Aurora Solar Technologies Inc. announced the formal creation of an Advisory Board to support strategic direction. This Advisory Board is focused on product and market strategy and has been working effectively with the Chief Executive Offer to enable growth initiatives. The Advisory Board is initially comprised of Dr. Johnson Wong, the Company's head of technology, Budi Tjahjono a solar industry expert and Wang Wei a specialist within the chemical and energy industry.

Dr. Wong received his PhD in Photovoltaic Engineering from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and is an accomplished expert within the field of solar cell characterization and analysis. Prior to his role with the Company, he was the head of PV Characterization at the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore and has developed simulation tools and software analysis for solar cells and modules used widely by the photovoltaic industry. Dr. Tjahjono received his PhD from UNSW and has worked as a consultant transferring technology from research labs at UNSW into mass production in various companies in China, Taiwan and Germany.

Currently he is setting up the first GW size solar cell manufacturing in North America and was previously the CTO of Sino-American Silicon. Wang Wei received his master degree in chemical engineering from the Beijing Chemical Engineering Institute and Taiyuan University of Technology. Currently, Wang Wei is the Chief Executive Officer of Hofung China focused on distributing technologies for large international companies within the chemicals and energy industries including, renewables.

In addition, the Company added Brett Freeman as a strategic advisor to the Chief Executive Officer. He is an experienced senior executive with a track record of successfully leading global energy and digital technology businesses through rapid growth. Most recently Brett worked closely with the executive team and board of 5B Solar to launch their business into the solar renewable energy market.

As chief operating officer, he drove growth and built a thriving ecosystem of partners and customers, delivering a growth platform for 5B Solar to install giga-watts of prefabricated utility solar solutions safer, faster and at lower cost. Brett is an electrical engineer based in Sydney and will be joining the Company's subsidiary BT Imaging full time as Managing Director on August 14, 2023.