ABB (ANN.L, ABB) announced its Board has appointed Ulrich Spiesshofer as Chief Executive Officer. Spiesshofer will succeed Joe Hogan, effective September 15, 2013. Hogan will continue with the company for some months as Senior Advisor to the Board.
Spiesshofer joined the company's Executive Committee in 2005 and was named responsible for the Discrete Automation and Motion division, in 2009.
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