Lal Karsanbhai
Emerson
Executive President, Automation Solutions
Lal Karsanbhai, Executive President, Emerson Automation Solutions, is responsible for leading strategies, technologies, and innovations to help customers enhance operations and achieve top quartile performance. Emerson Automation Solutions is a leader in helping discrete manufacturing companies automate and optimize production through innovation technologies and expertise. Mr. Karsanbhai is part of Emerson’s Office of the Chief Executive, which helps develop and guide the company’s global business strategies. He began his career at Emerson in 1995 as an international planner and held several business development positions of increasing responsibility before being appointed Director of Corporate Planning in 1999. He served as Vice President of the regulator technologies business from 2002 until 2005, when he moved to Gallardon, France, as Vice President and General Manager of natural gas. There, he was responsible for integrating two European natural gas entities, restructuring the business, and setting up a plant in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Mr. Karsanbhai was named President of Emerson’s Fisher regulator technologies in 2008. In the role, he was responsible for a global business comprised of four distinct business units, nine manufacturing plants, and 2,200 employees. In 2012 he became Vice President of Planning, responsible for coordinating Emerson’s global planning and strategy. He also worked with top Emerson executives, business leaders, business unit presidents, and world area leadership to organize the business plans and strategy sessions designed to drive growth and profitability. Mr. Karsanbhai served as President of Emerson’s former Network Power business in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa from 2014 until 2016, when he was named Group President of Emerson’s Rosemount Measurement & Analytical. Mr. Karsanbhai is fluent in Portuguese, French, and English and has lived and worked in Europe, Africa, and North America. He has a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis.