Hoong Khoeng Cheong

Mr. Cheong has more than 20 years of engineering and operation experience in the solar and electronics industries and has served as chief operating officer of SPI Energy Co., Ltd. since May 2014. He previously served in various management positions at LDK Solar and was previously chairman of the management board and chief executive officer of Sunways AG, a publicly-listed company in Germany. Prior to joining the solar industry, Mr. Cheong spent 16 years in the electronics industry. Mr. Cheong holds a BS in mechanical engineering from the University of Louisiana and earned his MS in computer integrated manufacturing from Nanyang Technology University, Singapore.