Louis Hughes

Overview

Gender
male

Current directorships and professional positions

In France: Independent Director, Chairman of the Technology Committee, Member of the Audit and Finance
Committee and Member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of Alcatel Lucent*.

Abroad: Chairman of InZero Systems (formerly GBS Laboratories) (USA), Independent Director, Member of the Audit
Committee of Akzo Nobel* (The Netherlands), Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit, Finance and
Compliance Committee of ABB* (Switzerland), and Executive Advisor Partner of Wind Point Partners.

Career

Louis Hughes graduated from Harvard Business School (MBA, 1973) and from Kettering University (formerly
General Motors Institute), B.S. (Mechanical Engineering, 1971).

He is Chairman of InZero Systems (formerly GBS
Laboratories LLC). He was also CEO of GBS from 2005-2010. Louis Hughes is an Executive Advisor Partner of
Wind Point Partners.

Moreover, Hughes has been a member of the Boards of Directors of ABB (Switzerland,
since 2003) and Akzo Nobel (The Netherlands, since 2007). He served as President and Chief Operating Officer of
Lockheed Martin Corp.

His prior experiences also include positions of Chief of Staff Afghanistan Reconstruction
Group, U.S. Department of State, from 2004 to 2005,

Executive Vice President of General Motors Corporation from
1992 to 2000, President of General Motors International Operations from 1994 to 1999, President of General Motors
Europe from 1992 to 1994 and Managing Director of Adam Opel AG from 1989 to 1992.

He was non-executive
Chairman of Maxager (renamed Outperformance in 2008) from 2000 to 2008.

He has also served on several Boards,
including: Sulzer (Switzerland) from 2001 to 2009, British Telecom (United Kingdom) from 2000 to 2006, Electrolux
AB (Sweden) from 1996 to 2008, MTU Aero Engines GmbH (Germany) from 2006 to 2008, Deutsche Bank from
1993 to 2000, Saab Automobile AB from 1992 to 2000 and Adam Opel AG from 1989 to 1992. He was also a
member of the British Telecom Americas Advisory Board from 2006 to 2009.

Expertise: 35 years in the industry sector, 15 in the telecommunications sector and 9 years in computer security
sector

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs
1
Louis Hughes has 1 current jobs including Member of Board of Directors at ABB , .
Organization Name Title At Company Start Date End Date
ABB Member of Board of Directors Jan 1, 2003 Detail