Canadian Solar Names Huifeng Chang SVP And CFO - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Canadian Solar Inc. (CSIQ) said that it appointed Huifeng Chang as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective May 22, 2016.

Michael Potter, currently Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has decided to leave the Company to pursue other interests but has agreed to serve in an advisory role to support the seamless transition of the senior finance function in the Company.

Chang, who joined Canadian Solar in early 2016 as Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy, Business Development and Finance, brings 17 years of capital markets, corporate finance, investment and risk management experience to the Company. Before joining Canadian Solar, Chang was Co-Head of Sales and Trading at the U.S. subsidiary of China International Capital Corporation. Prior to that, he was the CEO of CSOP Asset Management Limited based in Hong Kong. From 2000 to 2008, he was Vice President and an equity proprietary trader at Citigroup Equity Proprietary Investments in New York. Before moving to Wall Street, Dr. Chang worked at Kamakura Corporation in Hawaii as a risk consultant to banks in Asia.