Anton Milner (Chief Executive Officer), one of the four founders of Q-Cells, is a member of the Executive Board. The three experienced managers Gerhard Rauter, Dr. Nedim Cen and Dr. Marko Schulz complete the team of executives.
Anton Milner
(born in 1961)Anton Milner, one of the four co-founders of the Company, has been Chairman of the Executive Board of Q-Cells SE since 2000. The native-born Englishman, is in charge of developing and implementing corporate strategy. He is responsible for Corporate Strategy, Business Excellence, Corporate Communications and Executive Development. Before co-founding Q-Cells, the engineering graduate and MBA was employed as a Senior Engagement Manager for the management consultants, McKinsey. Previously he worked for Royal Dutch Shell, where he was involved in oil and gas trading, risk management and business analyses.
DR. NEDIM CEN
(born in 1965)Dr. Cen has been appointed as CFO to the Q-Cells SE Executive Board in June 2009. He holds a master's degree in mechanical engineering (Dipl.-Ing.) and business administration (Dipl.-Kfm) and was awarded a PhD. (Dr. oec.) from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. At Q-Cells he is responsible for Finance, Tax, Legal & Compliance, Venture Management, Internal Audit as well as Investor Relations at group level. Before joining Alvarez & Marsal as Managing Director he has almost two decades of experience in management consultancy, investment banking and as CFO. In the course of his career Nedim Cen has worked for McKinsey & Company, Goldman Sachs, Dresdner Bank and Credit Suisse and served as CFO at KION Group.
Gerhard Rauter
(born in 1958)Gerhard Rauter – a native born Austrian – has been a member of the Q-Cells SE Executive Board since 2007. He heads Operations & Technology and is consequently responsible for the core operating business, the production and development of crystalline solar cells and thin-film modules. In addition to actual production at the sites in Germany and Malaysia, his remit encompasses, Silicon Sourcing, Technology, Quality Management, Environment, Health & Safety, Business Management, IT, Global Footprint und Human Resources. Prior to his appointment to the Q-Cells Executive Board, Rauter, as Vice President and Managing Director at Infineon Technologies Dresden GmbH & Co. OHG, was in charge of the Dresden facilities and their 2,350 employees from 2006 onwards. Since 1979, he had been working in managerial positions for Siemens AG. In 1999, he started working for Infineon Technologies AG, where he became Vice President Operation & Production in 2005.
Dr. Marko Schulz
(born in 1964)In April 2009, Dr. Marko Schulz was appointed to the Executive Board of Q-Cells SE as Head of the Marketing & Sales. In this position, he is responsible for Market Development, Cell, Module & System Business, Green Electricity, Volume Planning & Controlling as well as Marketing & Communications. His portfolio also includes our worldwide sales network with organizations in Germany, Italy, France and North America as well as Q-Cells International GmbH, which Dr. Schulz has headed since 2007 as Managing Director. After graduating as a business administrator, he took an MBA and was awarded a doctorate from Berlin Technical University. He worked at BASF SE for several years and was involved in financing European energy projects there before joining McKinsey & Company. As a consultant, he managed projects in the energy and public sectors in Europe and the US before becoming a partner of the company in 2001.
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