Mr Lange, an energy industry veteran, is currently setting up German operations, which will be based in Munich, Germany, and will then take responsibility for expanding into other European markets. He is also responsible for building the German team as well as the sales and marketing structure.
Solar Frontiers Germany subsidiary, Solar Frontier Europe GmbH, will serve as a hub office for all of Europe.
We are excited that such an experienced and capable industry expert is heading up our European operations," said Brooks Herring, director of International Business at Solar Frontier. "Wolfgang has more than 20 years of experience in the oil and solar industries and we believe he is the right person to push Solar Frontiers expansion forward in Europe.
Mr Lange added: Joining Solar Frontier at this exciting time in its development was a great decision. "The German solar marketplace is taking leadership in Europe and the investment Solar Frontier has made to bring on line a gigawatt of capacity is based on technology fundamentals that will be increasingly recognized as standard-setting in this level of sophisticated market.
Wolfgang Lange has worked in the oil and solar industries for the past 20 years. He started his career in 1988 at the Shell Group, working in different management and marketing positions, including as Global Marketing Manager of Shell Retail London, where he was responsible for the units worldwide marketing strategy.
