Maxeon mixes board of supervisors

Jun 9, 2021 07:08 PM ET
  • Maxeon Solar Technologies has actually included business incubator group leader Steve Leonard to its board of supervisors in a boardroom reshuffle.
Maxeon mixes board of supervisors
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Leonard is currently the president of US-based Singular University, which acts as a carrier of exec educational programs, an organization incubator and also advancement working as a consultant services. He will certainly currently function as a non-executive supervisor at Maxeon.

Meanwhile Maxeon director Chee Keong has actually handed in his resignation, which entered impact on 7 June.

Maxeon chief executive Jeff Waters claimed that Leonard's previous experience collaborating with innovation business and also their application in social impact will certainly give "indispensable viewpoints" to the business as it expands its business operations internationally.

The manufacturer's reported shipments and also earnings numbers totalled 379MW and US$ 165.4 million specifically in the very first quarter of 2021, although its loss raised by 22% year-on-year because of higher materials as well as logistics costs. The business has projections shipments for the following quarter to separate 415MW and 475MW, with profits of US$ 165-- 185 million as well as a loss of US$ 5-- 15 million. Consulting with analysists last month, Waters claimed he anticipates the business's newly-launched Maxeon Air photovoltaic panel product to make significant strudes in Europe, with a possible market of 4GW.

Leonard claimed: "I am committed to collaborating with entrepreneurs, capitalists and elderly leaders that deal with important difficulties in locations that can boost the sustainability of the world as well as the lives of individuals. The production of lasting energy is a widely crucial location for mankind."


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