Johnson Controls has named Joe Walicki vice president and president of its Power Solutions (batteries) business. The board also named him a corporate officer.

Walicki will head JCI’s US$6.6bn battery business worldwide, replacing Brian Kesseler who is to be chief operating officer of another auto industry supplier, Tenneco.

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Walicki joined Johnson Controls in 1988. He was most recently COO of Power Solutions from July 2014.

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