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PR OF I LE

Ulrich Spiesshofer
President and Chief Executive Officer
Member of the Group Executive Committee of
ABB Ltd, Switzerland

Born 1964 Education

Swiss and German citizen 1991 PhD in Economics, University of Stuttgart, Germany

1989 Masters Degree in Business Administration and Engineering,

University of Stuttgart, Germany

Professional experience

ABB
2013 to date President and CEO of ABB Group worldwide – ABB Ltd, Switzerland

2010 – 2013 Head of Discrete Automation and Motion division

Member of the Group Executive Committee, ABB Ltd, Switzerland

2005 – 2009 Head of Corporate Development, responsible for Strategy, Mergers

and Acquisitions, Supply Chain Management, Quality and Operational
Excellence, Service, and ABB Technology Ventures
Member of the Group Executive Committee, ABB Ltd, Switzerland

Roland Berger Strategy Consultants

2002 – 2005 Senior Partner, Global Head Operations Practice – Roland Berger AG,
Switzerland

A.T. Kearney
2001 – 2002 Managing Director – A.T. Kearney International AG, Switzerland,
Member European Operating Committee

1999 – 2001 Leader Asian Operations Practice – A.T. Kearney Pty. Ltd, Australia

1996 – 1999 Member Australian Leadership Team – A.T. Kearney Pty. Ltd, Australia

1991 – 1996 Associate/Manager/Principal – A.T. Kearney GmbH, Germany

Teaching
1989 – 1992 Lecturer in business management, University of Stuttgart
and Berufsakademie, Stuttgart, Germany

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