Rockwell Automation Board Elects Blake Moret As Chairman - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Rockwell Automation, Inc. (ROK) announced that its Board has elected President and CEO Blake Moret as Chairman of the Board effective January 1, 2018. Moret succeeds Keith Nosbusch, who has served as chairman since 2005 and remains as a director. The company will continue to have an independent lead director.

Moret began his career in 1985 as a sales trainee, and subsequently served in senior positions across the organization, including international assignments in Europe and Canada. He was promoted to senior vice president of Control Products & Solutions, in 2011, and to president and CEO in 2016.