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Johnson Controls appoints Mohammad Khalid as Vice President and General Manager, Building Solutions, Middle East and Africa

Dubai, UAE, 27 June 2022--Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI), the global leader for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, announced the appointment of Mr. Mohammad Khalid as the new Vice President and General Manager for Middle East and Africa (MEA).
Mr. Khalid brings more than 25 years of experience in sales, operations and technology to further advance Johnson Control as leader for smart, net zero and sustainability solutions across the MEA region, enforcing the company's continued commitment to provide world-class digital solutions through its OpenBlue platform, HVAC equipment, fire and security systems, controls and services.
The new appointment proves to be both timely and strategic as it comes at a time when the company is executing on its leadership in innovation and technology assisting governments, businesses and other institutions meet their sustainability goals, while leveraging a history of over 135 years of expertise in building systems.
The newly appointed VP and General Manager holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University and a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Florida Atlantic University.
Prior to joining Johnson Controls, Mr. Khalid held various management positions at some of the world's top companies like Motorola and Google, sharing his leadership and skills across these companies’ key sales, technical and business activities in the US, Europe and the Middle East.
Mr. Khalid joined Johnson Controls eight years ago and since then, has helped reinforce the company's vision to reimagine the performance of buildings to serve people, places and the planet by placing key focus on health and safety.
Johnson Controls appoints Mohammad Khalid as Vice President and General Manager, Building Solutions, Middle East and Africa (MEA). Khalid is an accomplished leader and brings more than 25 years of experience in sales, operations and technology. He will play a key strategic role to further advance Johnson Controls as leader for smart, net zero and sustainability solutions across the MEA region, enforcing the company's continued commitment to provide world-class digital solutions.
About Johnson Controls:
At Johnson Controls (NYSE:JCI), we transform the environments where people live, work, learn and play. As the global leader in smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, our mission is to reimagine the performance of buildings to serve people, places and the planet.
With a history of more than 135 years of innovation, Johnson Controls delivers the blueprint of the future for industries such as healthcare, schools, data centers, airports, stadiums, manufacturing and beyond through its comprehensive digital offering, OpenBlue. With a global team of 100,000 experts in more than 150 countries, Johnson Controls offers the world`s largest portfolio of building technology, software as well as service solutions with some of the most trusted names in the industry. For more information, visitwww.johnsoncontrols.com or follow us @johnsoncontrols on Twitter.