• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Peter Terwiesch

ABB Ltd

President, Process Automation, Member of the Group Executive Committee of ABB Ltd

Peter Terwiesch is President Process Automation and member of the Group Executive Committee of ABB since January 2015. He joined ABB in 1994 and, among other roles, was head of ABB’s Central Europe region from 2011 to 2014 and ABB’s Chief Technology Officer from 2005 to 2011. Since 2022, Peter Terwiesch serves on the Board of Directors of Hilti AG (Liechtenstein) and previously served on the Board of Directors of Metall Zug AG (Switzerland) 2010-2022. From 2006 to 2012, he served as a member of BP plc’s Technology Advisory Council. In 2013, he was nominated as Fellow by IFAC, the International Federation of Automatic Control. He studied electrical engineering in Karlsruhe (Germany) and Strasbourg (France), holds a PhD from ETH Zurich (Switzerland), and is an alumnus of Harvard Business School‘s General Manager Program (US). He was born in 1966 and is a Swiss and German citizen. 

Sessions With Peter Terwiesch

Monday, 9 March

  • 03:20pm - 04:05pm (CST) / -

    Plenary - Digital Transformation: Driving sustainable operations
    Clean Tech Innovation & Technology

    The energy industry faces more complex challenges than ever, some of them existential. Technological advancements plus business drivers and models, make up the foundation of a massive digital transformation, with industry applying a tremendous amount of resources to it. At a time of increased complexity, profitability pressures, and a constrained carbon future, this digital transformation will be crucial to business growth and profit but must also be sustainable. How is digital transformation measured and where is the industry along this path? Where are the big successes coming from? Do they stand on their own or are they part of a larger, integrated, sustainable ecosystem? How does a successful digital strategy come together for an energy company and are the gains sustainable?