PV Crystalox

Dr. Dorrity has a PhD in Physical Chemistry from Exeter University. Dr. Dorrity joined Crystalox in 1986 and became responsible for sales and marketing in 1988. He was a member of the MBO team that acquired the Crystalox business in 1994 and was appointed to the boards of both Crystalox Limited and Crystalox Solar Limited at that time. Subsequently following the merger of PV Silicon and Crystalox he became a member of the management board of PV Crystalox Solar AG in 2002 and a director of the Company on its formation in December 2006. Dr. Dorrity has over twenty-five years experience in crystal growth and semiconductor materials with an emphasis latterly on multicrystalline silicon technology. Prior to joining Crystalox Dr. Dorrity spent eight years working in research and in industry with General Electric Company.

Dr. Aulich has a PhD in Physical Chemistry from NYU, New York City, USA. Dr. Aulich founded PV Silicon in 1997 with his partner Dr. Friedrich-Wilhelm Schulze. In 2002 he became a member of the board of PV Crystalox Solar AG where he had responsibility for the German operations including the production and sales of wafers and was appointed as a director of the Company on 21 May 2007. Prior to founding PV Silicon, Dr. Aulich worked for Siemens Solar Group. Dr. Aulich joined the Central Research Laboratories of Siemens AG in Munich, Germany, in 1974 where he worked in various positions in the field of optical fibre communication and photovoltaics. From 1988 to 1991 he was Managing Director at PV Electric, a joint venture of Siemens Solar GmbH, Germany, and Arco Solar, USA, where he was responsible for the commercialisation of amorphous silicon thin film technology. In 1992 he became Managing Director at Siemens Solar GmbH where he was responsible for technology of thin film and crystalline silicon solar cells. He was Senior Vice President for Technology and Research for the Siemens Solar Group responsible for research and development in thin film and crystalline silicon solar cells as well as for systems application for Germany, USA and Japan.

Dr. Finnegan has a Doctorate in Corporate Finance from Henley Management College, an MBA from Manchester Business School and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Dr. Finnegan became Company Secretary of Crystalox in 1985 whilst he was Financial Director of its holding company Elkem (Holdings) Limited, and was appointed to the board of both Crystalox Solar Limited and Crystalox Limited in 1994. He was appointed as a director of the Company on its formation in December 2006. Dr. Finnegan has overall Group responsibility for finance, accounting, planning, financial control, legal matters and investor relations. Prior to joining the Group he worked for a number of large international manufacturing companies in various positions including Chief Accountant, Company Secretary and Financial Director.

Mr Henderson, a Dutch national born in 1948 in Eindhoven Netherlands, graduated in economics from Hamburg University. He started his career at multinational electronics company Philips in 1972, where he held various commercial and financial positions, ending as Member of the Board of Management and CFO of Philips Kommunikations Industrie AG in 1996. After that, he was CFO and Member of the Board of Management of Schmalbach-Lubeca AG an international packaging company listed in Germany from 1996 to 1999, of KPN N.V. the Dutch telecommunications incumbent listed in Amsterdam and New York from 2000 to 2004, and of Nuon N.V. a Dutch energy company from 2004 to 2006. In 2006 and early 2007, he worked for mobile service provider Debitel AG as interim CFO and head of the divestment team. From April 2007 to October 2007 he worked as Member of the Board of Management and CFO for Getronics N.V. an international ICT services company listed in Amsterdam. In March 2008 Mr. Henderson was appointed by Hagemeyer’s general meeting of shareholders as Hold Separate Manager (a “B Director”) of the Management Board of Hagemeyer, a company listed in Amsterdam.

Mr Sleeman graduated in physics from the University of Durham. He started his career at Deloitte & Touche in 1970 where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant before moving to HSBC Investment Bank in 1975. During his time at HSBC, Mr Sleeman held various corporate and project finance advisory roles, ending as Managing Director, Head of International Team, Corporate Finance, from 2000 to 2003. During that time Mr Sleeman held directorships with a number of companies within the HSBC group. After that, he was an adviser to Emerging Markets Group, specialising in structured financial solutions and strategic advice. Mr Sleeman is currently an independent director of OSJC Power Machines and JSC Open Investments. He is also a partner of S.P. Angel Corporate Finance LLP, an appointed representative of S.P. Angel & Co. Limited, which is authorised by the FSA and is a member of the London Stock Exchange.