Nathalie Pilon named ABB managing director Canada
August 31, 2015
By Manufacturing AUTOMATION
Aug. 31, 2015 – ABB, a power and automation technology group, has named Nathalie Pilon as the new managing director for ABB in Canada, effective October 1, 2015, replacing Daniel Assandri.
Previous to this role, Pilon was president of Thomas & Betts in Canada. She also held the position of vice-president low voltage products division for ABB in Canada.
“Serving our customers is a key component of ABB’s Next Level strategy,” said Pilon. “Canadian customers can rely on ABB for the solutions and the systems they need to make their businesses more competitive and sustainable.”
Greg Scheu, head of the Americas and executive committee member of ABB Group stated, “ABB Canada has been fortunate to have strong leadership under Assandri in recent years and I am confident that Canada will continue to grow and prosper with Pilon as managing director.”
A Quebec native, she brings twenty years of experience in the manufacture, development and marketing of electrical products in Canada. She is also a member of the Quebec Order of Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA). In 2011, Pilon was named one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women by the Women’s Executive Network, and in 2015, she received the Leadership Award from the Association of Quebec Women in Finance.
