Suntech adds to European management team

9 November 2009

Solar manufacturer Suntech Power Holdings has acquired four new senior executives to its European management team.

The hires include new vice president of sales Vedat Guergeli, the appointment of David Hogg as head of Suntech Europe, Frank Weber as marketing director in Europe and Carl von Braun as director of project finance, Europe.

Since the beginning of 2009, Suntech Europe has quadrupled its European workforce, with particular focus on senior management positions and customer related functions such as sales, marketing and after sales support. In particular, Suntech’s European headquarters in Schaffhausen, Switzerland and its German office in Munich have been a focus of the strengthening of the customer support team.

Dr Zhengrong Shi, Suntech’s chairman and CEO, said, ‘The key appointments to our European management team are another major move forward in solidifying our operations in Europe and providing local support to our rapidly expanding customer base. Each of these executives brings vast industry knowledge and crucial management expertise, which will reinforce the status and reputation of the Suntech brand across Europe.’

Founder of Germany’s CSG Solar, Hogg has more than 20 years experience in the solar PV industry. He previously held the post of managing director of Pacific Solar Australia and began his career at Unisearch where he commercialised technologies developed by the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.

Von Braun also joins Suntech from CSG Solar where he held the position of CFO. He began his career at Deutsche Babcock-Borsig Group as a commercial manager and moved to Hyperion Solutions Deutschland as a financial manager.

Reporting directly to Hogg, Guergeli joins Suntech from Conergy where he managed the PV business as managing director for the Asia-Pacific region. Guergeli worked for Bosch for more than six years as general manager and as head of product management for Blaupunkt Aftermarket, based in Penang, Malaysia. He also spent more than ten years at Sharp Microelectronics in Hamburg.

With more than 18 years international marketing experience, Weber will be responsible for developing Suntech’s European marketing team. Most recently, he was senior vice president of corporate communications at Deutsche Post.

Suntech Power Holdings designs and develops crystalline silicon solar modules, with regional headquarters in China, Switzerland and San Francisco and sales offices worldwide.

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