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The board of directors for China Technology Development Group (CTDC) have newly appointed Liao Lin-Hsiang as the chief operating officer and Bruno Diaz Herrera as chief technology officer effective December 13, 2010. Liao will take over for Lu Zhenwei who resigned from his COO position, but has continued on as executive director for CTDC.
Manfred Bächler has resigned from his position as Phoenix Solar’s chief technology officer. Bächler will also be stepping down from the Phoenix Solar executive board, citing personal reasons for his decision.
Carsten Bovenschen has left his position as chief financial officer of Roth & Rau AG with immediate effect. Bovenschen and Roth & Rau’s management board reached the decision by mutual agreement, with Bovenschen citing personal reasons for his decision.
Effective January 1, 2011, First Solar will have two new changes in its leadership team. Mike Ahearn will move from executive chairman to chairman of the board of directors while James Zhu, the current chief accounting officer, will take over as interim CFO. Zhu will be taking over the position from Jens Meyerhoff, who will transition full time to president of First Solar’s utility systems division.
United Solar’s Vice President, Martha Duggan, will join the U.S. government’s Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee. The role of the newly-formed committee is to advise the Secretary of Commerce, Gary Locke, on how to develop export markets and increase the competitiveness of America’s renewable energy industries.
David Neuschuler has joined RASIRC as its engineering manager, where he will be responsible for development of the company’s semiconductor, photovoltaics and nanotechnology products. Neuschuler has over 30 years of engineering and management experience, most recently as director of technology development at Teledyne Advanced Pollution Instrumentation.
DEK Solar has appointed Martin Hewson as its new business unit manager of alternative energy systems. In the newly-created role, Hewson, who has been promoted from his position as DEK’s production coordinator, will be responsible for maintaining product quality, reduced lead times and customer service during the operational processes. He will also act as an intermediary between the company’s sales and engineering teams.
Paolo Maccario has been appointed chief operating officer and general manager of Silfab Ontario, the Canadian subsidiary of Silfab Spa. Maccario will take up his new role on January 1, 2011, and will be responsible for handling the lead-up and opening of Silfab’s 180MW module manufacturing plant in spring 2011.
Avantor Performance Materials has unveiled Allison Hosak as its new director of corporate communications. Hosak, who has been promoted from her position as marketing communications manager, will be responsible for corporate branding, internal communications, event planning and marketing.
Richard Yumin Gu has resigned from his position as China Sunergy’s vice president and general manager of sales and marketing. Yumin Gu is stepping down because of personal reasons and will leave his post with immediate effect.
