nVent Electric plc announced that Nitin Jain joined the company as senior vice president of strategy and business development. In this newly created role reporting directly to CEO Beth Wozniak, Jain will lead strategic planning and inorganic growth opportunities at nVent. He will develop new growth platforms through partnerships, alliances and acquisitions.

Jain has 18 years of global experience in business transformation, corporate development, program management and customer management. Jain joins nVent from Schneider Electric where he spent the past eight years in progressive leadership roles, most recently serving as the vice president of strategy for the digital energy division.