King Abdullah University, where Bkayrat created a solar programme Photo: Conergy

First Solar names Saudi supremo

First Solar has named Raed Bkayrat its top man in Saudi Arabia, as the US solar giant continues fleshing out its team across the key emerging markets of the Middle East, North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa.

20 August 2013 12:24 GMT Updated 26 September 2016 14:13 GMT

By Andrew Lee

Bkayrat– a Siemens veteran – joins First Solar as vice president of businessdevelopment for Saudi Arabia from his current role at the King AbdullahUniversity of Science and Technology, where he created a demonstration andtesting programme for solar energy

SaudiArabia intends to invest more than $100bn to build 41GW of solar capacity overthe next two decades.

Bkayratcomplements Dubai-based Ahmed Nada, hired earlier this year as vice presidentof development for the Middle East excluding Saudi Arabia, andJohannesburg-based Johan Cilliers, brought on last December as regionaldirector of business development for sub-Saharan Africa.

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