Executive Viewpoint: Digital transformation and how it is advancing the processing industries

Peter Herweck is Executive Vice President, Industrial Automation, and a Member of the Executive Committee. Mr. Herweck has been a member of Schneider Electric’s Executive Committee since 2016 and leads Schneider Electric’s global industrial automation business. He is also on the board of AVEVA Group as a nonexecutive Director since 2018. He has extensive experience in automation, digitization and industrial software. He started his career at Mitsubishi in Japan, later joining Siemens where he held several executive positions in factory and process automation, along with leading corporate strategy as Chief Strategy Officer. He has a global and extensive executive and senior management background in Germany, China, the U.S. and Japan. Mr. Herweck earned an MBA from Wake Forest University School of Business and engineering degrees from Metz University and Saarland University. He is also a Harvard Business School Advanced Management Alumni.

Chris Dartnell is the President of the Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals business for Schneider Electric. He is responsible for driving strategy, digitization, technology direction, business performance and customer engagement for Schneider Electric with global oil and gas partners. Mr. Dartnell has been working in the oil and gas sector for 30 yr and has worked in more than 70 countries. He joined Schneider Electric in 2014. Most of his career has been spent working in automation and software where he has led teams across several senior roles in sales, marketing and general management, including general management leadership for Southern Europe, Africa, China, India and Brazil. Mr. Dartnell earned a degree in chemical automation engineering from the University of Kent and an MBA from the Edinburgh Business School.