Bruno Ceccaroli is a technical and strategy advisor based in Norway. He has over 40 years of experience in the semiconductor materials and photovoltaic industries, having held various leadership and director roles at companies such as ELKEM and Renewable Energy Corporation. He currently advises several global multi-billion dollar companies through his own firm, Marche AS. Ceccaroli holds a doctorate in chemistry from the University of Strasbourg and has authored numerous publications on silicon and solar cells.

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Bruno Ceccaroli
Rognelia 30
4622 Kristiansand S
Norway
Tel : +47 380 14947 (Office)
+47 901 14907 (cellular)
E-mail: br-c@online.no
Nationality : French
CURRENT POSITION (1. Nov. 2007- )
Through own company MARCHE AS (org. nr. 987 257 555)
. Technical and strategy adviser
Advice on strategy to Boards and Chief/Senior Executives for various global companies
participating and/or investing in the semiconductor materials and photovoltaic industries. Several of
these are multi-billion USD entities and are internationally well known in their specific industries.
. Investor and Board Member in high technology start-up companies i.e. n-TEC AS, Isosilicon AS,
Combined Properties Materials CPM AS and Resitec AS.
EXPERIENCES :
. 2005- 2007 (Nov): Renewable Energy Corporation ASA, R&D Director REC Silicon
. 2003-05: Renewable Energy Corporation, managing director Silicon Technologies AS.
. 2000-04: Renewable Energy Corporation, managing director of ScanCell AS
. 1998-99: Director, Development, ELKEM ASA Silicon Metal Division, Norway.
. 1995-97: Director, Plant Manager, ELKEM ASA Fiskaa Silicon, Kristiansand, Norway.
. 1992-95: Industry Manager, ELKEM ASA Silicon Metal Division (responsible for technical
marketing, technical support to customers and R&D)
. 1988-91: Department Manager Silgrain, ELKEM ASA Bremanger, Norway
. 1986-88: Development Manager, ELKEM ASA Bremanger, Norway
. 1982-85: Research engineer, SAINT-GOBAIN Recherches, Paris-Aubervilliers, France
. 1975-81: Research fellow alternately at University of Oslo, Norway and Strasbourg, France
(Departments of Chemistry).
EDUCATION
. Dec. 1981: Docteur ès Sciences, Chemistry, University of Strasbourg (France)
. Jan. 1979: Docteur-Ingenieur, Chemistry, University of Strasbourg
. Dec. 1978: Candidatus Realium (cand. real.), Nuclear Chemistry, University of Oslo (Norway)
. June 1976: Diplome d’Etudes Approfondies (DEA), Analytical Chemistry, University of
Strasbourg
. June 1975: Graduate from Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Strasbourg
. June 1970: Baccalauréat, série C, mention Bien, Académie de Poitiers (France)
CONTINUING EDUCATION
. 1995-96: INSEAD, alpha programme, an international executive management course (5 weeks)
. 1987-88: Management and leadership level 3 (executive), an Elkem’s internal training course
(8 weeks)

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LANGUAGES
. French, English, Norwegian, Italian (not fluent), German (not fluent), Spanish (reading only).
TECHNICAL FIELDS
. Academic research (1975-1981): Rare Earths, Nuclear, Analytical, Physical, Inorganic, and
Coordination Chemistry. Two doctor theses on rare earths (lanthanoids) chemistry. A dozen of
publications in international scientific journals.
. Glass Industry (1982-85): Thin films deposition on glass and plastics, surface treatment, plasma
chemistry, polymer chemistry. One patent; a few communications.
. Ferroalloys Industry (1986-1999): Metallurgical grade silicon, production, properties and
applications in aluminium, chemical and semiconductor industries; solar grade silicon to photovoltaic.
Gallium metal, production and applications. Two patents. A few public communications.
. High Tech Industry (2000-): Photovoltaic (solar cells); Solar grade silicon, advanced materials
(high purity materials e.g. silica, carbon nanotubes, etc), Isotope separation. Two patents, two review
articles in a handbook published by Wiley (London).
RECENT MAJOR PUBLICATIONS IN SILICON AND SOLAR CELLS
1. Bruno Ceccaroli and Otto Lohne, Solar Grade Silicon Feedstock, Chapter 5 pages 153-204 in
Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering ed. Antonio Luque and Steven Hegedus,
Wiley (2003), 2nd
edition (January 2011).
2. Gianluca Coletti, Paula Bronsveld, Giso Hahn, Wilhelm Warta, Daniel Harold Macdonald,
Bruno Ceccaroli, Karsten Wambach Nam Le Quang, Juan M. Fernandez, Impact of Metal
Contamination in Silicon Solar Cells, Advanced Functional Materials 21(5):879 -
890 · (March 2011).
3. Bruno Ceccaroli and Sergio Pizzini, Processes, Chapter 2 pages 21-78 in Advanced Silicon
Materials for Photovoltaic Applications, ed. Sergio Pizzini, Wiley (2012).
4. Bruno Ceccaroli, Otto Lohne and Eivind Øvrelid, New advances in polysilicon processes
correlating feedstock properties and good crystal and wafer performances, Phys. Status
Solidi C 9, 2062-2070 (2012).
5. Eivind Øvrelid, Merete Tangstad, Gabriella Tranell and Bruno Ceccaroli, New Advances in
Metallurgical Solar Grade Silicon Based on Recent Norwegian Research Activities, Phys.
Status Solidi C 10-11, 2149-2157 (2012).
6. Gøran Bye and Bruno Ceccaroli, Solar Grade Silicon: Technology Status and Industry Trends,
presented at Silicon Materials Workshop, Rome, Oct. 7-8, 2013; published in Solar Energy
Material & Solar Cells (Elsevier, 2014) pp. 634-646.
7. Bruno Ceccaroli and Ragnar Tronstad, Elkem Solar and the Norwegian PV Industry through
40 years(1975-2015), Chapter 4 in Solar Silicon Processes, Technologies, Challenges and
Opportunities, ed. Bruno Ceccaroli, Eivind Øvrelid andSergio Pizzini, CRC Press Taylor &
Francis Group (Oct. 2016) pp. 141-198.
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