Amina Hamidi

Division President Traction ABB

Baden, Aargau, Switzerland

About

• Seasoned leader with a unique blend of Business and R&D experiences and a non executive board director experience. • Strong business knowledge & full P&L experiences. Led one major integration for ABB and two MD roles • Leader of multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary teams since 2000. Recognized for bringing to my teams a culture of innovation, results delivery and customer focus wherever they seat - in a customer facing team, in a factory or in an R&D lab

Experience

  • ABB (28 yrs 2 mos)
    • Division President Traction
      Nov 2025 - Present · 8 mos

    • Managing Director Instrumentation
      Jan 2022 - Nov 2025 · 3 yrs 11 mos

      Responsible for the full P&L including factories, sales and marketing, service, product development of ABB Instrumentation business

    • CTO ABB Electrification
      Sep 2017 - Jan 2022 · 4 yrs 5 mos

      Responsible for research and development of ABB Electrification business, including low- and medium voltage electrical distribution, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, power protection and power quality solutions, building automation and installation products. Technology and thought leadership for safe, smart and sustainable electrification, smart cities and societies, E-mobility, ...

  • Non Executive Board Member at XP Power
    Oct 2022 - Oct 2025 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    Non executive board director and member of the Remuneration Committee

  • scientist at INRETS
    May 1994 - May 1998 · 4 yrs 1 mo

    Thermal fatigue of high power IGBT modules in traction applications - Accelerated Power cycling tests of IGBT modules and investigation of their failure mechanisms - Thermomechanical modelling of power IGBT chips and packaging - Active participant of the European project RAPSDRA (Reliability of Advanced High Power Semiconductor Device for Railway Applications) and managed by INRETS - France.