Michele Kuhrt

Executive Vice President, CHRO and CIO, Lincoln Electric

Michele Kuhrt, the Executive Vice President, CHRO and CIO at Lincoln Electric is a versatile business executive, technology and human capital leader with extensive finance background and 30+ years in the manufacturing space. Record of digital transformation and establishing trusted relationships with colleagues to develop and execute on business strategies. Kuhrt joined Lincoln Electric in 1997 as Director of Taxes and later served as Company Officer and Senior Vice President, Tax with responsibility for Lincoln Electric's global tax matters and has worked closely with all of the global businesses. She most recently served as Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer, a position she has held since 2016. In that role, she was a member of the Management Committee and was instrumental in the successful roll out of many global initiatives. Prior to joining Lincoln Electric, Kuhrt was with Elsag Bailey Process Automation (a unit of ABB) and Pricewaterhouse Coopers.