CORK, Ireland, Aug. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson
Controls (NYSE: JCI), the global leader for smart, healthy and
sustainable buildings, today announced that François
Mandeville has joined the company as its Corporate Development
Officer. Mandeville will play a lead role in the selection,
execution and integration of mergers and acquisitions that further
the company's business growth strategy.
François Mandeville to lead M&A function and help drive
business growth strategy
Mandeville reports to Johnson Controls Executive Vice President
and CFO Olivier Leonetti and will
work with Scott Simon, vice
president, Corporate Development, on a smooth transition and
handover as Simon continues to support Leonetti on a number of
strategic activities throughout this fiscal year.
"I am very excited about the skills, experience and passion that
François brings to Johnson Controls as we continue to advance our
growth strategy, addressing the compelling market opportunity ahead
and helping our customers meet important sustainability and
decarbonization goals," said Olivier
Leonetti, CFO. "Johnson Controls is leading the digital
transformation for Smart Buildings that is necessary to deliver on
our vision for healthy people, places and planet, and Francois is
ideally positioned to find and secure the best opportunities for us
to continue that leadership for our customers."
"I want to thank Scott Simon for
his vision and leadership in securing a strong and lasting
foundation for Johnson Controls' corporate development strategy,"
added Leonetti. "Francois will build on our existing inorganic
growth strategy that focuses on capturing new capabilities in
services, digital technology, and high-growth vertical market
opportunities, working with our leadership team to identify new
high-value opportunities."
Mandeville is based at the company's North American headquarters
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
responsible for the overall global corporate development team,
including setting the direction, strategy and governance for the
function.
Prior to joining Johnson Controls, Mandeville most recently
worked at Danaher Corporation as senior vice president, business
development for the company's life sciences platform. In this role
he was responsible for creating winning strategies that shaped the
organic and inorganic growth of the business from $2.2 billion in 2011 to more than $15 billion in 2021.
Before his career at Danaher, he worked 25 years at Agilent
Technologies (a spin-off of Hewlett-Packard Company) leading
R&D teams, new business incubation, M&A target
identification and integration in several industries including
telecommunications testing, printing, chemical analysis and life
sciences.
Mandeville earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical
Engineering from Ecole Polytechnique in Montréal, Canada.
About Johnson Controls:
At Johnson Controls (NYSE:JCI)
we transform the environments where people live, work, learn and
play. As the global leader in smart, healthy and sustainable
buildings, our mission is to reimagine the performance of buildings
to serve people, places and the planet.
With a history of more than 135 years of innovation, Johnson
Controls delivers the blueprint of the future for industries such
as healthcare, schools, data centers, airports, stadiums,
manufacturing and beyond through its comprehensive digital offering
OpenBlue. With a global team of 100,000 experts in more than 150
countries, Johnson Controls offers the world`s
largest portfolio of building technology, software as well
as service solutions with some of the most
trusted names in the industry. For more information,
visit www.johnsoncontrols.com or follow us
@johnsoncontrols on Twitter.
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