines. In 2008 he won the Guardian’s award for international development journalism for coverage of the impacts of climate change in West Africa and Southeast Asia.”
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Mark Osborne
Senior News Editor
Mark Osborne has nearly two decades of experience in covering both the semiconductor and photovoltaics manufacturing industries. He was also responsible for the first dedicated websites covering these industries that focused on manufacturing and was the first semiconductor editor to begin blogging in 2005. Mark has presented at technical conferences and moderated at a number of industry events in his time. In his current roles as Senior News Editor for PV-Tech and technical journal Photovoltaics International, Mark covers the key developments in the PV industry on a global level and continues to provide insight and analysis via his editor's blog.
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Nilima Choudhury
Senior Editor PV-Tech
Nilima Choudhury joined us in October 2011 from The Independent as our web and publications editor. She has an honours degree in English Language and French studies from the University of Birmingham. Science-fiction novels, punk-thrash gigs and movies are amongst some of the things that keep her entertained outside of the solar energy world.
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Julia Chan
News and Features Editor
Julia joined Solar Media in July 2012 after spending a year backpacking around the world. She has an honours degree in Ancient History and has five years of editorial experience gained from business intelligence firms Textiles Intelligence and Datamonitor. Outside of the solar world, she has a keen interest in travel and languages.
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Cathy Li
Asian Markets Content Development Manager
Cathy joined Photovoltaics International in January 2010 as content development manager for Asian markets. Prior to joining Photovoltaics International, Cathy received an honours degree from Imperial College London. She remained in the city working with Boao Forum for Asia. Cathy has actively engaged with the Chinese community and has considerable experience in event organization and web content development.
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Huangye Jiang
Chinese Translator & Editor
Huangye joined Photovoltaics International and PV-Tech.org as an intern in early spring 2010, while completing her MA in Interpreting, Translation and Diplomacy at the University of Westminster in London. In addition, she has an honours degree in English and Foreign Economics from Dalian University of Foreign Languages and Jilin University in P.R. China. Huangye has been fully employed as a Chinese Language Editor since September 2010 and has great enthusiasm for machinery engineering and all high-tech products.
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Gary Kakoullis
UK Sales Director
Gary Kakoullis joined Photovoltaics International as account manager in 2008, and now works across a range of media for the brand, including the UK based website Solar Power Portal and its related exhibition and conference Solar Power UK. He holds a honours degree in History from the University of Nottingham and an MBA from the University of Manchester's Manchester Business School with a specialisation in - you guessed it - marketing. Gary had 6 years experience in sales before joining Photovoltaics International. Gary loves reading and travelling, but can be found most nights he is not working in the gym, exercising like crazy.
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Nick Richardson
Account Manager
Nick joined Solar Media Limited in December 2009, starting as Subscription Sales Manager for the company. He has since progressed to become an Account Manager, working with advertisers across a range of media for the brand. The 'youngster' of the Sales Team, Nick graduated with a BA Honours in History from Lancaster University in the summer of 2008. A keen sportsman, Nick enjoys playing tennis and golf and following the 'ups and downs' of his football team Leeds United.
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Daniel Ryder
Account Manager
Daniel has been with the company since the inception of PV-Tech.org in 2007. He spends the majority of his time to selling and account managing for PV-Tech.org and Photovoltaics International. He graduated with a BSc (Honours) in Psychology from the University of Plymouth in 2005. Before working here, Daniel worked for the Investor Services Journal and the Daily Telegraph.
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David Evans
Account Manager
David has been with Photovoltaics International since September 2009. He has over twenty years experience in international business development across a variety of technical fields, gained while working in a number of high profile multinational organisations. Having lived and worked outside the UK for four years as head of national business units, he is now, like David Owen, enjoying the challenge of learning the technical side of the photovoltaics industry. Unlike his namesake, however, he enjoys enormously any Australian sporting failure wherever in the world this may take place. We are undoubtedly very fortunate to have David working with us.
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Graham Davie
Account Manager
Graham joined Semiconductor Media in 2007 and works mainly with major account advertisers within the Photovoltaics International product portfolio as well as running the JobsInPV web site and associated recruitment activities. With a publishing background extending over 15 years covering most parts of the electronics, semiconductor and photovoltaic technology sectors he is well versed in the hi-tech B2B marcomm environment and building effective media programmes for technology suppliers. Graham has a hybrid engineering-marketing degree from Strathclyde University, Glasgow.
