ULRICH SPIESSHOFER is the former president and Chief Executive Officer of ABB Ltd., a multinational technology-focused corporation, having served in that role from 2013 to April 2019 and as an ABB executive committee member from 2005 to April 2019. Under Dr. Spiesshofer’s leadership, ABB transformed into a global leader in digital industries and a respected technology company at the nexus of industrial products and services, robotics, and software. Since June 2020, he has served as a senior advisor at The Blackstone Group L.P. (Blackstone), and in this capacity he has chaired the advisory boards of Interplex Ltd since January 2023, Sabre Industries since January 2021, and Schenck Process from May 2021 to September 2023, and he has served as a director of TDI-USA Holdings LLC since December 2021—all Blackstone portfolio companies. He has also served as a director of Infineon Technologies since February 2020, where he is a member of the strategy and technology committee.
Reason for Nomination
Dr. Spiesshofer brings to the Board more than 30 years of global leadership experience in industries ranging from oil and gas to power and electrification to automation and digitalization. The Board values his industrial sector expertise and his business transformation experience leveraging digital technologies, products and services.
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