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Peter Herweck

Chief Executive Officer

Peter joined AVEVA as Chief Executive Officer in May 2021 from Schneider Electric, where he led their global Industrial Automation Business and was Vice Chairman of the AVEVA Board of Directors.

Peter started his career as Software Development Engineer with 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. In 2016, he was appointed to the Executive Committee of Schneider Electric, leading the Industrial Automation and the Industrial Software business, which he merged into AVEVA in 2018. He has a global and extensive executive and senior management background in Germany, China, the US, France, Switzerland, and Japan.

Peter holds an MBA from Wake Forest University School of Business, and Engineering degrees from Metz University, France and Saarland University, Germany. He is also a Harvard Business School Advanced Management Alumni.

James Kidd

Deputy CEO and Chief Financial Officer

James is a Chartered Accountant and joined AVEVA in 2004 at the time of the Tribon acquisition. Prior to his appointment to the Board, James held several senior finance roles within the Group and was Head of Finance from 2006 until 2011, when he was appointed CFO. James was Chief Executive from January 2017 to February 2018, leading the merger with the Schneider Electric Software Business before being appointed Deputy CEO and Chief Financial Officer of the enlarged Group. Prior to joining AVEVA James worked for both Arthur Andersen and Deloitte, serving technology clients in both transactional and audit engagements.

Ravi Gopinath

Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Cloud Officer

Ravi was appointed Chief Operating Officer of AVEVA on 1 March 2018 following the merger with Schneider Electric’s Software business. Previously he was Executive Vice President of the Schneider Electric Software Business and responsible for all aspects of its global P&L.

Ravi joined Invensys in October 2009 as President of Asia Pacific responsible for the complete suite of portfolio and business for the region. He successfully grew and expanded the business and was appointed President, Software Business, Invensys, in 2011. For the next few years, he achieved double-digit growth for the business before it was acquired by Schneider Electric in 2014.

Prior to joining Invensys, from 2006 -2009, Ravi was the CEO and Managing Director of Geometric Limited, a specialist in PLM and Engineering Services listed on the Indian stock market. He started his career in 1994 at Tata Consultancy Services, Asia’s largest IT services company, and worked over 12 years in a number of roles starting in Corporate R&D and finally as the Vice President of the Engineering Services business as a member of the senior executive team.

Ravi has a Ph.D in Chemical Engineering with a specialisation in process control and optimisation and a Masters in Chemical Engineering with a specialisation in process modelling and simulation.

Lisa Johnston

Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Sustainability Officer

Lisa is the Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Sustainability Officer at AVEVA, the global leader in engineering and industrial software, driving digital transformation across the life cycle of capital-intensive industries.

Lisa leads the company in driving growth through global customer and prospect engagement, go-to-market initiatives, and brand development.

In 2020, Lisa assumed the leadership role for sustainability - developing AVEVA's sustainability strategy and plan, one that delivers human, economic, and environmental value. This work includes each person at AVEVA to help deliver sustainable outcomes for our customers, and for the communities where we live and work.

Prior to joining AVEVA, Lisa was Managing Director, Marketing at Vista Consulting Group, leading marketing consulting for more than 50 companies within the Vista Equity Partners’ portfolio. Previously, she was Vice President of Power Systems Global Marketing at IBM, responsible for marketing and strategic business transformation.

Caoimhe Keogan

Chief People Officer

Caoimhe Keogan joined AVEVA in January 2021 as Chief People Officer (CPO). She is responsible for AVEVA’s overall employee experience, leading the global human resources and employee communications teams, along with Action for Good, AVEVA’s Group-wide Corporate Social Responsibility initiative.

Prior to AVEVA, Caoimhe held roles at Moneysupermarket Group PLC where she was Chief People Officer for three years, and SoundCloud where she was Senior Vice President People, Places & Community. She also spent six years at Google in senior HR roles, across both the Sales and Technology divisions.

Caoimhe has a master’s degree in Organisational Psychology from Queen's University of Belfast and a background in management consulting having spent her early career at Deloitte and KPMG.

Andrew McCloskey

Chief Technology Officer (CTO), EVP of R&D

Andrew is CTO/ EVP R&D for AVEVA, where he leads the technology and execution of product development with a portfolio of 75+ leading industrial automation and engineering products and a global R&D team of 1,700+ engineers and computer scientists.

Andrew’s teams have submitted over 110 new patents in the past six years, all related to the Digital Twin and providing advanced capability in a user-friendly manner to AVEVA’s customers.

Prior to joining AVEVA over thirteen years ago, Andrew headed research for Toshiba Mobile Division, worked at two successful start-ups, and was a lead engineer working on guidance systems for NASA’s Space Programme, where he started his career.

Andrew holds a bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from California Polytechnic University Pomona. He attended USC for graduate studies and has taught university-level courses in software development.

Kimthu Doan

EVP of Customer Success and Renewal Sales

Kimthu Doan is responsible for ensuring the success of customers in maximizing and accelerating the value of their AVEVA investments. She leads a global team of technical and business professionals specialized in understanding unique customer needs and supporting digital transformation journeys.

Kimthu brings over 25 years of software industry experience in serving customers, building high performance teams and fostering operational excellence. Prior to joining AVEVA, Kimthu not only led customer success for OSIsoft but also helped direct the integration to bring the best of the two companies together.

Kimthu holds a BS in computer science from the University of California, Davis and multiple professional certifications: PMP (PMI), Certified Customer Support (TSIA), Certified Scrum Master and Certified Customer Experience.

Rob McGreevy

Executive Vice President of Operations Business

Rob was appointed Executive Vice President of the Operations Business for AVEVA in April 2021. Rob has over 25 years of experience working in the industrial software business with a focus on manufacturing and infrastructure, serving end-markets such as power, water, food, beverage, pharmaceutical and oil and gas. He has extensive experience in product and business management, M&A, sales, and marketing, and is named in over 28 software and technology patents. Rob first joined the business in 2007 (then part of Invensys) and remained with the company through several transitions including the sale to Schneider Electric and its eventual spinoff and merger with AVEVA. Since joining the company, Rob has had multiple roles including Product Marketing, Portfolio Management, Industry Solutions, and Business Unit Management. In 2018, Rob took on the portfolio and strategy role for the combined AVEVA business, and in 2019 took on an expanded role as Head of Corporate Strategy and M&A. Rob is a graduate of the University of Iowa, where he studied Journalism, Communications and Computer Science.

Rónán de Hooge

Executive Vice President of Information

Rónán de Hooge leads technology strategy and execution for AVEVA’s Information Management business unit, reflecting the strategic importance of the PI System and related products in the company’s market-leading portfolio. He joined the executive leadership team as part of the AVEVA-OSIsoft integration in 2021.

As the son of an administrator who helped manage one of the first PI System deployments in Europe, you might say Rónán grew up with the technology. His own work as a process engineer in the mining industry led to an opportunity to join OSIsoft as a software developer in 2001.

He took on numerous leadership roles over his 20-year OSIsoft career, helping to drive the embrace of cloud computing, microservices architecture, agile development and a unique model of guild engineering that has fueled collaboration, transparency and innovation. He is a champion of diversity to improve equity, inclusion and better software, and in the power of data to drive a more sustainable future.

Rónán holds a B.Eng. in Chemical Engineering from University College, Dublin.

Amish Sabharwal

Executive Vice President of Engineering Business

Amish joined AVEVA in 2010 and was appointed Executive Vice President for AVEVA’s Engineering Business in April 2021. Prior to his appointment, Amish has held senior leadership roles in sales and operations within the AVEVA Group. In his current role, Amish is responsible for leading the cross functional business performance of the Engineering Business, which includes process & simulation, engineering & design, project execution, information management and value chain optimization software solutions. Amish has over 25 years of industrial experience globally within the energy, chemicals and power industries. Prior to joining AVEVA, he has held sales and product management leadership roles at Honeywell and Aspen Technology and began his career as a Plant Operations Engineer at JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation refineries in Japan. He holds a master’s and bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Calgary.