ABB
New Chairman of the Management Board in Germany
The Supervisory Board of ABB Germany has appointed Markus Ochsner as the new CEO of ABB AG in Germany. His predecessor Hans-Georg Krabbe will step down on December 31, 2020.
Markus Ochsner is currently Chief Financial Officer of ABB in Germany and has been a member of the Executive Board since September 1, 2010. The 57-year-old began his career at ABB after graduating in 1989 as a controller at an ABB subsidiary in Italy.
Hans-Georg Krabbe has been CEO of ABB Germany since January 2015. He will leave the Executive Board and ABB by mutual agreement on December 31, 2020.
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