Morten Hansen, 
Vice President Elkem Solar AS, Norway

Morten Hansen was born in Kristiansand, Norway in 1963. He has a bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Agder, an MBA in International Management from the Monterey Institute of International Studies. 

His work experience includes: from 1990 to 1998 Hansen was Marketing Manager of Dow Chemical Company with market responsibility Europe, Middle East & Africa. From 1998 to 1999 he has worked as Senior Advisor at PriceWaterhouseCoopers. From 2000 to 2001 he was Business Director at Elkem Materials, Construction & Fibre Cement Markets. 

From 2002 to 2004 he has worked as Partner Business Advisory at PriceWaterhouseCoopers and then until 2006 as Managing Director and owner of MH Management Consulting. Since 2007 he has been Vice President of Marketing & Sales, Elkem Solar AS. 

There won't be a big oversupply: The political agenda and incentive programs will be a key driver for intermediate growth of the PV industry and therefore influence the size of future PV markets. The answer to the question »Will there be oversupply?« will depend on whether the subsidy programs are extended or not. I see that there will be sufficient demand to keep a fairly strong market. I do expect pricing to go a little bit down but I don't think we will see a big oversupply.

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