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Philip Wolfe is one of the pioneers of the renewable and community energy sectors. He is interim Director General of Community Energy England; non-executive Chairman of Westmill Solar Co-operative; a panel member of the Climate Bonds Initiative; Non-Exec Director of Communities for Renewables, Earthworm Energy Plcand Renewable Energy Assurance Ltd and founder of Wiki-Solar. He also provides advisory services through WolfeWare Limited.A Cambridge first-class engineering graduate, Philip has been involved in the sector since the 1970’s and was the first Chief Executive of BP Solar, before establishing Intersolar Group. He was instrumental in establishing Community Energy England and agreed to become its first Director General, having previously served as founding director and Director General of the Renewable Energy Association between 2003 and 2009, and on the Boards of other British and European bodies and advisory groups.Routledge published his book on utility-scale solar power projects in 2012. He was a founding director of the European Photovoltaic Industry Association and its second President from 1987 to 1989. He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to renewable energy and the energy sector.

Dr. Hoffmann is a solar industry veteran with 30 years of experience. He has been the President of EPIA, a Member of the Supervisory Board of SMA Solar Technology AG, the Chief Technology Officer of Solar Business Group and Member of Management Board at Applied Materials GmbH, as the Chairman of the Board of RWE SCHOTT Solar GmbH, as Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of the Solar Business Group at Applied Materials GmbH, as a Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (fhG-ISE) in Freiburg and a Member of the Supervisory Board of the Institute for Solar Energy Research (ISFH) in Hameln, Germany.

Dr. Hoffmann served as a Member of Supervisory board of SMA Solar Technology AG, as a Member of Scientific Board of Prime New Energy AG. He serves as a Member of Supervisory Board at SMA America LLC. He serves as the President of the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) and his leadership role with the German Solar Industry Association (BSW). Dr. Hoffmann has a Doctorate degree in Physics from University of Freiburg, Germany.

New Energy Technologies & Environment Professional, has previously acted as founder and CEO of NAPS International, Vice President, Corporate Technology at Fortum Oyj, the Secretary General of the Millennium Prize Foundation. He has also acted as the Chairman of the Board of EPIA (European Photovoltaic Industry Association) and worked at Cornell as a post doctoral research associate in collaboration with Professor Robert Coleman Richardson, a Nobel Prize laureate in physics in 1996. In 1993 Dr. Alvesalo was awarded the Medal of Honor, Knight 1. Class, Order of the Lion of Finland.