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CV

Name: Gu Chunyuan

Age: 60

Nationality: Sweden

Career:

2017 onwards: President of ABB Asia, Middle East and Africa region

2014 onwards: Chairman and president, ABB (China) Ltd

2012-13: Head of discrete automation and motion division, ABB North Asia & China

2010-11: General manager of ABB Engineering (Shanghai) Ltd

2005-10: Vice-president for global technology, ABB Robot Automation China

2006-10: Head of Robotics Global R&D Center, ABB China

Education:

1983-87: Doctor of engineering, School of Aeronautics at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

1977-82: Bachelor of engineering, at Shanghai Jiao Tong University