ABB India appoints Sanjeev Sharma as MD

ABB India Limited has appointed Sanjeev Sharma as the managing director, with effect from January 1, 2016, in place of Bazmi Husain. As previously announced, Bazmi Husain, who had been leading ABB in India since 2011, will move on to take over the role as global chief technology officer (CTO) for ABB Group.
 
Sanjeev Sharma first joined ABB in 1989 and since then has held a number of global senior management roles. He brings extensive experience in industrial automation and electrification across market segments and geographies and has lead several successful change management initiatives across global operations. Prior to this appointment, Sharma was the global managing director for ABB’s low voltage systems business unit, where he was based in Malaysia. He started his career working for ABB in India and has also lived and worked in Germany and Switzerland.
   
Frank Duggan, chairman of the board, ABB India Limited, said, “ABB in India has been steadily growing despite a challenging market environment, therefore we look forward to welcoming Sanjeev to the team where he will be responsible for driving the next level of growth for ABB in India, which is a key market and an important resource base for ABB.”