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Canadian Solar Inc. Announces Retirement of Mr. Jianyi Zhang, the Company's Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary
GUELPH, ON, July 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company" or "Canadian Solar") (NASDAQ: CSIQ) today announced Mr. Jianyi Zhang's retirement
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[{"type":"text","content":"GUELPH, ON, July 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Canadian Solar Inc. (the \"Company\" or \"Canadian Solar\") (NASDAQ: CSIQ) today announced Mr. Jianyi Zhang's retirement as the Company's Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary, effective immediately. During his seven years at Canadian Solar, Mr. Zhang championed business integrity and led our legal team to excellence in complex matters in Canadian Solar's markets.\nMr. Zhang has been succeeded in his roles by Mr. Kah Locke Tham as Corporate Secretary, and Mr. Jeffrey Kalikow as Interim Chief Compliance Officer until a successor is appointed. Mr. Tham is currently also the Company's Global Corporate Controller, and Mr. Kalikow is General Counsel of the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Recurrent Energy. The Company has initiated an executive search process to evaluate candidates for the Chief Legal Officer's role. \nDr. Shawn Qu, Chairman and CEO of Canadian Solar, said, \"I thank Jianyi for his service at Canadian Solar for the past seven years. Jianyi's contributions to the Company have been significant and meaningful and I have deeply enjoyed working with him. We wish Jianyi all the best following his retirement. Meanwhile, I am delighted that Kah Locke and Jeffrey have stepped in to support a smooth transition and look forward to their continued contributions.\"\nAbout Canadian Solar Inc.\nCanadian Solar was founded in 2001 in Canada and is one of the world's largest solar technology and renewable energy companies. It is a leading manufacturer of solar photovoltaic modules, provider of solar energy and battery storage solutions, and developer of utility-scale solar power and battery storage projects with a geographically diversified pipeline in various stages of development. Over the past 22 years, Canadian Solar has successfully delivered around 94 GW of premium-quality, solar photovoltaic modules to customers across the world. Likewise, since entering the project development business in 2010, Canadian Solar has developed, built and connected over 8.8 GWp in over 20 countries across the world. Currently, the Company has approximately 609 MWp of projects in operation, 6.9 GWp of projects under construction or in backlog (late-stage), and an additional 17.7 GWp of projects in advanced and early-stage pipeline. Canadian Solar is one of the most bankable ...