People: Trina Solar Ltd (TSL)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Jifan Gao

 48 1998 Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer

Terry Wang

 53 2008 Chief Financial Officer

Benjamin Hill

 42 2012 President, Europe Region

Qi Lin

 50 2012 President, China Region

Mark Mendenhall

 54 2012 President, Americas Region

Haiyan Sun

 51 2012 President, APMEA Region

Qiang Huang

 39 2012 Senior Vice President - Blue Ocean Business Unit

Zhiguo Zhu

 50 2012 Senior Vice President - Module Business Unit

Jiqing Gao

 45 2012 Vice President - China and APMEA PV Systems Business Unit

Jim Wang

 51 2012 Vice President - European and American PV Systems Business Unit

Yang Shao

 47 2010 Chief Human Resources Officer

Wai Kwan Chow

 67 2012 Independent Director

Jerome Corcoran

 63 2006 Independent Director

Liping Qiu

 48 2009 Independent Director

Kwok On Yeung

 52 2010 Independent Director

Qian Zhao

 44 2007 Independent Director
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Biographies

Name Description

Jifan Gao

 Mr. Jifan Gao is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of Trina Solar Limited. He founded Trina Solar Limited in 1998. From August 2001 to October 2006, Mr. Gao served as Chairman of Changzhou Tianhe Investment Co., Ltd., and he served as Chairman of Changzhou Tianhe New Energy Institute Co., Ltd. from May 2003 to October 2006. Mr. Gao also served as Vice Chairman of Changzhou Minsheng Financing Guarantee Co Ltd from June 2004 to October 2006. Prior to founding the Company, Mr. Gao was the founder and the head of Wujin Xiehe Fine Chemical Factory from 1992 through 1997. From 1989 to 1992, Mr. Gao was one of the co-founders and the head of Guangdong Shunde Fuyou Detergent Factory. Mr. Gao also serves as Vice Chairman of the Solar Power Construction Committee of the China Renewable Energy Society and as Standing Vice Chairman of the New Energy Chamber of Commerce of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce. Mr. Gao has published and presented several articles and papers in solar power related magazines and conferences. Mr. Gao received his master’s degree in physical chemistry from Jilin University in 1988 and his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Nanjing University in 1985.

Terry Wang

 Mr. Terry Wang is Chief Financial Officer of Trina Solar Limited. From January 31, 2008 until June 29, 2008, he has served as Senior Vice President of Finance of the Company. Mr. Wang has 20 years of experience in international financial operations and management in technology and manufacturing industries. Prior to joining Trina Solar, Mr. Wang served as the Executive Vice President of Finance of Spreadtrum Communications, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company listed on NASDAQ. Prior to Spreadtrum Communications, Mr. Wang served as Chief FO of a silicon valley based technology company and controller at NASDAQ-listed semiconductor assembly and testing companies. Mr. Wang, who is Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and Certified in Financial Management (CFM), holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Wisconsin.

Benjamin Hill

 Mr. Benjamin Hill is President, Europe Region of Trina Solar Limited. During his time at Trina, he has served as the head of global sales and marketing and as vice president of sales and marketing in Europe. Prior to joining, he worked with BP Solar for over ten years, serving as a sales director of Europe, Africa and the Middle East from September 1998 to January 2003, a regional director of North Europe from January 2003 to November 2005, a European sales director from November 2005 to July 2007 and a general manager of performance unit for South Europe from July 2007 to April 2009. From August 1986 to August 1998, he worked at Hiltec Solar Ltd., Nestec Ltd. and Sollatek Ltd. (UK). Mr. Hill has 25 years of experience in business development in the PV industry.

Qi Lin

 Mr. Qi Lin is President, China Region of Trina Solar Limited. Prior to joining, Mr. Lin worked at Siemens as senior vice president of Siemens SLC and general manager of the division of renewable energy for Northeast Asia. Before joining Siemens since 2004, Mr. Lin was general manager and group vice president in China for LM Glasfiber, a manufacturer of wind turbine rotor blades. Prior to joining LM Glasfiber in 2003, Mr. Lin worked for FOSS, a analytical instrument manufacturer in Denmark, and served as general manager of China. Mr. Lin received a bachelor’s degree from Beijing University of Technology in 1985 and an MBA degree from City University of Seattle in 2001.

Mark Mendenhall

 Mr. Mark Mendenhall is President, Americas Region of Trina Solar Limited. Before joining company, from March 2011 to May 2012, Mr. Mendenhall has worked as a president and general manager for the North America division of Sun Edison, where he was responsible for developing Sun Edison’s solar power plant business in North America. Prior to that, Mr. Mendenhall worked for more than 30 years at Tyco International, where he served a president, general manager and director across a number of its various subsidiaries, including Raychem. He also held roles relating to strategic development, marketing, sales, operations management and technical engineer at Raychem prior to becoming a general manager. He also has experience operating in different cultures and global markets and has set up multiple manufacturing facilities in China. Mr. Mendenhall received a bachelor’s degree in physics and electronic engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 1980.

Haiyan Sun

 Dr. Haiyan Sun, Ph.D., is President, APMEA Region of Trina Solar Limited. He joined in February 2010 as vice president of the department of system engineering solutions & services. Prior to joining, he worked at Oerlikon Solar as head of technical marketing in Asia and managing director in China for more than four years. Dr. Sun received a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Wuhan University of Science & Technology in China in 1985 and a Ph.D. degree in material science and engineering from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Switzerland in 1991.

Qiang Huang

 Dr. Qiang Huang is Senior Vice President - Blue Ocean Business Unit of Trina Solar Limited. Dr. Huang was vice president of technology since October 2008 and was appointed senior vice president of technology in December 2011. Dr. Huang served as director of manufacturing engineering from May 2007 to July 2008. Prior to joining, he served as senior manager of device integration of ST Microelectronics in Singapore from September 2006 to April 2007. From July 2004 to September 2006, he served as the thin-film module manager in X-Fab Sarawak in Malaysia. From April 2001 to July 2004, he served as a senior engineer, and then the acting engineering manager in System-on-Silicon Manufacturing Co. Ltd. Dr. Huang received a Ph.D degree in physics specializing in thin-film technology from National University of Singapore in Singapore in 2002 and a master’s degree in electronics materials and devices from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China in 1998.

Zhiguo Zhu

 Mr. Zhiguo Zhu is Senior Vice President - Module Business Unit of Trina Solar Limited. Mr. Zhu served as vice president of finance from February 2011 to December 2011. He has over 20 years of professional experience in finance and general management with global and Chinese companies. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Zhu was the global finance operation controller and internal control and audit director and chief financial officer at Haier Group from June 2009 to January 2011. From May 2004 to June 2009, he worked at Lucent Technologies, including serving as a regional chief financial officer and vice president of Lucent Technologies (China) and a chief financial officer of Lucent Technologies (Qingdao) from 2008 to 2009. He also worked at China Track Group from 2002 to 2004 as finance controller and deputy general manager. From 1996 to 2002, Mr. Zhu worked for Howden Power and Howden Hua Engineering Company as financial controller and acting general manager. Mr. Zhu received a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Tsinghua University in 1984, a master’s degree from University of Shanghai Science and Technology in 1987 and an MBA from Imperial College London in 1995.

Jiqing Gao

 Mr. Jiqing Gao is Vice President - China and APMEA PV Systems Business Unit of Trina Solar Limited. As one of the founders of company, he has experiences across various departments of company, including production quality management, operations, research and development. He received a bachelor’s degree from Jilin University in 1990.

Jim Wang

 Mr. Jim Wang is Vice President - European and American PV Systems Business Unit of Trina Solar Limited. Mr. Wang has over 20 years of management experience in semiconductor and photovoltaic industries. Prior to joining company in 2011, Jim served as a vice president of sales and marketing at GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Limited, a polysilicon and wafer manufacturer listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. During 2009 and 2010, Mr. Wang served as the chief operating officer at Comtec Solar Systems Company Ltd., a China-based photovoltaic company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. During 2008 and 2009, he served as a senior director of business development at JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd., a manufacturer of high-performance solar power products listed on the Nasdaq.

Yang Shao

 Ms. Yang Shao is Chief Human Resources Officer of Trina Solar Limited. Ms. Shao brings to the Company more than 15 years of global experience in FORTUNE 500 companies and experience in human resources ("HR") areas, including corporate and international recruitment, performance management and organization development. Ms. Shao will oversee Trina Solar's overseas HR management system and compensation and benefits for its employees globally. Before joining Trina Solar, Ms. Shao worked at Colgate-Palmolive (New York) in various roles, including the position of Global Employee Relations & Engagement Director. Prior to Colgate-Palmolive, she worked at Bristol-Myers Squibb and The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation in functions related to HR, marketing, and business development. Ms. Shao holds a Doctorate degree in Social & Organizational Psychology from Rutgers University and received an Executive Education in Marketing Management from the Graduate School of Business of Columbia University in New York.

Wai Kwan Chow

 Mr. Henry Wai Kwan Chow is Independent Director of Trina Solar Ltd. Prior to his retirement from IBM in 2009, Mr. Chow served in numerous executive positions in the Asia Pacific region, and was most recently general manager and then chairman of the IBM Greater China Group. He also served on IBM's Worldwide Management Council and IBM's Strategy Team, a group of senior IBM executives responsible for advising, reviewing, and formulating IBM's strategy. Mr. Chow currently serves as a non-executive director to AMD, a semiconductor company based in the United States, and also as a member of the European Advisory Committee of Bridgepoint, a British private equity company. Mr. Chow holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Hong Kong.

Jerome Corcoran

 Mr. Jerome Corcoran is Independent Director of Trina Solar Limited. From 1995 to 1998, Mr. Corcoran was Managing Director at Merrill Lynch’s China Private Equity Group in Beijing, China. From 1989 to 1994, Mr. Corcoran had served as Managing Director and the head of international investment banking of Merrill Lynch in New York and London. Mr. Corcoran retired from his investment banking career in 1998. He received his bachelor’s degree in political philosophy from Loyola University in 1971 and his MBA degree from St John’s University in 1974. In the Company, Mr. Corcoran also serves as the committee and corporate governance and nominating committee of the board.

Liping Qiu

 Mr. Liping Qiu is Independent Director of Trina Solar Limited. He is one of the founding partners of Milestone Capital Management Co. Ltd, a China-focused private equity investment and advisory company incorporated in the Cayman Islands, and the general partner of Milestone China Opportunities Fund I, L.P, a Cayman Islands limited partnership that invests primarily in high-growth Chinese companies, since 2002. In 2001, Mr. Qiu was Bear Stearns’s Beijing Office Representative, responsible for investment banking operations in China. From 1997 to 2000, Mr. Qiu was an analyst at Merrill Lynch’s direct investment group and corporate finance group, and, from 1998 to 2000, he served as the chief financial officer of Tianrun Crankshaft Co., Ltd., an independent Chinese crankshaft manufacturer. Mr. Qiu received his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in engineering from the National University of Defense Technology of China in 1984 and 1986, respectively.

Kwok On Yeung

 Dr. Yeung Kwok On is Independent Director of Trina Solar Limited. Dr. Yeung is the Philips Chair Professor of Human Resource Management, Associate Dean, and Director of Centre of Organization and People Excellence at China Europe International Business School. He founded CEO Learning Consortium, a learning platform where CEOs from more than thirty firms in China joined together to share the business practices in China. Between January 1999 and June 2002, Dr. Yeung served as chief learning officer and chief human resources officer of Acer Group. Dr. Yeung currently serves as a board director at Kingdee International Software Group, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and as an independent director of three private companies. Dr. Yeung received his bachelor and master degrees in management from the University of Hong Kong and Ph.D. in human resource management from the University of Michigan.

Qian Zhao

 Mr. Qian Zhao is Independent Director of Trina Solar Limited. Mr. Zhao currently works with investors in making private equity investments in China-based companies and is the acting chief operation officer of GuangCai 49 Holding Co., Ltd., an investment company founded by some of China’s private entrepreneurs. He also holds the position of Managing Director of CXC Capital Inc. Mr. Zhao co-founded Haiwen & Partners, a preeminent China corporate finance law firm in Beijing, and was a senior partner of the law firm. He worked in Sullivan & Cromwell LLP’s New York office from 1996 to 2000, and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates’ Beijing office from 2000 to 2003. He is admitted to practice law in both China and New York. Mr. Zhao received his J.D. degree from New York University School of Law in 1997 and his LL.B from University of International Business & Economics, Beijing in 1990.

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