Claudio Facchin

Claudio Facchin is the CEO of Hitachi ABB Power Grids. He took up his present role in July 2020. Prior to this he was global President of the Power Grids business between 2016 until 2020 and the President of the Power Systems division from December 2013 to the end of 2015. Prior to taking up this position he was Chairman and President of ABB China and responsible for the company’s North Asia region since January 2010. His career with ABB started in Italy in 1995. In 2002 he moved to Zurich, Switzerland to head the global Service business for the erstwhile Utilities division. He was subsequently appointed as global Business Line manager for Substations within the Power Systems division. Claudio has a degree in Industrial Engineering from Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy