Schneider Electric Appoints Olivier Blum as Executive VP Energy Management

New Delhi, India and Rueil-Malmaison, France – Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has named Olivier Blum as the new Executive Vice-President of its Energy Management Business, effective April 1, 2022. Blum, who is now Chief Strategy & Sustainability Officer at Schneider Electric, will continue his role as a member of the company’s Executive Committee. This shift followed the announcement of Philippe Delorme’s appointment as Schneider Electric’s Executive Vice-President of Europe Operations.

In his new role, Blum will be responsible for Schneider Electric’s whole Energy Management portfolio of world-leading technology, software, and services, supporting ‘Electricity 4.0’ as the quickest path to a net-zero future that is more electric and digital.

Blum began his career at Schneider Electric in his home country of France in 1993. He has spent the previous two decades living and working in Asia, where he served as the Regional Head of Strategy for China and the Regional Managing Director for India before taking on the global job of Executive Vice-President for the Home & Distribution Division based in Hong Kong. He joined Schneider Electric’s Executive Committee in 2014 as Chief Human Resources Officer.

Blum has also served as a Non-Executive Director on the boards of AVEVA Group PLC (as a Remuneration Committee member) and Delta Dore since 2020. In 2019, he was awarded France’s Chief Human Resources Officer of the Year by Cadremploi, Morgan Phillips Hudson, Le Figaro Décideurs, and Fyte, in recognition of his global transformation of Schneider’s leadership and culture. Schneider Electric was recognized as the World’s Most Sustainable Corporation by Corporate Knights in 2021 as a result of his efforts across the company.

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