Barbara Frei-Spreiter is a Swiss businessperson who has been at the helm of 9 different companies and currently occupies the position of Chief Executive Officer at Se Real Estate GmbH and Chairman at ABB Holding AS (Turkey).

She is also Executive Vice President-Industrial Automation at Schneider Electric SE and on the board of 5 other companies.

She previously was 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 at ELSO GmbH and Chief Executive Officer of Schneider Electric Holding Germany GmbH.

She 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.