Rockwell Automation has appointed Thomas Donato to be president of its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, succeeding Hedwig Maes who has occupied the position since 2008.
Donato was most recently Rockwell’s regional vice-president in Canada, and also served as regional sales director of its Northern and Eastern European region. Previously, he was the business director for the company’s services and solutions business in EMEA.
Donato will now be responsible for driving growth in the EMEA region. He has 18 years of automation industry experience, including the last 11 years with Rockwell Automation. He holds a Diplom-Ingenieur degree in automation and controls engineering from the University of Applied Sciences in Darmstadt, Germany. He also studied at the Dublin Institute of Technology in Ireland.