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Jacques Esculier is the new president of WABCO, the Vehicle Control Systems business of American Standard Companies, effective Jan. 1, 2004.
With revenues of more than (US) $1 billion, the business is the world's leading producer of electronic braking, stability control, air suspension and automated transmission systems for heavy-duty commercial vehicles. WABCO products are also increasingly used in luxury cars and sport utility vehicles (SUVs). Customers include the world's leading commercial truck, bus and passenger car manufacturers in Europe, Asia, Brazil and North America. Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, the business today employs more than 6,300 people in 29 offices and production facilities worldwide.
Jacques joined American Standard Companies in June of 2002 as vice president of Trane Commercial Systems (TCS) in charge of international activities. In this role, Jacques was responsible for all distribution and operations in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia and managed a business which provided air conditioning equipment and services to industrial, commercial and residential customers.
Prior to joining American Standard, Jacques spent more than six years in a variety of leadership positions within AlliedSignal/Honeywell. He was vice president and general manager of the Environmental Control and Power Systems enterprise, headquartered in Los Angeles, with revenues of nearly $1 billion, and vice president of Aftermarket Services-Asia Pacific, based in Singapore. Prior to that, he was president and chief executive officer of Mooney Aircraft Corporation, based in Kerrville, Texas, and also held research and development positions with NASA and the Helicopter Department at the French Ministry of Defense.
Jacques was born in Paris, France, in 1959. He holds master's degrees from the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris and from the Ecole Nationale Superieure de l'Aeronautique et de l'Espace in Toulouse, France, and an M.B.A. from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France.
In 1989 he was awarded the Commander's Award for Civilian Service from the U.S. Army. | 