SunPower Corp. announced Tom Werner as Executive Chairman of the Board, effective Feb. 19, 2024.

Werner previously served as SunPower's CEO and Chairman of the Board for nearly 18 years. After stepping down as CEO, he served in board and investor roles at H2U Technologies Inc., Mainspring Energy, Flo, Wolfspeed, VIA Sciences, and Kanin. Before joining SunPower, Werner was CEO at Silicon Light Machines Inc., an optical solutions subsidiary of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation.

Faricy will continue to serve on SunPower's board as a Director. Mr. Werner, 64, previously served as the Company?s chief executive officer from June 2010 to April 2021, as a member of the Board from June 2003 and as chairman of the Board from May 2011 to November 2021. From 2001 to 2003, before joining the Company, he held the position of chief executive officer of Silicon Light Machines Inc., an optical solutions subsidiary of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation.

From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Werner served as vice president and general manager of the Business Connectivity Group of 3Com Corp., a network solutions company. He also held a number of executive management positions at Oak Industries Inc. and General Electric Co. Mr. Werner currently serves as chair of the board of directors of Wolfspeed Inc., a power semi-conductor manufacturer, and the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, a non-profit for businesses that operate in Silicon Valley.

He is also on the board of trustees of Marquette University. Mr. Werner has been a member of the board of directors of Wolfspeed since March 2006 and served as a member of the board of directors of Silver Spring Networks, a provider of smart grid applications, from March 2009 to January 2018. Mr. Werner holds a bachelor?s degree in industrial engineering from the University of Wisconsin?Madison, a bachelor?s degree in electrical engineering from Marquette University, and a master?s degree in business administration from George Washington University.

On February 19, 2024, in accordance with the Affiliation Agreement, Sol Holding designated Emmanuel Barrois, 41, to serve as a director of the Board. The Board approved Mr. Barrois? appointment to the Board on February 19, 2024.

He will serve in this capacity as a Class III director, with a term expiring at the Company?s annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2026. Mr. Barrois currently serves as the Head of Renewables Portfolio Management at TotalEnergies SE (?TotalEnergies?), a position to which he was appointed in September of 2022. He has been with TotalEnergies for over 17 years, serving in various roles.

Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President of Geosciences & Development from September of 2016 to August of 2019 and Manager of Long Term Plan Organization, Analysis and Presentation from September of 2019 to January of 2023. Mr. Barrois served as a member of the board of directors of Sunzil, a solar solutions company, from October of 2022 to October of 2023, and currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Clearway Energy Inc., a renewable energy semiconductor manufacturing company, and Clearway Energy Group, a renewable energy company, both since December of 2022. Mr. Barrois holds an industrial engineering degree from Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, a petroleum engineering degree from IFP School and a master?s degree in science from Colorado School of Mines.