Barbara Frei-Spreiter is a Swiss businessperson who has been at the head of 10 different companies and currently is Chief Executive Officer for Schneider Electric Holding Germany GmbH, Chief Executive Officer of Se Real Estate GmbH, Chairman at ABB Holding AS (Turkey), Chairman for Schneider Electric Sachsenwerk GmbH, Chairman-Executive Board & Co-CEO at Schneider Electric GmbH, Managing Director at Schneider Electric Real Estate GmbH, Chief Executive Officer for Schneider Electric Austria GmbH and Chief Executive Officer for Merten GmbH & Co. KG. Barbara Frei-Spreiter is also on the board of Swisscom AG, Asea Brown Boveri SA, Swiss Prime Site AG and Feller AG.

She previously occupied the position of Head-Strategic Portfolio Reviews at Schneider Electric SE Chief Executive Officer for ELSO GmbH and President for Schneider Electric Schweiz AG (both are subsidiaries of Schneider Electric SE) and Regional Manager-Mediterranean at ABB Ltd. Country Manager at ABB sro and Managing Director-Drive & Control Unit at ABB SpA (both are subsidiaries of ABB Ltd.).

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