Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> September 27, 2004

ANTON MILNER – Q-CELLS AG

ANTON MILNER is the Chief Executive Officer and a founding member of Q- Cells. He has helped guide the company from being a startup company consisting of four people to becoming the world's leading independent cell producer within four years and has taken the company to become player number five/six worldwide in 2004, with a leading competitive and technological position resulting in strong profitability. Mr. Milner previously worked for six years as a corporate adviser at McKinsey and Co. Inc., Germany. Before that he was employed for seven years by the Royal Dutch/Shell Group, where his sphere of responsibility included oil trading, gas supplies and trading for the German market, export trade and business analysis. He has a B. Eng. (Chem. Eng.) and an MBA. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with a brief historical sketch of Q-Cells and a

picture of things as they are now?

Mr. Milner: This is actually a very young company. We were founded on

November 22, 1999.