Global Head of Product Line, Commercial Buildings Solutions, ABB Smart Buildings Bertrand Vandewiele has been VP, Global Head of Product Line, Commercial Buildings Solutions for ABB’s Smart Buildings division since July 2021. He joined the company from Honeywell where he was General Manager, Healthy Buildings and Global Offering Management leader. Bertrand leads strategy and full P&L responsibilities for ABB’s commercial building solutions globally, including product innovation across four portfolios. With a passion for growing global businesses and delivering results in fast-changing, high-tech envi-ronments, Bertrand’s career began in Philips in Telecom and Semiconductor in research and develop-ment. His experience has also spanned sales, strategy, research, innovation, and marketing roles at Signify (formerly Philips Lighting) and Intel (formerly Silicon Hive). He is passionate about customer-back innovation, driving innovation across disciplines and teams. With a growth mindset, he trans-forms roadblocks into opportunities to grow and turn-around businesses in record time. He graduated as a Master of Science from Le Mans Université and an Executive MBA from Erasmus, Rotterdam School of Management. He has also studied Digital Business Strategy and Marketing in MIT Sloan School of Management and had immersions in Hong Kong and South Africa. He has lived in France, the Netherlands and is now a resident in the USA; always thrilled to discover new cultures.