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Kapur graduated from Thapar Institute of Engineering in Patiala , India , as an electronics engineer with a specialisation in instrumentation .
He succeeds Rajeev Gautam , who retired in August after a 43-year career with Honeywell . Following his retirement and through to the end of January , he will work closely on the transition with Kapur and will serve as President Emeritus , Honeywell PMT , with responsibility for ensuring smooth customer transitions and helping enable growth within Honeywell UOP , where he spent several decades in leadership positions .
Succeeding Kapur is Doug Wright , who has been named President and CEO of Honeywell Building Technologies , based in Atlanta .
Wright joined Honeywell in mid-2020 as the leader of HBT ' s Fire and Security business .
Both Kapur and Wright will serve as company officers and report to Chairman and CEO Darius Adamczyk . The changes are effective immediately .
In addition , Ben Driggs has been named Chief Operating Officer of Global High Growth Regions , a transition role that will lead him to become President of Global High Growth Regions on January 1 , 2022 . Driggs will succeed Shane Tedjarati , who has decided to retire at the end of 2021 after a 17-year career at Honeywell leading the company ' s growth efforts in emerging regions .
Tedjarati will remain in an advisory capacity to Honeywell over the next three years . Driggs will be based in Shanghai .
" Today ' s announcement is a demonstration of both the outstanding quality of our leadership and our ability to develop capable and ready-now successors for executive-level roles ," said Darius Adamczyk , Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Honeywell .
" Throughout Vimal ' s more than three decades with Honeywell , he has proven
his outstanding leadership capabilities and deep knowledge of our end markets . Doug ' s extensive experience in the controls industry has enabled him to drive better customer and market alignment in the fire and security business . Ben brings exceptional customer focus and extensive global experience to our Global High Growth Regions organization . Honeywell will continue to be well positioned for global growth under leaders such as Vimal , Doug , and Ben , not to mention the rest of our management team ."
Wright joined Honeywell in July 2020 as the President of HBT ' s Fire and Security business and quickly made a significant
16 October 2021