Nada,
based
in
Dubai,
and
who
served
most
recently
as
regional
general
manager
of
GE
Oil
&
Gas
Global
Services,
will
report
to
Christopher
Burghardt,
First
Solar’s
vice
president
of
business
development
for
Europe,
Middle
East
and
Africa.
Last
year
First
Solar
established
its
office
in
Dubai,
where
it
promptly
won
a
contract
to
build
the
first
13MW
phase
of
the
emirate’s
initial
1GW
solar
plan.
First
Solar
is
setting
up
a
separate,
stand-alone
office
in
Saudi
Arabia,
which
Nada
will
not
oversee.
“The
Middle
East
is
just
beginning
to
tap
its…