Lucy Switchgear announced the appointment of John Griffiths as its new CEO following the retirement of previous Chief Executive Chris Levick.
John joins the company from Thailand-based Oriental Copper, one of the top five global suppliers of fabricated copper based products and solutions for the electrical energy and electronics industry. Appointed as Executive Vice President of Oriental Copper in 2012, John significantly developed the business during his two years at the company.
An electrical engineer, John has a broad base of experience in the electrical engineering industry, having previously held senior management positions with Barduct Ltd. in the UK and Moeller Electric in Singapore, before being appointed as Country Director of Thailand, Myanmar and Laos for Schneider Electric in 2001. He was subsequently promoted within Schneider to President of the Middle East Gulf Countries, Pakistan, and Afghanistan in 2008.
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