Uponor announced changes in the executive committee. Andres Caballero(M.Sc. Engineering, b. 1974) has been appointed President of the Building Solutions – North America division and a member of the Executive Committee at Uponor from 1 August 2022 at the latest.

He will be based in Minnesota, USA and report to Michael Rauterkus, President and CEO, Uponor Corporation. Andres succeeds Bill Gray who stepped down from his role as President of Building Solutions – North America on 10 January 2022 to focus on interests outside the company. Current interim President of Building Solutions – North America, John Reutter will concentrate on his duties as the division's Vice President of Finance latest from 1 August 2022 onwards.

Andres Caballero has long experience of leadership positions, including over a decade of general management roles at Honeywell International Inc. Prior to joining Honeywell, Andres led the Americas business for the Topcon-Danfoss joint venture and led the Latin America business for the Danfoss Mobile Electronics division. More recently, Andres has founded and run three businesses active in management consulting, AI technology and music. Karsten Hoppe has decided to leave Uponor to pursue interests outside of the company.

He has served as President of the Building Solutions – Europe division and has been a member of the Executive Committee since 2019. Karsten will continue in his operational leadership role until 14 October 2022 to ensure a smooth transition period. The search for his successor has started.