Nationality
Germany and Switzerland

SLB Board Committees

  • Compensation
  • New Energy and Innovation

Other Experience and Education

  • PhD in Economics, Universität Stuttgart
  • Master’s Degree in Management and Engineering, Universität Stuttgart
  • Digital transformation, restructuring and portfolio management expertise

Former President and CEO, ABB Ltd.

Director since 2021

Age: 58

Other Current Public Boards

  • Infineon Technologies

Former Public Directorships Held During the Past Five Years

  • None
Ulrich Spiesshofer

ULRICH SPIESSHOFER is the former president and Chief Executive Officer of ABB Ltd., a multinational technology-focused corporation, having served in that role from 2013 to April 2019 and as an ABB executive committee member from 2005 to April 2019. Under Dr. Spiesshofer’s leadership, ABB transformed into a global leader in digital industries and a respected technology company at the nexus of industrial products and services, robotics and software. Since June 2020, he has served as a senior advisor at The Blackstone Group L.P. (Blackstone), and in this capacity he has chaired the advisory boards of Sabre Industries since January 2021 and Schenck Process since May 2021, and has served as a director of TDI-USA Holdings LLC since December 2021, all Blackstone portfolio companies. He has also served as a director of Infineon Technologies since February 2020, where he chairs the strategy and technology committee.

Relevant Skills and Expertise
Dr. Spiesshofer brings to the Board more than 30 years of global leadership experience in industries ranging from oil and gas to power and electrification to automation and digitalization. The Board values his industrial sector expertise and his business transformation experience leveraging digital technologies, products and services.