Jerry Stokes

Jerry Stokes is a materials scientist who has been involved in the global solar industry since 1988 having started as a sales engineer for the amorphous silicon thin film company Chronar. Following successful years working in the battery industry with Sanyo and AEA Technology in 2004 Jerry became European Sales Manager for the Japanese solar company MSK and in 2006 played a leading role in helping to sell MSK to Suntech following which Dr Shi the founder asked Jerry to become President of Suntech in Europe. Jerry established Suntech’s European Headquarters in Switzerland and led the growth of the company to over 100 staff with offices in Italy, France, Germany, Greece, Benelux, Spain and the UK. During this time Suntech became the European Market leader and was the first company to achieve annual sales of over 1GW in Europe. Jerry represented Suntech as a member of the UN Secretary General’s Advisory Group on Energy and Climate Change, was a member of the Copenhagen Climate Council, Th