Louis Hughes
Member of Board of Directors @ ABB
Herndon, United States
Louis Hughes is a startup investor at ABB in Herndon. Current directorships and professional positionsIn France: Independent Director, Chairman of the Technology Committee, Member of the Audit and FinanceCommittee and Member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of Alcatel Lucent*.Abroad: Chairman of InZero Systems (formerly GBS Laboratories) (USA), Independent Director,Member of the AuditCommittee of Akzo Nobel* (The Netherlands), Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit, Finance andCompliance Committee of ABB* (Switzerland), and Executive Advisor Partner of Wind Point Partners.CareerLouis Hughes graduated from Harvard Business School (MBA, 1973) and from Kettering University (formerlyGeneral Motors Institute), B.S. (Mechanical Engineering, 1971). He is Chairman of InZero Systems (formerly GBSLaboratories LLC). He was also CEO of GBS from 2005-2010. Louis Hughes is an Executive Advisor Partner ofWind Point Partners. Moreover, Hughes has been a member of the Boards of Directors of ABB (Switzerland,since 2003) and Akzo Nobel (The Netherlands, since 2007). He served as President and Chief Operating Officer ofLockheed Martin Corp. His prior experiences also include positions of Chief of Staff Afghanistan ReconstructionGroup, U.S. Department of State, from 2004 to 2005, Executive Vice President of General Motors Corporation from1992 to 2000, President of General Motors International Operations from 1994 to 1999, President of General MotorsEurope from 1992 to 1994 and Managing Director of Adam Opel AG from 1989 to 1992. He was non-executiveChairman of Maxager (renamed Outperformance in 2008) from 2000 to 2008. He has also served on several Boards,including: Sulzer (Switzerland) from 2001 to 2009, British Telecom (United Kingdom) from 2000 to 2006, ElectroluxAB (Sweden) from 1996 to 2008, MTU Aero Engines GmbH (Germany) from 2006 to 2008, Deutsche Bank from1993 to 2000, Saab Automobile AB from 1992 to 2000 and Adam Opel AG from 1989 to 1992. He was also amember of the British Telecom Americas Advisory Board from 2006 to 2009.Expertise: 35 years in the industry sector, 15 in the telecommunications sector and 9 years in computer securitysector
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About ABB
ABB is engaged in power and automation technologies. The company provides a range of products, systems, solutions, and services. Its power businesses focus on power transmission, distribution, and power-plant automation and serve electric, gas and water utilities, as well as industrial and commercial customers. Its automation businesses serve arange of industries with measurement, control, protection, and process optimization applications. It operates in approximately 100 countries across four regions: Europe, the Americas, Asia, and the Middle East and Africa (MEA). During the year ended December 31, 2011, the business consisted of five divisions: Power Products, Power Systems, Discrete Automation and Motion, Low Voltage Products and Process Automation. On January 26, 2011, the company acquired Baldor Electric Company (Baldor). In May 2011, it purchased a controlling interest in United States-based Validus DC Systems.
ABB Contacts
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Louis Hughes
Member of Board of Directors
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Sami Atiya
Member of the Group Executive Committee
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Adrian Guggisberg
President, ABB Motion Services
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Babu Kuttala
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
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Chao Wu
Principal at ABB Technology Ventures
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