August 10, 2017 – Faisal Kazi has been appointed president & CEO of Siemens Canada Ltd., effective September 1, 2017, replacing Robert Hardt, who departed the company in June to take on the role of Catalyst Partner at next47—a Siemens unit for start-ups.

Kazi joined Siemens in 1991 and has worked in various areas of the business in the Netherlands, Germany and the United States.

Prior to this appointment, he served as senior vice-president responsible for the Energy Management division in Canada, and acted as the regional and sales head of the Transformers business in North and South America. In this role, Kazi led energy projects in Alberta, Manitoba and New Brunswick.