Hitachi Energy Appoints Mr. Jan Niklas Persson as Director
Hitachi Energy India Limited has appointed Mr. Jan Niklas Persson as Director in the Non-Executive and Non-Independent category. This information was shared through the company’s stock exchange filing dated 22nd September 2025.
Mr. Persson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Örebro University, Sweden, which he completed in 1997. He began his career the same year with ABB as Sales Manager and was promoted to Vice President (Marketing) in 2002, a position he held until 2006.
In January 2006, he became Group Vice President, serving in this capacity until May 2008. He then took on the role of Senior Vice President for more than two years. In 2010, Mr. Persson was appointed Group Vice President (BU High Voltage Products and Global Product Group Manager), a role he continued in until December 2015.
From 2016 till 2019, he served as ABB’s Group Senior Vice President (BU Grid Systems, Head of HVDC). 2019 onwards, he had been serving as Executive Vice President at Hitachi Energy and MD of Hitachi Energy’s Business Unit Grid Integration. Additionally, Mr. Persson is Chairman of the Hitachi Energy board in Sweden. He is also a board member of Linxon Pty which is a joint venture (JV) company of Hitachi Energy and Canada’s AtikinsRéalis. He also holds a position on the board of Sweden’s Stena Adactum.
Mr. Persson brings with him extensive experience in areas of High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC), power quality solutions, grid connections, EV charging infrastructure, power semiconductors, and more.
