Dinesh C. Paliwal was appointed President, Global Markets and Technology in January 2006. Mr. Paliwal is a member of the board of directors of EMBARQ (U.S.) and he is Chairman of the U.S. "National Foreign Trade Council" (U.S.) He was the Head of our former Automation Technologies division from January 2003 through December 2005. From April 2002 to January 2003, he was our Executive Vice President responsible for our former Industries division. Between January 1, 2001 and March 2002, he was our Executive Vice President responsible for our former Process Industries division. From 1990 to 2001, he held various positions with ABB. Mr. Paliwal has dual Indian and U.S. citizenship. |