Sylvester Joins ABB as Country Managing Director (CMD) and Head of Electrification; Scheu to Retire

ABB (Zurich, Switzerland): The company has appointed Maryrose Sylvester as Country Managing Director (CMD) and Head of Electrification for the United States, effective Aug. 1. In the CMD role, she will succeed Greg Scheu, who will support a smooth transition until his retirement at the end of October.

Sylvester was most recently president & CEO of Current, Powered by GE, a GE startup business that was acquired in April by New York-based private equity firm American Industrial Partners. Having spent her career at GE, she held several executive-level positions, including president & CEO of GE Lighting, of GE Intelligent Platforms/GE FANUC; which was GE’s longest-running joint venture with a Japanese company; and of GE Quartz. She is a board member of Harley-Davidson and a member of the board of governors of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association. She also sat on GE’s Corporate Executive Council and its Commercial Council and was a member and co-founder of GE’s Women’s Network.

“Maryrose Sylvester brings extensive experience of managing and transforming industrial businesses and of applying digital technologies in industry,” said ABB chairman and CEO, Peter Voser in a press release. “Her proven track record at GE makes her an ideal candidate to run our Electrification business in the US and to be our CMD for the US.”