Petrina, who is based in San Francisco, has worked for Yingli for nearly a decade, first as the company’s business development manager for the US, and since 2009 as managing director for the Americas, a role that increasingly emphasised Latin America as well.

During that time, Baoding-based Yingli grew to become the world’s largest supplier of PV modules. More recently, however, Yingli has stumbled as a result of its staggering debt pile.

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