Ballard Power Systems has appointed Michael Chen and Yingbo Wang to its Board of Directors following previous position retirements.
Both Kevin Jiang and Sherman Sue have retired from the company’s board, allowing Chen and Wang to replace them.
Chen is currently the CEO of Weichai Ballard Hy-energy Technologies and Vice General Manager (GM) of Weichai Holding Group, serving in various engineering and management roles at the company since 2010.
Wang is the CEO of Weichai New Energy Power Technology, Director of the New Energy Research Institute, and Assistant GM at Weichai Power, holding engineering and management roles there since 2012.
Ballard’s Chair, Jim Roche, said, “Michael and Yingbo bring valuable experience in power engineering and new energy technologies in the China market. We welcome their contributions to Ballard’s growth strategy and competitive positioning.
“We deeply appreciate the valued contributions of Kevin and Sherman to Ballard’s Board of Directors over the past five years. We have admired their professionalism and dedication to Ballard’s global business and have benefitted from their perspectives on the China heavy-duty engine market.”
Ballard’s fuel cell engines have been in high demand over the past year, with Solaris Bus & Coach regularly utilising the systems to power its hydrogen buses, which are being deployed throughout Europe.
Read more:Ballard announces largest hydrogen fuel cell engine bus order in Europe
The Polish bus manufacturer ordered a further 62 hydrogen fuel cell engines from Ballard in November (2023).
The systems are expected to power buses in Germany and Poland and follows on from multiple purchase agreements for 177 fuel cell modules from Ballard announced in October (2023), taking Solaris’ total order volume close to 350 in 2023.
Read more:Bus manufacturer orders further 62 hydrogen fuel cell engines from Ballard
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