Barbara Frei-Spreiter is a Swiss businessperson who has been at the head of 9 different companies. Presently, she is Chief Executive Officer for Se Real Estate GmbH and Chairman for ABB Holding AS (Turkey).

She is also on the board of Asea Brown Boveri SA, Feller AG and Northvolt AB and Executive Vice President-Industrial Automation at Schneider Electric SE.

She previously held the position of Managing Director-Drives & Control Unit at ABB Ltd. Country Manager at ABB sro and Managing Director-Drive & Control Unit at ABB SpA (both are subsidiaries of ABB Ltd.), Chief Executive Officer of ELSO GmbH and Chief Executive Officer of Schneider Electric Holding Germany GmbH.

Dr. Frei-Spreiter received an undergraduate degree, a graduate degree and a doctorate from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and an MBA from International Institute for Management Development.