• CERAWeek
  • March 18 - 22, 2024

Ulrich Spiesshofer

ABB Ltd.

President & Chief Executive Officer

Ulrich Spiesshofer, President and Chief Executive Officer, ABB Group, Switzerland, joined ABB in 2005 as Executive Committee member for Corporate Development, responsible for strategy, M&A, supply chain management, and operational excellence. He has been President and CEO of ABB Group since September 2013. From 2010 to September 2013, Mr. Spiesshofer was head of ABB’s Discrete Automation and Motion division, home of the company’s leading robotics business. Before joining ABB, he was Senior Partner and Global Head of Operations Practice at Roland Berger AG (Switzerland) from 2002, and prior to that he held various management positions with A.T. Kearney Ltd. and its affiliates. Mr. Spiesshofer is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) and the Global Apprenticeship Network (GAN). He serves on the Executive Committee of the World Economic Forum’s International Business Council and is Vice Chairman of the International Business Leaders’ Advisory Council (IBLAC) to the Mayor of Shanghai, among other affiliations. Mr. Spiesshofer holds a master’s degree in engineering, an MBA, and a PhD from the University of Stuttgart, Germany.

Sessions With Ulrich Spiesshofer

Tuesday, 12 March