Yasser Ahmed, Vice President of Buildings at Schneider Electric, is a distinguished
authority shaping the industry with a visionary focus on sustainability, efficiency,
resilience, and people-centricity from design and build to operate and maintain.
Yasser leads Schneider Electric’s building segments in Gulf Countries. His team
focuses on Real Estate, Healthcare, Hospitality, Retail Chains, and Smart Cities.
His expertise is in accelerating the path to net-zero buildings through innovation that
fosters sustainability in both newly built and retrofitting buildings. With over 15 years of
experience, Yasser pioneers digital transformation within the built environment,
emphasizing efficiency through digital technology such as building automation,
software, AI, IoT, and digital twins. Yasser's commitment to people-centricity ensures
buildings are smart and responsive to human needs.
As an advisor for the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council, Yasser shares
insights to shape content and ideas in management and leadership.
Yasser has an electrical engineering degree from Cairo University, a marketing diploma
from American University in Cairo, and an Executive MBA candidate from HEC Paris.