Vidya Ramnath is senior vice president and chief marketing officer of Emerson. In this role, she leads comprehensive global marketing, brand architecture, external communications and strategic storytelling of Emerson’s transformation to a focused global automation leader with the industry’s most comprehensive portfolio. 

Vidya joined the company in 1994 as a manufacturing engineer for Rosemount in Singapore. She held a number of roles with increasing responsibility, including senior manager of customer care for Emerson’s Flow business in Asia Pacific and the director of marketing for Rosemount.  

She became the vice president of marketing for Emerson Asia Pacific in 2010 along with business leadership for Emerson’s wireless portfolio. In 2016, Vidya became vice president of Plantweb Solutions and Services in the global sales organization and was named vice president of Asia Pacific for measurement and analytical in 2017. In 2019, she was promoted to president of Middle East and Africa for Emerson, a role she held until her 2023 appointment as chief marketing officer.  

Throughout her career, Vidya has lived in Singapore and Dubai. She was recognized among Forbes Middle East’s Power Businesswomen in 2020 and received the 2022 “Women in Leadership” Equality in Energy award from EGYPS.  

Vidya has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Madras in India and a master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington.