Peter Terwiesch
Member of Executive Committee
Engineering
ABB Group
Switzerland
Biography
Education 2001 General Manager Program, Harvard Business School, United States 1991 – 1994 PhD in Electrical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland 1986 – 1991 Degree in Electrical Engineering (Dipl. Ing.), Karlsruhe University, Germany, including diploma thesis at Ecole Nationale Superieure de Physique, Strasbourg, France Professional experience ABB 2017 to date President, Industrial Automation division Member of the Group Executive Committee of ABB Ltd, Switzerland 2015 – 2016 President, Process Automation division Member of the Group Executive Committee of ABB Ltd, Switzerland 2011 – 2014 Region manager Central Europe Country manager Germany 2005 – 2011 Chief Technology Officer – ABB Ltd, Switzerland 2003 – 2005 Chief Technology Officer, ABB Automation Technologies division (global) and President, ABB Automation GmbH, Germany 2001 – 2002 Head of Technology, ABB Industries division (global) and Head of Industries division, ABB Switzerland 1999 – 2001 Managing Director, ABB Corporate Research Ltd, Switzerland 1999 – 2000 Corporate Program Manager, Automation Technologies (global) 1997 – 1999 Department Manager, ABB Corporate Research, Germany 1994 – 1997 Research Scientist and Project Manager, ABB Corporate Research, Switzerland ETH Zurich 1999 – 2002 Lecturer, Automatic Control Lab 1991 – 1994 Research and Teaching Assistant, Technical Chemistry Lab 2/2 Board memberships • Non-Executive Director of Metall Zug AG, Switzerland Other memberships • Fellow of International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)
Research Interest
Business
