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Peter Terwiesch

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Non Executive Director at Hilti Group
📍 Zurich, Switzerland

Peter Terwiesch is the President of ABBs Process Automation business, focusing on the energy transition through automation and digital technologies. An engineer with a Ph. D. from ETH Zürich and executive education from Harvard, he previously served as ABBs CTO, leading global R&D.

He is an inventor on patents for optimizing energy consumption in trains by utilizing kinetic energy.

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Experience
31 Years
Current Role
Non Executive Director
Job Level
Senior
Location
Zurich, Switzerland
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Energy Transition
Leads his business at the forefront of the energy transition, helping industries transform to build a more sustainable and resource-efficient future.
Industrial Automation
As an engineer, he is a firm believer in the power of automation and digital technologies to help customers improve productivity and operational efficiency.
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Career

Work history

4-2022
Non Executive Director
Hilti Group
1-2015
President, Process Automation
ABB
1-2015
President, Automation
ABB
7-2011 - 12-2014
President, ABB Germany, and Head of Region Central Europe
ABB
5-2010 - 4-2022
Non Executive Director
Metall Zug AG
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Education
1991 - 1994
Dr. sc. techn. ETH
ETH Zürich
2000 - 2001
General Management Program
Harvard Business School
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