Pekka Tiitinen

President, Discrete Automation and Motion division

Head of Group Marketing & Sales Function
Member of the Group Executive Committee of ABB Ltd, Switzerland

Born 1967 – Finnish citizen

Education

1990 Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, specializing in drives and robot

automation, University of Technology, Helsinki

Professional experience

ABB
2015 – 2016 Head of Group Marketing & Sales Function

2013 – 2016 President, Discrete Automation and Motion division

Member of the Group Executive Committee, ABB Ltd, Switzerland

2013 – 2013 Global head of Business Unit Drives and Controls

2003 – 2012 Global head of Business Unit Low Voltage Drives

2010 Region Division Manager of Discrete Automation and Motion Division, North
Europe

2006 – 2009 Head of Automation Products, ABB North Europe and Finland

2002 – 2008 General Manager – Drives - ABB

1998 – 2001 General Manager – System AC Drives

1990 – 1998 Various manager positions in technology and product development, Drives

Cimcorp Inc, US
1989 – 1990 Robotics technician

Board memberships
Member of the Board of ABB (China), Ltd., China
Member of the Board of ABB Oy, Finland