MONTREAL, Dec. 4, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ - ABB Canada has
appointed Eric Deschenes as Country
Managing Director and Head of the Electrification business,
effective January 1, 2020.
Prior to joining ABB in 2017 as Executive Vice President of the
Electrification business, Deschenes was most recently North
American Vice President of Mining, Minerals & Metals Segment at
Schneider Electric. Having spent 15 years at Schneider Electric, he
held several executive-level positions, including Vice President
End User Sales and Infrastructure (energy) and Director Offer
Marketing & Business Development (industry).
As a recognized thought leader in his field, Eric is very
involved in the Canadian industry community and has sat on many
boards including: ADP Ecole Polytechnique, Smart Grid Canada,
Association de l'Industrie Électrique du Québec (AIEQ), Fondation
Ecole Polytechnique, NSERC Energy Storage Technology, Échanges
Jacques Cartier and most recently,
he joined Propulsion Québec. He has been an active member of the
CIGRE Association (Conference Internationale des Grands Reseaux
Electriques) since 2010. Eric is a Professional Engineer
(P.Eng) and a member of the Ordre
des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ) since 1992.
ABB (ABBN: SIX Swiss Ex) is a technology leader that
is driving the digital transformation of industries. With a history
of innovation spanning more than 130 years, ABB has four
customer-focused, globally leading businesses: Electrification,
Industrial Automation, Motion, and Robotics & Discrete
Automation, supported by the ABB Ability™ digital platform. ABB's
Power Grids business will be divested to Hitachi in 2020. ABB
operates in more than 100 countries with about 147,000 employees.
www.abb.com
ABB in Canada: ABB has a
strong history of over a hundred years of Canadian innovation and
the company continues to expand and localize its offerings for
customers. With its Canadian corporate headquarters in Montreal, ABB operates close to 50 facilities
and employs approximately 4,000 people across the country.
www.abb.com/ca
SOURCE ABB inc.