Liansheng Miao
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Liansheng Miao is the chairperson of our board of directors and the founder, vice chairperson and chief executive officer of Tianwei Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd., our principal operating subsidiary (“Tianwei Yingli”). Prior to founding Tianwei Yingli in 1998, Mr. Miao was the chairperson of Yingli Group. Mr. Miao is an executive director of the Photovoltaic Committee of the China Renewable Energies Association, vice chairperson of the China Rural Area Electricity Supply Association and vice chairperson of the China Cells Industry Association. Mr. Miao is also a director of the Hebei New and High Technology Industry Association and a director of the New Energy Chamber of Commerce of All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce. Mr. Miao studied business management in Beijing Economics Institute and received his master’s degree in business administration from Beijing University in China.
Xiangdong Wang
Director and Vice President
Mr. Xiangdong Wang is a director and vice president of us and Tianwei Yingli. Prior to joining Tianwei Yingli in 2001, he worked as the general accountant for Baoding Public Transportation Co., a PRC company that provides urban public transportation services, Baoding Coal Co., a PRC company engaged in the purchase and distribution of liquefied petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas, and Baoding Sewage Treatment Plant, a sewage treatment facility, each located in Baoding, China. Mr. Wang received his bachelor’s degree in economics from China People’s University in China, and received his master’s degree in economics from Hebei University in China.
Zhiheng Zhao
Vice President
Mr. Zhiheng Zhao is a vice president of us and Tianwei Yingli. He was the head of the project department of Tianwei Baobian, a manufacturer of large electricity transformers and the holder of the minority interest in Tianwei Yingli, and later became the factory manager, overseeing the production of special transformers. Mr. Zhao worked as also the vice president of Tianwei Baobian, general manager of the Baoding Electric Transformer Manufacturing Company, an electricity transformer manufacturer, and general manager of the Baoding Special Converter Manufacturing Factory, a manufacturer of special electricity converters, each located in Baoding, China. Mr. Zhao studied management engineering and graduated from East China Institute of Heavy Machinery in China.
Zongwei Li
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Zongwei Li is the chief financial officer of us and Tianwei Yingli. Prior to joining us in November 2006, Mr. Li served as senior audit manager and audit manager at the accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers for eleven years. From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Li worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers, New York, as audit manager. Mr. Li graduated from the mechanical engineering department of Shanghai Institute of Technology and from the international finance and insurance department of Shanghai Institute of Business and Administration. Mr. Li received his master’s degree in business administration from Olin School of Business of Washington University.
Jingfeng Xiong
Vice President of Technology
Mr. Jingfeng Xiong is our Vice President of Technology. He joined us in 2000. In his eight years at the Company, he has served in a variety of roles, including as the Manager for Wafer, Cell, and Module Workshops, respectively, Quality Manager, Technical Department Manager, System Application Department Manager, and Chief Engineer, gaining extensive experience. Mr. Xiong has an especially solid understanding of each step of our manufacturing process and of all the related equipment. And he has initiated and led research and development projects for optimizing operation and automating our vertically integrated production lines resulting in improved yield rates, cost savings and increased cell convention efficiencies. He received a bachelor's degree in electronics from Hebei University.
Dengyuan Song
Chief Technology Officer
Dr. Dengyuan Song is the chief technology officer of Yingli Green Energy and Tianwei Yingli. Dr. Song has more than 27 years of experience in the research and development of solar cells, silicon materials, and semiconductor PV devices in both Australia and China, including nearly 10 years of research and development in silicon-based solar cells, polycrystalline silicon thin-film solar cells and third-generation solar cells at the ARC Photovoltaics Centre of Excellence at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. Prior to joining University of New South Wales, Dr. Song served as a professor at Hebei University in China, where his teaching and research covered a broad spectrum of topics, including solar cells, silicon materials, photoelectric devices and automation engineering. Dr. Song has published and presented over 150 papers in scientific and technical journals and at various PV industry conferences. He received his bachelor's degree in microelectronics engineering in 1982 from Hebei University and his doctorate degree in photovoltaic engineering in 2005 from University of New South Wales in Australia.
Seok Jin Lee
Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Seok Jin Lee is the chief operating officer of us and Tianwei Yingli. Prior to joining us in October 2006, Mr. Lee worked at Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., a heavy industry equipment manufacturer in Korea, as a general manager for solar business, electric hybrid car business planning and management, feedstock supplies development and supply chain management from 2004 to 2006, a general manager for merger and acquisition activities from 2000 to 2004, and a project manager from 1984 to 2000. Mr. Lee received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Busan University in Korea and his master’s and doctorate degrees in electrical engineering from Yonsei University in Korea.
Yiyu Wang
Chief Strategy Officer
Mr. Yiyu Wang is the Chief Strategy Officer
of us. Prior to joining us in December 2006, Mr. Wang worked as a senior audit manager and an audit manager at the accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers since 1996. From 2003 to 2004, Mr. Wang worked at PicewaterhouseCoopers in Sydney, Australia. Mr. Wang received his bachelor’s degree in international finance from Shanghai University in China.
Mr. Stuart Brannigan
Managing director
Mr. Stuart Brannigan is the managing director of Europe of Yingli Green Energy. Prior to joining Yingli Green Energy, Mr. Brannigan was the director of global procurement for Phoenix Solar AG, in Sulzemoos, Germany. Mr. Brannigan also had a successful career with BP Solar from 1990 to 2005. In his last two years with BP Solar, he served as the director for global procurement, responsible for securing silicon feedstock, wafers, cells, modules, and all other PV-related raw materials and capital equipment. Between 1999 and 2003, Mr. Brannigan was the vice president of sales for Europe and Africa at BP Solar. Additionally, during his tenure at BP Solar, Mr. Brannigan was elected to the board of the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA), where he was responsible for representing, lobbying and voicing the opinions of EPIA around the world.
