James Chae

James Chae is the Vice President of Industrial Automation business for East Asia & Japan Zone in Schneider Electric, based out of Singapore.

He brings over 20 years of international experience in industrial automation and power quality across data centers as well as industry segments.

James has held several positions across the EAJ zone including Business Vice President of Industrial Automation and Secure Power for the Korea & Mongolia cluster. He was most recently Country GM of Cambodia. In these roles he had successfully transformed the business by implementing strategies and initiatives that are in line with the company’s new eco-system and digital transformation pathway.

In his current role, his mission is to lead the transition to be more open, sustainable, data-driven, and efficient with the unique combination of automation and software in industry segments.