Yves Figuerola

For over 15 years, Yves Figuerola has led global supply chain and procurement for numerous leading renewable energy companies. Serving as SVP Supply Chain for over 7 years at Nextracker, Yves leads a world-class team of procurement, logistics, strategic sourcing, planning and sustainability professionals.

Over the past four years, Yves has been responsible for onshoring and increasing Nextracker’s U.S. domestic content from 1 GW of capacity to more than 35 GW (2021-present), in addition to leading global sourcing teams to diversify Nextracker’s domestic content manufacturing capabilities in the Middle East, Europe, Australia, and Latin America. He has led planning and delivery of market-leading solar tracking product technologies around the world and is responsible for shipping more than 100 GWs of Nextracker’s award-winning smart solar trackers to over 40 countries.

Prior to his tenure at Nextracker, Yves held senior leadership positions in supply chain at Iberdrola and SunEdison. He earned his master’s degree in industrial organization and supply management at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain), as well as a Master of Science degree in industrial and mechanical engineering at Arts et Métiers ParisTech (France)—both top-ranking engineering schools in Europe. Yves frequently speaks at renewable energy and manufacturing industry events such as pv magazine’s UP Initiative aimed at increasing sustainable business practices, lifecycle assessments and traceability withing the solar industry.