Lal Karsanbhai
President and Chief Executive Officer
Executive
5 yr
5 reports
Emerson Electric Co. ·EMR
COO-led enterprise automation model anchored by large-scale M&A
Industrials · Fortune #238 · Hybrid structure · 73K employees · St. Louis, Missouri
5
CEO span
↓ tighter than peers (avg 8)
2.8
Avg span
moderate
2
Max depth
2 levels
2.6 yr
Avg tenure
60%
Internal hires
↑ above industry avg
Consolidated financials FY2025 · period end 2025-09-30 · 10-K
Revenue
$18.0B
Net income
$2.3B
Total assets
$42.0B
Shares out
562M
Sourced from Emerson Electric Co. DEF 14A · filed 2025-12-12 ↗ View on SEC
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Emerson Electric operates with a COO-led enterprise automation structure, reflecting its post-M&A integration strategy. This page maps the executive team, reporting lines, governance, compensation, and recent leadership changes, and compares Emerson’s structure with major industrial peers.
What to model
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Latest signal Michael Tang joined as Senior Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer
Appointed effective January 1, 2024.
Source · See change logScenario views in the chart
- Add Chief AI Officer Create a Chief AI Officer role to centralize AI strategy across automation software and hardware platforms.
- COO Departs: Integration Risk Remove the COO role to assess leadership continuity risk during ongoing automation integration.
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The people
Who's running this
6 executives identified as Named Executive Officers in the most recent SEC proxy. Bar length scales with tenure.
internal
Ram Krishnan
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Operations
3 yr
0 reports
internal
Mike Baughman
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer
Finance
2 yr
0 reports
internal
Mike Train
Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer
Sustainability
4 yr
0 reports
Michael Tang
Senior Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer
Legal
1 yr
0 reports
Open Role
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
HR
1 yr
0 reports
The pay
Executive compensation
From the most recent DEF 14A Summary Compensation Table. 1 named executive officers disclosed. Bar length scales with total compensation.
S. L. Karsanbhai $21.2M
- Base salary
- $1.54M
- Stock awards
- $15.41M
- Option awards
- $3.73M
- Non-equity incentive
- $37K
- Other
- $524K
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
The businesses
How Emerson Electric Co. divides the work
3 divisions report into the group CEO. Tile size scales with estimated headcount.
Operations & Automation
35K employees
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (Ram Krishnan)
Leads global automation, systems integration, and operational execution across Emerson.
Finance
3K employees
Executive Vice President, CFO (Mike Baughman)
Oversees financial reporting, capital allocation, accounting, and investor relations.
Legal & Governance
800 employees
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer (Michael Tang)
Manages legal affairs, compliance, corporate governance, and M&A legal integration.
The thesis
Why this org is unusual
Emerson’s most distinctive structural feature is the unusually powerful COO role coordinating an enterprise-wide automation platform.
Following the National Instruments and AspenTech acquisitions, operational integration, software-defined systems, and hardware businesses are consolidated under the COO rather than split into autonomous divisions. This concentrates execution authority and reduces internal P&L fragmentation.
The CEO maintains a relatively tight span of control, with key functional leaders reporting directly. Finance, legal, sustainability, and people functions remain centralized, supporting the enterprise model rather than independent business units. This reflects Emerson’s shift from a legacy conglomerate toward a unified automation company.
Compared with earlier years, the structure is flatter and more integration-focused, emphasizing scale benefits, software leverage, and portfolio coherence after divestitures such as Copeland.
- COO oversees enterprise-wide automation integration
- Centralized functional leadership post-divestitures
The comparison
How Emerson Electric Co. stacks up
Among large industrial peers, Emerson stands out for how centrally it runs operations post-M&A. Siemens and ABB maintain deeper divisional P&L structures with semi-autonomous business CEOs. Honeywell uses a hybrid but still separates major segments more clearly. Emerson’s COO-centric model more closely …
C-suite size
Reporting depth
Avg C-suite tenure
Has COO / Has CAIO
Emerson Electric Co. ✓ COO — no CAIO
Siemens — no COO ✓ CAIO
ABB — no COO — no CAIO
Current signals
What changed recently
The most consequential change was the expansion of the COO’s role to integrate AspenTech and National Instruments into a unified automation platform.
Leadership Timeline
Year-over-year executive structure based on SEC proxy and annual filings.
FY2025
DEF 14A filed 2025-12-12
- CEO
- Lal Karsanbhai
- CEO span
- 5
- C-suite
- 5
- Avg tenure
- 2.6 yr
Year marked by AspenTech acquisition and enterprise automation consolidation.
Named executive officers (5)
- Lal Karsanbhai - CEO since 2021
- Ram Krishnan - COO
- Mike Baughman - CFO since 2023
- Mike Train - Chief Sustainability Officer
- Michael Tang - Chief Legal Officer since 2024
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the CEO of Emerson Electric?
Lal Karsanbhai has served as President and CEO since 2021.
What type of organizational structure does Emerson Electric use?
Emerson uses a hybrid enterprise structure with centralized operations under a powerful COO.
How many direct reports does Emerson Electric's CEO have?
The CEO has five direct executive reports.
How has Emerson Electric's leadership changed recently?
Recent changes include a new Chief Legal Officer in 2024 and a COO-led integration following major acquisitions in 2025.
Does Emerson Electric have a COO?
Yes. Ram Krishnan serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer with broad enterprise authority.
Sources
- DEF 14A Filing, Dec 2025
- Company filings and press releases, 2025
- SEC EDGAR: Emerson Electric Co. DEF 14A Proxy Statement
- SEC EDGAR: Emerson Electric Co. 10-K Annual Report
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