James Hughes
James Hughes recently joined First Solar as its new chief commercial officer. In this new position, Hughes will have comprehensive leadership responsibility for global business development and sales, project development, engineering, procurement and construction, product management and international public affairs and communications.
Most recently, Hughes was CEO and Director of AEI. He previously served as president and chief operating officer for Prisma Energy. Hughes earned his J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin School of Law and a certificate of completion in international business law from Queen Mary’s College, University of London. He received his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Southern Methodist University.