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Vertiv Appoints Frieda He as Chief Procurement Officer

What happened

Vertiv Group Corp hired Frieda He as Chief Procurement Officer on May 5th '26.

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Vertiv appoints Frieda He as Chief Procurement Officer. 5th May 2026 Font size: - + Vertiv (NYSE: VRT), a global leader in critical digital infrastructure, today announced Frieda He has joined the company as Chief Procurement Officer (CPO). She will lead Vertiv's global procurement organisation, with a focus on further strengthening supply chain resilience, enabling growth, optimising cost and value, and driving supplier quality across the company's portfolio, including end-to-end power and thermal management solutions for data centres, communications networks, and commercial & industrial applications. Frieda brings nearly two decades of global procurement and supply chain leadership experience across the automotive and electrification businesses. In her most recent role, from December 2023 to March 2026, Frieda served as Chief Procurement Officer and a member of the Group Management Team at Polestar. She oversaw more than $3 billion in annual global spend across direct and indirect materials, supplier quality, R&D industrial programmes, cost management, and global real estate, while leading cross-functional global teams and driving cost savings, governance, and enterprise transformation during periods of industry disruption. "Frieda He is a proven global leader with deep experience building and scaling resilient, sustainable supply chains," said Gio Albertazzi, chief...

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Event
Executive hire

What this signalsA new leader often reviews the tools the team uses.

Person
Frieda HeChief Procurement Officer
Takes effect
May 5, 2026

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  • Frieda HeChief Procurement Officer · Named in the story

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Category
Hires

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  • purchasing

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Confidence
72%
Detected
May 6, 2026
signal_type
news
signal_subtype
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