Tim Ryan, an American who took the helm of troubled German PV group Phoenix Solar AG at the beginning of 2015, has also been named CEO of the company’s US subsidiary, Phoenix Solar Inc. On 1 January, Ryan – a veteran of Q-Cells, Oerlikon Solar and REC Solar – took over as Phoenix Solar’s CEO from Bernd Kohler, who left following a 2014 in which the company once again stumbled into losses.