Guido Polko

Guido Polko assumed the Chairman of the Board seat of Nanosolar in March 2012. He brings more than 25 years of leadership and achievements as an entrepreneur, sales- and managing executive in developing high tech ventures and markets in Europe, Asia and USA. He has focused the past three years on scouting private equity placement and venture capital opportunities in the areas of alternative energy, energy efficiency, renewable energy storage, and electronic vehicles (EVs) as an angel investor and on behalf of a European Family Office. As part of these activities he continues to grow his powerful network of industry and government contacts in the Californian and U.S. energy markets. Prior to deepening his investment focus in the area of renewable energy, he served as Attensity Group’s Chief Strategic Officer, which he co-founded, and where he oversaw operations in all global regions focused on continuously calibrating the group’s strategic directions while also leading global M&A initiatives. In 2010, Guido was instrumental in merging Living-e, Inc. and Empolis GmbH into the Attensity Group, which has since grown to a 300+ employee software company. Guido founded WebEdition Software GmbH in 2003 which later became Living-e AG, which he led as CEO and took public in Germany in 2006. Subsequently, he established Living-e, Inc. in San Francisco, where he also served as CEO. His past roles also include numerous board member seats and managing director positions at public and privately held technology companies and venture capital firms. Guido holds a MBA equivalent degree from the University of Duisburg-Essen and studied Business Administration and Economics at the University of Toronto.