MICHAEL El-HILLOW
President and Chief Executive Officer
Michael El-Hillow was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer in September 2010. Prior to becoming President and CEO, Mr. El-Hillow was Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operations Officer of Evergreen Solar from January 2007. Additionally, Mr. El-Hillow served as a director from August 2004 to January 2007.
Prior to joining Evergreen Solar, Mr. El-Hillow was senior vice president and chief financial officer of Advanced Energy since November 2001. Prior to Advanced Energy, he was senior vice president and chief financial officer at Helix Technology Corporation, a major supplier of high-vacuum products principally to the semiconductor capital equipment industry, from 1997 until 2001. Prior to Helix, he was vice president, finance, treasurer, and chief financial officer at A.T. Cross Company and an audit partner at Ernst & Young.
Mr. El-Hillow received a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Massachusetts, an M.B.A. from Babson College in Babson Park, Massachusetts and is a certified public accountant.