Emerson CEO and leadership

Frank J. Dellaquila serves as senior executive vice president and chief financial officer of Emerson and is responsible for the company’s global financial operations. He was appointed senior vice president and chief financial officer in 2010, promoted to executive vice president in 2012, and is a member of Emerson’s Office of the Chief Executive.

​Prior to joining Emerson, Dellaquila held senior financial positions with other multi-national firms.

Dellaquila is a member of the executive committee of the board of directors of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. He is on the board of the Eastern Missouri region of the American Red Cross and the St. Louis chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association.

Dellaquila received a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Fordham University and an MBA in finance from Columbia University.​

As executive president of Emerson Automation Solutions, I lead a global team responsible for serving process, hybrid and discrete manufacturers to maximize production, protect personnel and the environment while optimizing their energy and operating costs.

With more than 25 years of experience at Emerson, I’ve held roles around the world, including group president of Emerson’s Rosemount Measurement & Analytical business, president of Emerson’s former Network Power business in Europe, Middle East and Africa, vice president of corporate planning and president of Emerson’s Fisher regulator technologies.

I am fluent in Portuguese, French and English.

Michael Train became president of Emerson in October 2018. In this role, he drives the company’s focus on software and digital technology development, major investments, international growth and global shared service organizations. In addition, he serves as chairman of Emerson Automation Solutions, continuing the automation leadership he brought to his previous position as executive president of Emerson Automation Solutions. From April 2016 until these recent appointments, Train served as executive president of Emerson’s Automation Solutions business, managing strategy and operations for one of the company’s two business platforms. In this role, he led initiatives to help industrial customers enhance their operations to achieve Top Quartile performance. In 2016, he was also named to Emerson’s Office of the Chief Executive which helps develop and guide the company’s global business strategies. He will continue to serve on this company leadership team in his new roles.

Ram Krishnan became executive vice president and chief operating officer of Emerson in February 2021. In this role, he oversees global supply chain operations, information technology, mergers and acquisitions, and international operations. He is a member of Emerson’s Office of the Chief Executive.

Krishnan joined Emerson in 1994 as a project engineer. He became vice president of marketing and business development for valve automation in 2000, adding technology oversight of the business to his role in 2003. He was named vice president and general manager of gas chromatographs in 2004, a role he held until 2005, when he became president of analytical liquid for Emerson.

He became president of refrigeration for Emerson in 2007 before being named president of Climate Technologies in Asia in 2011, serving in Hong Kong. Krishnan returned to the United States as vice president of profit planning and perfect execution in 2015, a role he held until 2016, when he became group president of flow solutions. He was named chief operating officer of final control in January 2017 and became the group president of final control in November 2017, following the successful $3.15 billion acquisition of Pentair’s valves and controls business. He held this role until his February 2021 appointment as executive vice president and COO.

Krishnan has a bachelor’s degree in metallurgical engineering from the India Institute of Technology, a master’s degree in materials engineering from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a master’s degree in business administration from Xavier University.

Lisa Flavin is a Chief Compliance Officer & VP Audit at EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. She studied at University of Illinois Urbana Champaign until 1987.

As executive president of Emerson Automation Solutions, I lead a global team responsible for serving process, hybrid and discrete manufacturers to maximize production, protect personnel and the environment while optimizing their energy and operating costs.

With more than 25 years of experience at Emerson, I’ve held roles around the world, including group president of Emerson’s Rosemount Measurement & Analytical business, president of Emerson’s former Network Power business in Europe, Middle East and Africa, vice president of corporate planning and president of Emerson’s Fisher regulator technologies.

I am fluent in Portuguese, French and English.