Announcing a spate of leadership changes, German PV group Conergy named Philip Comberg its new chief executive for one year, with immediate effect.

Comberg, who was made chairman of Conergy’s supervisory board last year amid a private-equity takeover, will be the company’s first chief executive since 2010, when Dieter Ammer resigned.

Ammer was last year placed under investigation for alleged insider trading.

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