Meyer Burger appoints Dr Dirk Habermann as new Chief Innovation Officer and Member of the Executive Board effective January 1, 2017. He will succeed Sylvère Leu who retires as CIO of Meyer Burger at the end of the year.
Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) announced today that the Board of Directors has appointed Dr Dirk Habermann as new Chief Innovation Officer and Member of the Executive Board of Meyer Burger effective January 1, 2017. Dirk Habermann was Vice President (R&D) of SCHMID Group (DE) from 2008 until 2013 and has in-depth experience in photovoltaic research & development as well as executive leadership experience in international technology companies. He holds a PhD in natural sciences from the Ruhr University in Bochum (DE) and has been working for Meyer Burger since 2014 as Head of Process Material & Line Design. His focus in this role was the consolidation of the development, production and automation of solar cell manufacturing processes.
Sylvère Leu will retire as CIO and Member of the Executive Board of Meyer Burger on December 31, 2016. He is one of the pioneers in photovoltaics and looks back on a very successful career spanning almost thirty years in the European solar industry. Prior to his role as CIO at Meyer Burger since 2010, Sylvère Leu was Chief Operating Officer of 3S Industries Ltd, a company merged into the Meyer Burger Group in 2010. In future, Sylvère Leu will continue to work with Meyer Burger in an advisory capacity.
