APC appoints Philippe Arsonneau as President-Asia Pacific and Japan

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by Schneider Electric announced the
appointment of Philippe Arsonneau, President-Asia Pacific and
Japan. In his new role, Philippe is responsible for the business
strategy, growth and development in Japan, Asia Pacific, South East
Asia, Greater India and Korea, ensuring that APC by Schneider
Electric, across these regions, remains focused on customers and
partners. He will lead the team in developing customer-oriented
processes, delivering innovative energy efficient solutions in
datacenters, and building successful relationships as part of
Schneider Electric.

Arsonneau previously held the position
ofVP, Nordics, DACH
(Germany, Austria, Switzerland), Central Europe and Israel. He
first joined Schneider Electric in 1991 and spent 13 years in various
positions across Schneider Electric, including strategic roles in the
building and energy sectors with sales, acquisition and offer
creation responsibility, project management and sales leadership
roles in the transmission and distribution business. From 1999 to
2006, Arsonneau was GM for Siemens, gaining valuable management
experience in automation and drives with responsibility for a global
portfolio. He joins the IT Business ExCom team to drive Schneider
collaboration and strategic growth for the IT Business in APJ.

“APJ, consisting of Japan, Pacific,
South East Asia, Greater India and Korea holds tremendous potential
and we are committed to significant investment in our people,
products and solutions in the region in our pursuit to become a
leader in this part of the world, in the IT landscape and datacenter
space,” said Arsonneau. “I am extremely delighted and privileged
to be on board and to lead the fantastic team in helping our
customers in making the most of their energy,” he stated with
enthusiasm.