Körber
New member of the Group Management Board
Dr. Helena Garriga has been a member of the Körber Group Executive Board since September 1, 2024. She is responsible for the Business Area Supply Chain.
Dr. Helena Garriga joins Körber from Hitachi Energy, Zurich (Switzerland), where she was responsible for the global Power & Industry Components business as Group Vice President. Prior to this, she held various management positions at ABB, also in Switzerland, where she built up several subsidiaries in the fields of energy and automation. She began her career at ZS Associates, a management consultancy in the USA. Dr. Garriga studied engineering and holds a PhD in Operations Research from ETH Zurich (Switzerland) and a Master's degree in Industrial Engineering from Columbia University, New York (USA), Ecole Centrale Paris (France) and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona (Spain).
Dr. Garriga will contribute to strengthening Körber's global market position as a provider of end-to-end supply chain solutions.Körber is an international technology group with more than 12,000 employees at over 100 locations worldwide, operating in the Business Areas Digital, Pharma, Supply Chain and Technologies.
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