ABB announced today that Andrea Antonelli, General Counsel, Company Secretary and Member of the Executive Committee, is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities.

Antonelli took over the position in March 2022, after joining ABB in 2020 as Global Business General Counsel of its Electrification Business Area. Natalia Shehadeh, currently Chief Integrity Officer at ABB, is appointed General Counsel and Company Secretary ad interim effective immediately. The search process for a new General Counsel and Company Secretary will be launched immediately.

“Andrea was instrumental in further enhancing the capabilities of our legal and integrity function and positioning it as a strategic partner to our businesses. Under his leadership, ABB has continued to further align the legal and integrity organization to ABB’s decentralized operating model,” said CEO Björn Rosengren. “We wish Andrea all the best for both his professional and personal future endeavors.”

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