ABB Ltd Leadership

Peter R. Voser has been a member and Chairman of ABB's Board of Directors since April 2015, and also served as ABB's Chief Executive Officer from April 2019 to February 2020. He is a member of the boards of IBM Corporation and Temasek Holdings, chairman of the board of PSA International, and chairman of the board of trustees of the St. Gallen Foundation for International Studies. He was previously chief executive officer of Royal Dutch Shell plc. Mr. Voser was born in 1958 and is a Swiss citizen.

Jacob Wallenberg has been a member of ABB's Board of Directors since June 1999 and Vice-Chairman since April 2015. He is the chairman of the board of Investor AB and vice-chairman of the boards of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Wallenberg Investments AB, FAM AB and Patricia Industries (all Sweden). He is also a member of the board of the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and of the nomination committee of SAS AB. Mr. Wallenberg was born in 1956 and is a Swedish citizen.

Gunnar Brock has been a member of ABB's Board of Directors since March 2018 and serves on the Finance, Audit and Compliance Committee. He is chairman of the boards of Neptunia Invest AB and Stena AB and a member of the boards of Investor AB and Patricia Industries (all Sweden). He was formerly president and chief executive officer of Atlas Copco AB. Mr. Brock was born in 1950 and is a Swedish citizen.

David Constable has been a member of ABB's Board of Directors since April 2015 and serves on the Compensation Committee. He is the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Fluor Corporation, having joined Fluor after more than 29 years with the company. He was formerly the chief executive officer, president and a board member of Sasol Limited (South Africa). Mr. Constable was born in 1961 and is a Canadian and US citizen.

Frederico Fleury Curado has been a member of ABB's Board of Directors since April 2016 and chairs the Compensation Committee. He is a member of the boards of Transocean Ltd. (Switzerland) and LATAM Airlines Group S.A. (Chile), and through April 2023 was a director of Ultrapar S.A. (Brazil). He was formerly the chief executive officer of Ultrapar S.A. and of Embraer S.A. Mr. Curado was born in 1961 and is a Brazilian and Portuguese citizen.

Lars Förberg has been a member of ABB's Board of Directors since April 2017 and serves on the Governance and Nomination Committee. He is the co-founder and managing partner of Cevian Capital. Mr. Förberg was born in 1965 and is a Swedish and Swiss citizen.

Denise C. Johnson has been a member of ABB's Board of Directors since March 2023 and serves on the Finance, Audit and Compliance Committee. She is group president of Caterpillar Inc., responsible for Resource Industries, and a member of the boards of the US National Mining Association, the National Association of Manufacturers and the US Chamber of Commerce. Before joining Caterpillar in 2011, she held managerial roles at General Motors in the US and served as president and managing director of GM in Brazil. Ms. Johnson was born in 1966 and is a US citizen.

Jennifer Xin-Zhe Li has been a member of ABB's Board of Directors since March 2018 and serves on the Compensation Committee and the Governance and Nomination Committee. She is a founder and general partner of Changcheng Investment Partners and a member of the boards of SAP SE and Full Truck Alliance Co. Ltd. From 2008 to 2018 she served as chief financial officer of Baidu Inc. and chief executive officer of Baidu Capital, and previously spent 14 years with General Motors in senior finance positions, including CFO of GM China. Ms. Li was born in 1967 and is a Canadian citizen.

Geraldine Matchett has been a member of ABB's Board of Directors since March 2018 and serves on the Finance, Audit and Compliance Committee. Through September 2023 she was the co-chief executive officer and chief financial officer of DSM-Firmenich (and, prior to the merger, of DSM). She was previously chief financial officer of SGS Ltd and worked as an auditor at Deloitte and KPMG. Ms. Matchett was born in 1972 and is a Swiss, British and French citizen.

David Meline has been a member of ABB's Board of Directors since April 2016 and chairs the Finance, Audit and Compliance Committee, where he is the designated audit committee financial expert. He is a member of the boards of HP Inc. and Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. From 2011 through 2022 he held chief financial officer roles at Moderna Inc., Amgen Inc. and the 3M Company, and from 2008 through 2011 was corporate controller and chief accounting officer of 3M. Mr. Meline was born in 1957 and is a US and Swiss citizen.

Björn Rosengren was appointed Chief Executive Officer and member of the Executive Committee effective March 2020. Before joining ABB he was president and chief executive officer of Sandvik AB from 2015, and previously chief executive officer of Wärtsilä Corporation from 2011 to 2015. He held a variety of management roles at Atlas Copco AB from 1998 to 2011 and is a member of the board of the World Childhood Foundation. Mr. Rosengren was born in 1959 and is a Swedish citizen.

Timo Ihamuotila was appointed Chief Financial Officer and member of the Executive Committee effective April 2017. From 2009 to 2016 he was chief financial officer and an executive vice president of Nokia Corporation, having held various senior roles at Nokia from 1999. He is a member of the board of SoftwareONE Holding AG and was previously a director of Hitachi Energy Ltd through May 2023. Mr. Ihamuotila was born in 1966 and is a Finnish citizen.

Carolina Granat was appointed Chief Human Resources Officer and member of the Executive Committee effective January 2021. She joined ABB in 2020 as Head of People Development. Prior to ABB she was globally responsible for human resources at the machining solutions business area of Sandvik AB. Ms. Granat was born in 1972 and is a Swedish citizen.

Karin Lepasoon was appointed Chief Communications and Sustainability Officer and member of the Executive Committee effective October 2022. She joined ABB from Vattenfall, where she was head of group communications and public and regulatory affairs and a member of group executive management. Earlier she was head of global marketing and communications at SEB, director of sustainability, communications and HR at Nordic Capital, and head of strategy and chief of staff at Skanska. Ms. Lepasoon was born in 1968 and is a Swedish citizen.

Morten Wierod was appointed President of the Electrification business area effective April 2022 and has been a member of the Executive Committee since April 2019, when he was appointed President of the Motion business area. From 2015 to April 2019 he was Managing Director of the Drives business unit, and from 2011 to 2015 Managing Director of the Control Products business unit. He held various management roles with ABB between 1998 and 2011. Mr. Wierod was born in 1972 and is a Norwegian citizen.

Peter Terwiesch was appointed President of the Process Automation business area and member of the Executive Committee effective January 2015. From 2011 to 2014 he was Head of ABB's Central Europe region, and from 2005 to 2011 he was ABB's Chief Technology Officer, having held several positions with ABB from 1994. He is a member of the board of Hilti AG. Mr. Terwiesch was born in 1966 and is a German and Swiss citizen.

Tarak Mehta was appointed President of the Motion business area effective April 2022 and has been a member of the Executive Committee since October 2010. He was previously President of the Electrification business area from April 2019 and President of the Electrification Products division from 2016 to 2019, and led the Low Voltage Products division from 2010 to 2015 and ABB's transformers business from 2007 to 2010. He is a member of the board of Prysmian S.p.A. Mr. Mehta was born in 1966 and is a US and Swiss citizen.

Sami Atiya was appointed President of the Robotics & Discrete Automation business area effective April 2019 and has been a member of the Executive Committee since June 2016. He had previously been President of the Robotics and Motion division from January 2017 and of the Discrete Automation and Motion division in 2016. Prior to ABB he held senior roles at Siemens in Germany from 1997 to 2015, including chief executive officer of the mobility and logistics division from 2011. Mr. Atiya was born in 1964 and is a German citizen. He is a member of the board of SGS SA.

Mathias Gaertner was announced on October 30, 2023 as ABB's General Counsel and Company Secretary and a member of the Executive Committee, joining ABB in 2024. He joined from Holcim, a global construction materials company, where he had been head of legal and compliance and a member of its group executive committee since 2021. Mr. Gaertner was born in 1973 and is a German citizen.