News: Photovoltaics
19 March 2021
First Solar appoints former Deloitte financial expert to board
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA – which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services – has appointed Kathryn A. ‘Katy’ Hollister, a financial expert with nearly four decades of leadership experience at Deloitte Tax LLP and its affiliates, to its board of directors. Hollister will serve on First Solar’s audit and compensation committees.
Hollister has designed and driven strategic initiatives and led operations across Deloitte’s most important businesses. Most recently, she was chief strategy officer for Deloitte’s Global Tax and Legal practice of 45,000 professionals, where she led the integration of dozens of global practices (involving a technology transformation in a complex environment of multi-jurisdictional regulatory, talent, and brand management). Hollister also served two terms on Deloitte’s US and global boards of directors.
Hollister brings “a passion for organizations with bold, transformative missions, particularly those focused on important issues, such as the environment and climate change,” comments First Solar’s CEO Mark Widmar.
“First Solar has an exceptional track record in responsibly produced cleantech and sustainability,” comments Hollister. “This is a company focused on balanced growth and competitiveness, while also being conscious of its impact on people and the planet,” she adds.
Hollister has been an active community leader, serving multiple academic and charitable organizations. She serves on the boards of trustees of Duke University (where she is the vice-chair of the audit committee) and the University of Cincinnati Foundation. She is also on the boards of MENTOR and the Cincinnati Museum Center. She has served on many other Cincinnati-based charitable board roles, including the YWCA and Habitat for Humanity.
Hollister has a BA from Duke University and a JD from the University of Cincinnati College of Law. She is a licensed lawyer and certified public accountant.
