Barbara Frei-Spreiter

Dr. Barbara Frei-Spreiter, a Swiss citizen with over 25 years of global experience, has been Beyond Gravity's CEO since April 2026. She studied mechanical engineering, holds a doctorate in electrical engineering from ETH Zurich and an Executive MBA from IMD Lausanne. She began her career in 1998 at technology group ABB, where she held leadership roles in development and service and carried global profit responsibility as country, regional, and business unit manager. In 2016 she joined energy technology and automation group Schneider Electric (177,000 employees worldwide), where she most recently sat on the Executive Committee and ran the global Industrial Automation division with revenue of EUR 7,022 million. Before that she led the European business and the DACH region, among other roles.