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Solar Frontier Americas has welcomed Gregory Ashley as the new vice president and chief operating officer for its American operations. He will oversee sales and marketing in North and South America and will be responsible for commercializing Solar Frontier’s CIS thin-film solar PV technology.
Suntech Power Holding’s CFO and director, Amy Yi Zhang, will soon start her newest role with the company as VP in charge of Suntech’s strategic project finance initiatives. She has served as CFO and director since 2005 and 2007 respectively.
Sean Tzou and Gary Yu have been named chief strategy officer and senior VP of operations respectively. Yu previously served as Trina Solar’s VP of manufacturing since May of 2007. He will continue management of the daily responsibilities for manufacturing and operations management and expand to include capacity expansion and supply chain management duties.
Gathering experts from the science, political and business worlds, Dii is forming an advisory board to create the basis for generating sustainable and climate-friendly power in the deserts of North Africa and the Middle East and supplying carbon-free energy to producer nations and Europe. The board will be chaired by Professor Hans Müller-Steinhagen (pictured), director of the Institute of Technical Thermodynamics at the German Aerospace Center.
Calisolar has chosen John Correnti and Terry Jester as the new chairman of the board and executive VP of operations, respectively. Correnti (pictured) serves as chairman and CEO for Steel Development Co. and is the first outside director to join the company.
Jörg Eggersdorfer, current member of IBC Solar’s board of directors and commercial director since 2009, has been appointed company chief financial officer. Eggersdorfer will maintain responsibility for accounting, financial controlling, human resources, IT, order processing and logistics.
Meyer Burger has appointed a new chief executive officer at its subsidiary, 3S Swiss Solar Systems, as predecessor Dr. Patrick Hofer-Noser turns his focus to his role within the company as chief technology officer and executive board member. Philippe Baur will now assume the responsibilities of this position, as of July 26.
The newest executive team member for Critical Manufacturing comes in the form of Jeff Peabody who was newly appointed as VP of sales and business development. Peabody brings eighteen years of senior marketing and sales positions for factory automation solutions in semiconductor manufacturing. Most recently, Peabody held a senior position with Global Services Group of Applied Materials.
Crystalline silicon solar cell manufacturer, China Sunergy, has announced the departure of company VP and general manager of the operations division. Yang Fang (“Roger”) has resigned from his position due to personal reasons.
Ian Jenks has been elected as the newest member to QuantaSol’s board of director’s where he will also serve as chairman. Jenks has over 20 years of experience in the technology industry for companies in the US and Europe.
