Hanwha Q CELLS appoints Dr. Daniel JW Jeong as the company’s new Global Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Jeong entered Hanwha Q CELLS as the global Head of R&D in January 2015.
"We're very excited to have Dr. Daniel Jeong as our new CTO, who has demonstrated an outstanding leadership in integrating our global R&D teams located in Germany, Malaysia, Korea and China following the merger between former Hanwha Q CELLS and Hanwha SolarOne in early 2015,” said Seong Woo Nam, the Chairman and CEO of Hanwha Q CELLS. “Dr. Jeong is a renowned authority in crystalline silicon photovoltaics technology development and an ideal person to further strengthen our technology leadership in solar industry."
Jeong has years of experience in leading R&D teams in the solar industry. Before joining Hanwha, he had worked as a semiconductor engineer at Samsung Electronics and he also held numerous R&D leadership positions at LG Group for ten years and was instrumental for LG's move into solar industry. His new position as Hanwha Q CELLS’ CTO has been immediately effective.