Schneider Electric Appoints Alice Williams as VP Digital Energy UK&I
Focus on driving growth and impact for Schneider Electric’s smart and sustainable building solutions
Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has appointed Alice Williams as VP Digital Energy UK&I.
Alice’s role will be to drive growth and impact across the UK and Ireland Digital Energy business. She will focus on delivering end user energy savings and more resilient, efficient operations for customers through Schneider’s innovative energy management and automation solutions. Alice succeeds Kasim Mohammed who took on the role of VP for Services UK&I earlier this summer
Alice has been with Schneider Electric for over six years. She is returning to the UK&I business following time in the US as VP US Services leading a team of 600 across multiple functions and countries. In this role she drove sustainable improvements in execution, employee engagement, and commercial outcomes, supporting over $1B in revenue and laying the foundation for scalable, data-driven growth across five business units.
Prior to her time in North America, Alice held a key role on the UK&I Executive Committee leading the Strategy Team. Her responsibilities spanned strategy, commercial excellence, software solution deployment, and emerging markets.
Alice’s career began in the British Army, where she led technical and multifunction teams around the world. This experience has equipped Alice with a diverse skillset, including a particular talent for managing large-scale teams and driving operational excellence across diverse regions.
Speaking about her appointment, Alice Williams, Schneider Electric’s VP of Digital Energy for UK&I said: “After almost three years in the US, I’m thrilled to be returning to the UK&I business to champion our innovative building solutions that ultimately help realise our customers’ decarbonisation objectives. I’m excited to build on our Digital Energy growth trajectory and enable the transformation of smarter and more sustainable buildings and cities.
Kelly Becker, Schneider Electric’s President for UK and Ireland, Belgium and the Netherlands added: “We are delighted to welcome Alice back to the UK&I team. She has driven impressive growth during her time in the US whilst working alongside our North American services and operational teams. Her relentless commitment to our customers, attention to detail, and multi-market experience mean she is well placed to lead the digital energy team and enable our customers’ energy resilient future.”
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Kelly Becker
President, Schneider Electric UK and Ireland, Belgium and NetherlandsKelly has spent many years leading Schneider Electric’s business across the globe and is currently responsible for all operations within the UK and Ireland, Belgium and Netherlands. She leads 5,500 employees with responsibility for a multi-billion P&L. Most recently, Kelly has held the role of Schneider Electric Country President, Ireland, Vice-President of the Power Solutions Division in the US and worked at Danaher Corporation in Product Management.With over 20 years of experience in the energy and industrial sectors, Kelly has a track record of delivering results through strategic leadership, operational excellence, and customer-centric innovation. Additionally, she has driven multiple turnarounds and excels at change management and building high-performance teams.Kelly holds a Bachelor of Science degree in advertising and public relation from Texas Christian University, a Master's degree in Business Administration from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia and graduated from the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University in 2025.She sits on the Board of Schneider Electric UK, is a Non-Executive Director for Elis (ELIS.PA France), serves on the Leadership Advisory Board for the Darden School of Business and is on the Executive Board of Directors with the French Chamber UK and British American Business.Connect with Kelly on LinkedIn.Read more 
Alice Williams
Vice President Digital Energy UK & IrelandAlice leads Schneider Electric’s Digital Energy business in the UK & Ireland. This role involves providing solutions to help customers transform and decarbonise their buildings across various industry sectors with the aim of making buildings and cities smarter and more sustainable.Most recently Alice served as VP Services Excellence in the US, where she led a cross-functional, multi-national team that supported customers across the US in the installation, commissioning, management, and maintenance of their electrical infrastructure. In this role she was responsible for project management; health and safety; supply chain and quality; and customer training. She gained experience working with a full ecosystem of partners to create solutions supporting datacentres, education facilities, and hospitals, among others, in the efficient and responsible management of their resources. Before her time in the US, Alice was VP Strategy for the UK and Ireland, having joined the company in 2019.Prior to joining Schneider Electric, Alice served as a commissioned officer in the British Army, leading technical and multi-functional teams across the world, an experience which included working in 19 countries, and which has provided a wide breadth of experience and managing large teams.Alice holds a Master of Engineering from Loughborough University, as well as post-graduate business and coaching qualifications, she is currently pursuing her EMBA.Connect with Alice on LinkedIn.Read more
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