Hady Stephan (LinkedIn) has been appointed as Schneider Electric’s VP of Power Systems for the Gulf region, according to a statement. Stephan has been with the French electrical group for over a decade, formerly serving as VP for Energies and Chemicals for the Middle East and leading the Levant cluster to help expand the company’s footprint in Iraq. He will now be tasked with commercial and operational activities in key industries in the region — including energy and chemicals, power and grid, and transportation — and pushing growth in several countries in the Middle East and Africa.