Karin De Bondt

Examiner
DISC Type : cs

Board of Directors at Qnity

United States

Overview

As Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Trane Technologies, Karin De Bondt leads global corporate strategy and mergers and acquisitions. She is a board member for Qnity, serves on the Executive Committee of Manufacturers Alliance, and holds a masters degree from the Catholic University of Leuven.

Karin is passionate about using technology and corporate expertise to address societal challenges. She has a particular focus on leveraging Tranes sustainable solutions to combat hunger by ensuring fresh food gets to people in need, believing that everyone has something unique to offer for impactful change.

Karin co-authored a recent article for the World Economic Forum discussing how to resolve the estimated 30% of electricity wasted in built environments.

Personality Overview

Overcautious

Late Adopter

Status Quo Seeker

The only way to convince them is by showing them examples and ample proof.  They do not like taking risks at all and go for proven options in the end. They are thorough and always follow a systematic approach.

Topics They Care About

Sustainable Innovation
Drives Trane Technologies' mission as a global climate innovator, focusing on decarbonization and achieving net-zero targets. Speaks on sustainability and energy optimization at the World Economic Forum.
Strategic M&A
Directly responsible for Trane's growth through acquisitions, recently leading deals to enhance capabilities in data center thermal management and sustainable industrial refrigeration.
Energy Optimization
Focuses on eliminating energy waste through demand-side flexibility and collaboration between suppliers and consumers, a topic she has written about for the World Economic Forum.

Media Appearances

Board of Directors – Qnity Electronics. Featured in Qnity Electronics (Corporate Governance page)

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DuPont announces new leadership for Qnity board. Featured in Delaware Business Times

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Work History

11-2025
Board of Directors at Qnity
5-2024
Member at World Economic Forum
1-2024
Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Trane Technologies at Trane Technologies
1-2020 - 12-2023
President Thermo King - The Americas at Trane Technologies
1-2018 - 12-2019
President Trane and Thermo King Latin America at Ingersoll Rand

Education

1987 - 1991
Masters from Catholic University of Leuven
1991 - 1992
Le diplome en administration des entreprises from Université catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve

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Insights For Selling To Karin

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Expect them to be vague in response to your questions, ask firmly and pointedly
  • Be firm in your communication and stay in control
  • Expect them to be slow and cautious, encourage them to ask more questions

DONT's

  • Don't push them too hard to make fast decisions, give them time
  • Don't be very accepting if that is your natural style, stay firm
  • Don't use phrases like 'do not worry', 'i promise' etc.

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Karin is

  • Low-risk, adoption by others are very important to them, followed by confidence in ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Karin

  • Often, they don't say no, or keep going about it in circles.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Karin move?

  • They do not like to rush and therefore can be quite slow in their decision-making.
  • Can Karin take some risk or not?

  • They have little risk-appetite and prefer to take measured decisions.

You And Karin

Personality Compatibility


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