Corporate management

Corporate Management

The organs of SolarWorld Public Limited - as the principal company/holding – are beside the main convention of the corporate management and the executive board. In the operative business units the business managers and / or the corporate management of the subsidiaries are responsible for the strategic leadership and the operative implementation.

Members of the Board of Directors

The corporate management of SolarWorld AG consists of four members who, in accordance with the law (§ 77 AktG; § 78 AktG), articles of association (§§ 5,6) and rules and regulations are responsible for managing the business and representing the company.

Dr.-Ing. E. h. Frank Asbeck

(graduate engineer, honorary doctorate from Freiberg University of Mining and Technology)

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Founder of the company, responsible for strategic group development, production and technology development, procurement as well as public relations / public affairs including energy and environmental policy

Period of office: 1999 to January 9, 2014

Dipl.-Wirtschaftsing. Frank Henn

(graduate industrial engineer)

Chief Sales Officer (CSO)


Responsible for international sales, global quality management and product engineering

Period of office: 2004 to January 31, 2016

Dipl.-Kfm. tech. Philipp Koecke

(graduate finance executive)

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Responsible for the areas of controlling, finance, accounting and investor relations

Period of office: 2003 to April 30, 2015

RAin Colette Rückert-Hennen

(attorney at law)

Chief Information, Brand & Personnel Officer (CIBPO)

Responsible for the areas human resources, brand management, marketing and sustainability as well as IT.

Period of office: 2011 to June 30, 2014

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors advises and supervises the corporate management. It appoints the members of the corporate management. The legal basis for the work done by the Board of Directors of SolarWorld AG is the Companies Act, the Articles of Association and the business rules and regulations. The members of the Board of Directors of SolarWorld AG have been re-appointed in the Annual General Meeting on 27th May 2003 up to the next Annual General Meeting that decides regarding the dissolution of the Board of Directors for the financial year 2007.

Dr. Claus Recktenwald

Chairman

Attorney-at-law and partner in the law of the Schmitz Knoth Rechtsanwälte in Bonn, Germany.

Initial appointment:
12/18/1998

End of current appointment period:
May 2013

  • Supervisory Board of Solarparc AG, Bonn (Chairman since incorporation)
  • Supervisory Board of VEMAG Verlags- und Medien AG, Cologne (Member since 07.04.2006)
  • Advisory Board of Grünenthal GmbH and Grünenthal GmbH & Co. KG, Aachen (Member since 01.01.2010)

Dr. Georg Gansen

Deputy Chairman

Attorney-at-law/ Corporate Legal Counsel at Deutsche Post AG located in Bonn, Germany.

Initial appoinment:
12/18/1998

End of current term:
May 2013

  • Supervisory Board of Solarparc AG, Bonn (Deputy Chairman since incorporation)

Dr. Alexander von Bossel, LL.M

Member

Attorney-at-law and partner in the law firm Sozietät CMS Hasche Sigle in Cologne, Germany.

  • Supervisory Board of Solarparc AG, Bonn (Member since incorporation)
 
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